JURIST

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Article 1, Section 8 of the Pennsylvania Constitution offers greater protection to citizens from warrantless searches of their vehicles than does the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Prior to the ruling, Pennsylvania precedent held that the federal automobile exception to the warrant requirement of the Fourth Amendment applied in Pennsylvania without exception.

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EvidenceProf Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Similar to its federal counterpart, Illinois Rule of Evidence 804(b)(2) provides an exception to the rule against hearsay In a prosecution for homicide, [for] a statement made by a declarant while believing that the declarant’s death was imminent, concerning the.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 23, 2020

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet addressed Tuesday allegations of human rights and humanitarian law violations in Ethiopia, calling for an investigation into the allegations and protection of Ethiopian civilians. The conflict between central government soldiers and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) began seven weeks ago, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia.

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CourtTechBulletin

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Recently I heard multiple legal technology writers bemoan the slowness that courts adopt and implement new online and similar services. I explain why that is, and why it is likely not to get better soon in this post? It is going to be a cold winter. Read more ».

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JURIST

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The US Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it had filed a nationwide lawsuit against Walmart, Inc., alleging that the retailer had unlawfully dispensed opiates from its national pharmacy chain in violation of the Controlled Substances Act. The DOJ’s suit includes a request for injunctive relief in addition to complaints of hundreds of thousands of Controlled Substances Act violations, which could result in billions of dollars of civil penalties against Walmart.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Former college entrance exam administrator Niki Williams was sentenced Monday to one year of probation for her role in the fraudulent admissions scandal involving wealthy parents like Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin. . Rick Singer has been identified as the scandal’s architect. Wealthy parents hired him to get their children into schools they were not qualified for.

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

“The outlier: Brian Hagedorn explains why he breaks rank with other state Supreme Court conservatives.” Katelyn Ferral of The Capital Times of Madison, Wisconsin has this report.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Ugandan authorities Tuesday arrested prominent human rights attorney Nicholas Opiyo. Eyewitnesses maintain that plainclothes police handcuffed Opiyo along with four others and drove them away in vehicles with tinted windows. Since the arrest, Opiyo has had no contact with his lawyers or his family, a violation of both international human rights law and African human rights law.

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

“States Square Off Over Taxing Remote Workers’ Income; Ruling by Supreme Court would have budget implications for states that have lost billions of dollars in tax revenue during pandemic”: Jimmy Vielkind of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 23, 2020

New statistics published Monday by Transform Justice and the Howard League for Penal Reform show that 87 percent of children held in remand between July and September in London come from Black, Asian or minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds. Additionally, 61 percent of the children held were of Black ethnicity. . The Lammy Review had previously outlined the existence of racial prejudice in the UK criminal justice system.

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

“Abortion, gun control: conservatives steer pet cases towards supreme court with Barrett on bench; State officials are making strategic appeals and lower court judges are tailoring arguments in hopes of gaining a supreme court hearing for controversial cases.” Tom McCarthy of The Guardian (UK) has this report.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Pakistani human rights activist Karima Baloch, 37, was found dead in Toronto, Canada on Monday. Baloch went missing on Sunday. The Toronto Police stated that “the circumstances have been investigated and officers have determined this to be a non-criminal death and no foul play is suspected.”. Baloch was from Balochistan, Pakistan. As a campaigner, she criticized the Pakistani military and state.

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

“Defamation Law Can Slow the Plague of Fake News; Challenging falsehoods about voting machines is a good place to start”: Law professor Cass R. Sunstein has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Federal judge Kristine Baker of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas issued Tuesday a temporary restraining order that halted four Arkansas anti-abortion regulations from taking effect. In 2017, the Arkansas legislature passed a set of abortion laws that included a ban on the common abortion method of dilation and extraction, as well as a requirement for abortion providers to notify and seek consent from the woman’s partner or a family member before performing the pr

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

“Appellate court rejects Orrington church’s appeal on Janet Mills’ gathering limits”: Judy Harrison of The Bangor Daily News has an article that begins, “An Orrington church’s appeal challenging Gov. Janet Mills’ coronavirus-related gathering limits was rejected on technical grounds Tuesday by the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston.” You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S.

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LegalReader

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The approximate count of mobile apps on the app store is 2.2 million and 2.8 million on the play store. This count is expected to grow every year.

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

“The 2012 Tiahrt Rider prohibits the ATF from disclosing the data that Everytown [for Gun Safety Support Fund] seeks in its FOIA request, and the district court therefore erred in granting summary judgment to Everytown.” So rules a unanimous two-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in a decision issued today.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Throughout the year, the ABA Journal publishes in-depth features on the business of the legal profession, developments in the law, lives that have been impacted…

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

Judges calling balls and strikes: Circuit Judge Frank H. Easterbrook issued this interesting opinion yesterday on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in a case in which that court appointed a former Kavanaugh #SCOTUS clerk, Megan Lacy Owen , as amicus curiae to defend the judgment.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 23, 2020

As the editor-in-chief of Black’s Law Dictionary , Bryan A. Garner sees a lot of legal writing, both good and bad.

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

“Florida business in bankruptcy can’t get PPP loan, appeal court rules”: Jim Saunders of the News Service of Florida has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued yesterday.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 23, 2020

As a tumultuous year draws to a close, we gathered together ABA Journal editors and reporters to discuss what the past year has been like…

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

“Google Chrome Now Blocks Insecure Downloads from Secure Websites; Many Court Website are Insecure; Chrome now blocks download links on How Appealing from insecure court sites”: Josh Blackman has this noteworthy post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.” For what it’s worth, I agree with Josh that court websites should feature up-to-date security settings.

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LegalReader

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Businesses today are embracing technology and automation in their processes. HRMS has emerged as a powerful tool for the HR department to simplify their process.

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

“Houston judge Jesse McClure appointed to Texas Court of Criminal Appeals by Gov. Greg Abbott; McClure will replace Judge Michael Keasler, 78, who is retiring at the end of this year”: Emma Platoff of The Texas Tribune has this report.

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