JURIST

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

A British Columbia Supreme Court (BCSC) justice has granted a stay of civil proceedings on a case regarding the constitutionality of privately held church records. The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Canada, a charitable religious corporation representing Jehovah’s Witnesses across Canada, alleges the application of BC’s privacy legislation, PIPA , violates their constitutional right to religious freedom under sections 2 and 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

“Alan Braid is known for defying the Texas abortion law. He’s spent years challenging antiabortion laws.” Caroline Kitchener and Casey Parks of The Washington Post have this report. Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post reports that “ The man behind Texas abortion lawsuit is better known as an anti-tax crusader.” And in commentary, online at The Washington Post, Ruth Pennebaker has an essay titled “ Like many Texas women, I had a safe, legal abortion.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban. Here, a lawyer in Kabul offers his observations and perspective on the apparent reinstitution of harsh corporal punishments by the Taliban leadership. For privacy and security reasons we are withholding our correspondent’s name and institutional affiliation.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

“D.C. Circuit Review — Reviewed: One Step, Two Step? It Was Well Worth the Wait.” Thomas Griffith has this post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Google LLC on Friday filed a writ petition against the Competition Commission of India (CCI) in the Delhi High Court for the alleged leak of a confidential report. The report was prepared after a two-year investigation ordered by the CCI in April 2019 over concerns pertaining to Google’s alleged abuse of its dominant position in the mobile operating system related markets through its various services.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and security, often without our situational awareness.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

“Some Thoughts on Supplemental Authorities Under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 28(J) and Related Musings”: Brian Wolfman , director of Georgetown Law’s Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic , has posted this essay at SSRN.

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Mondaq

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

A firm settled NYSE charges for maintaining competing orders from the same customer by two floor brokers.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

“Sotomayor’s picture book ‘Just Help!’ coming in January”: The Associated Press has this report about Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s forthcoming book scheduled for publication on January 25, 2022.

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Mondaq

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

As the highly contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 continues to spread, and following a whirl of announcements from federal, provincial, and municipal governments on vaccination policies, employers across Canada.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

“Poll numbers down, justices say they aren’t politicians”: Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press have this report.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

The Drone Rules, 2021 were released for public consultation by the government on 15th July 2021. The rules came into effect on 25th August 2021 and seek to revamp the regulatory regime for drones.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

“Godlewski calls on U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire”: Molly Beck of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

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Mondaq

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Baseline rights of workers in India have traditionally been dealt with under numerous, often overlapping, labour laws and overseen by multiple regulators.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

The Apex Court, while issuing a notice in a plea filed by Central Government, stayed the proceedings under a petition which had been filed before the Kerala High Court to challenge the grant of 10% reservation in jobs and admissions to the candidates falling under the category of Economically Weaker Sections (EWS). The Central Government had sought for a transfer of the petition from Kerala High Court to the Apex Court on the ground that the instant court had already seized the matter.

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Mondaq

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

During its annual fall meeting, the North American Securities Administrators Association approved a statement on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

On Thursday 7 and Friday 8 October 2021, the University of Strasbourg will host a symposium on mutual trust in the Area of freedom, security and justice. The purpose of the symposium is to explore the current crises affecting mutual trust between EU Member States, and to draw perspectives for the future of judicial cooperation in the EU. The full program is available here.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

As has been our practice in this series on new Rule 18f-4, we end our survey of its Limited Derivatives User requirements with a compliance checklist.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Background. Following the Classic Trinity Test, Serum Institute of India successfully defends the trademark “COVISHIELD” for its own Covid-19 vaccine in a passing-off action brought by a Nanded-based patented firm. The Bombay High Court’s recent decision denouncing Cutis Biotech’s petition to prevent SII from ever using trademark ‘Covishield’; for its vaccine has laid the groundwork for the reduction of vexatious lawsuits.

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Mondaq

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

On September 3, the US District Court for the Western District of Texas sentenced Jorge Alonso Gutierrez, a Mexican citizen, to three years in prison for his "role in a conspiracy to smuggle.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

“Wisconsin Republicans have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt a redistricting case”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report. Riley Vetterkind of The Wisconsin State Journal reports that “ Republicans appeal to U.S. Supreme Court to throw out federal redistricting case.” And Laurel White of Wisconsin Public Radio reports that “ Wisconsin Legislature Asks US Supreme Court To Intervene In Federal Redistricting Case; Petition Argues Federal

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

The Federal Government recently raised alarm over the use of "deepfake news to target the Nigeria government and its officials. According to the report, fake news has gotten worse by.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

The US House of Representatives approved HR 3755, the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA), Friday, marking the first time the House has passed legislation specifically designed to protect the right to abortion access across the nation. The WHPA makes explicit that access to abortion services is essential to health care and the ability of people to “participate equally in the economic and social life in the United Sates.” The Act recognizes the proliferation of abortion restric

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Mondaq

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

The court then reasoned that the Supreme Court's decision in Barr v. AAPC cannot be applied retroactively.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced Thursday that his office is suing Senate Republicans in order to stop them from subpoenaing the personal information of voters. The lawsuit alleges that their efforts to subpoena the personal information of nine million Pennsylvanians invades Pennsylvanians’ right to informational privacy under the Pennsylvania Constitution.

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