JURIST

JANUARY 22, 2023

Colombia and the National Liberation Army ( ELN ) rebel group Saturday released a joint statement saying that they will resume peace talks in Mexico next month, in response to the government recently declaring, and then subsequently calling off, a bilateral ceasefire. These talks have been in process since last year, with the goal of bringing an end to the nearly six decades of war between the two sides.

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Diane Drain

JANUARY 22, 2023

New Consumer Law Rights Taking Effect in 2023 National Consumer Law Center “NCLC”, summarizes significant changes in the consumer rights laws. This NCLC article lists federal and state consumer law rights scheduled to go into effect or expire, during the period from November 17, 2022, through December 31, 2023. Other consumer law changes will be enacted later in 2023 and will go into effect in 2023; this article lists changes whose effective dates have already been scheduled.

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JURIST

JANUARY 22, 2023

Indian law students are reporting for JURIST on law-related developments in and affecting India. This dispatch is from Samar Veer, a third year law student at National Law University, Delhi. As previously reported on JURIST, the Indian Supreme Court’s Collegium Friday reiterated its decision to elevate openly gay Senior Advocate Mr. Saurabh Kirpal as a Judge of the Delhi High Court, in the face of a string of uncharacteristic objections from the Central Government regarding judicial appointments

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 22, 2023

“Most Abortion Bans Include Exceptions. In Practice, Few Are Granted.” Amy Schoenfeld Walker of The New York Times has this report. The post “Most Abortion Bans Include Exceptions. In Practice, Few Are Granted.” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

JANUARY 22, 2023

Sharon Basch is an Israeli American who spent the last two years living in Israel before starting her JD at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Aryeh Deri from his cabinet Sunday morning, complying with a recent Supreme Court decision demanding he do so. Last Wednesday Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that Aryeh Deri, leader of “Shas” – a far-right religious party with 11 seats in the Parliament – was not eligible to serve

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Broadcast Law Blog

JANUARY 22, 2023

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. The Federal Trade Commission’s proposal to ban noncompete clauses in employment agreements was published in the Federal Register , setting a comment deadline of March 20, 2023.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 22, 2023

Share On Monday, January 23, we will be live blogging as the court releases orders from the January 20 conference and opinions in one or more argued cases from the current term. Click here for a list of FAQs about opinion announcements.  The post Announcement of orders and opinions for Monday, January 23 appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 22, 2023

On December 29, 2022, the President signed into law the Food and Drug Omnibus Reform Act of 2022 (“FDORA”) as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 , Pub. L. No. 117-328 (2022). FDORA primarily amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act. The law enacts significant changes that will have considerable short- and long- term effects on the regulated industry and the FDA.

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NewmanFerraraLLP

JANUARY 22, 2023

She Made the Dust Fly. In Waln v. Dysart School District , et al, Larissa Waln alleged her constitutional rights were violated when she was prohibited from wearing her “traditionally-beaded graduation cap and sacred eagle plume” at her high school graduation. ( Complaint, paragraph 1 ) While Waln asserted, among other things, that her free exercise of religion and freedom of speech rights were wrongfully violated, a federal district court judge was of the view she didn’t have m

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 22, 2023

Below is my column at Fox.com on the most recent discovery of classified documents at one of the homes of President Joe Biden. Despite the latest discovery, allies like Sen. Chris Coons were on Sunday shows repeating his assurance that “there is no there there.” The insistence that the record clearly shows innocent “inadvertence” now borders on willful blindness as inadvertent possession occurs over and over again with documents from both Biden’s time as a senator a

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LegalReader

JANUARY 22, 2023

The lawsuit relates to a tweet Musk made when he attempted to take Twitter private.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 22, 2023

For many football fans (including this one) coach Tony Dungy is a legend. Even though his career is marred by beating my beloved Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI as head coach for the Indianapolis Colts, I am one of millions who tune into NBC to hear his insights on games. He was the first African-American to win the Super Bowl as head coach and coached for 13 seasons.

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LegalReader

JANUARY 22, 2023

The former president voluntarily dismissed his lawsuit against James a day after the same court sanctioned him and an attorney nearly $1 million for filing frivolous claims against Hillary Clinton and other Democratic officials.

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