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JULY 31, 2023

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report Monday critiquing the Panamanian government’s lax efforts to assist coastal indigenous peoples in the country with relocation as their ancestral homelands are destroyed by climate change. The report focuses on the island of Gardi Sugdub and the Guna people living on it. The residents of Gardi Sugdub have been planning an evacuation from the island due to rising sea levels since 2017.

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JULY 31, 2023

“All 15 High Court justices to convene for judicial reform law hearing; The court will hear arguments for eight petitions filed in rapid succession following the passing of the Law to Cancel the Reasonableness Standard”: Michael Starr of The Jerusalem Post has this report. The post “All 15 High Court justices to convene for judicial reform law hearing; The court will hear arguments for eight petitions filed in rapid succession following the passing of the Law to Cancel the Reas

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JURIST

JULY 31, 2023

Law students and law graduates in Pakistan are reporting for JURIST on events in that country impacting its legal system. Izhar Ahmed Khan is a 2022 LL.B. graduate of the Pakistan College of Law (University of London International Program). He files this from Lahore. The recent monsoon rains in Pakistan have proved fatal to the lives and properties of many people across the country.

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JULY 31, 2023

“State Law Should Guide Choice-Of-Law Row, Justices Told”: Jennifer Mandato of Law360 has this report (subscription required for access). The post “State Law Should Guide Choice-Of-Law Row, Justices Told” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

JULY 31, 2023

The UK Government announced Monday that it has sanctioned six people involved in Russia’s sentencing of dual British-Russian national Vladimir Kara-Murza after his appeal was rejected. The government sanctioned three judges, two prosecutors and an “expert witness” over what it has called “politically motivated targeting.” Those sanctioned include : Moscow City Court Judges Vitaly Alexsandrovich Belitsky and Ekaterina Mikhailovna Dorokhina, two of the three judges i

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JURIST

JULY 31, 2023

The US President’s Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB) released a report Monday in support of the reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) while also recommending restrictions to prevent abuse. Section 702 is a controversial provision of FISA that allows for “the targeting of persons reasonably believed to be located outside the United States to acquire foreign intelligence information.” While Section 702 was initially meant solely for i

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JULY 31, 2023

“How a Book About a Supreme Court Justice Shaped a Scholar’s Career; Justice Byron White wanted his papers shredded and his nickname erased”: Tony Mauro has this post at his “The Marble Palace Blog.” The post “How a Book About a Supreme Court Justice Shaped a Scholar’s Career; Justice Byron White wanted his papers shredded and his nickname erased” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

JULY 31, 2023

The Supreme Court of Zimbabwe ruled Friday that former minister Savior Kasukuwere is disqualified from running as a presidential candidate in the country’s August elections. Lovedale Mangwana, litigant for the nation’s ruling political party Zanu-PFF, contended that Kasukuwere was outside of Zimbabwe for the past 18 months and was ineligible to be on the ballot for the upcoming August 23 elections.

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JULY 31, 2023

“Alabama’s New Congressional Map Fits the Justices’ Ruling; It’s the voting-rights plaintiffs who are defiant; The court never ordered the creation of a second black district”: Ilya Shapiro will have this op-ed in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal. The post “Alabama’s New Congressional Map Fits the Justices’ Ruling; It’s the voting-rights plaintiffs who are defiant; The court never ordered the creation of a second black district” appeared first on How App

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JURIST

JULY 31, 2023

Senegal suspended mobile internet access on Monday after the arrest of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and a period of civil unrest. NetBlocks, an independent monitor of global internet freedom, mapped the restriction using data from Google. The data showed a sharp decrease in Senegalese internet traffic on Monday morning. Communications Minister Moussa Bocar Thiam said that mobile internet access was restricted to stop the spread of “hateful” messages. “Telephone operators are

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JULY 31, 2023

“Bruen’s Text and History Approach One Year Later: A Supreme Con.” Eric Segall has this post today at “Dorf on Law.” The post “Bruen’s Text and History Approach One Year Later: A Supreme Con.” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

JULY 31, 2023

Peruvian law students from the Facultad de Derecho, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting Perú. All of them are from CIED (Centro de Investigación de los Estudiantes de Derecho), a research center in UNSAA’s faculty of law dedicated to spreading legal information and improving legal culture through study and research, promoting critical and reflective debate to contribute to the development of the country.

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HowAppealing

JULY 31, 2023

“38. ‘Original’ Jurisdiction and the Wyandotte Doctrine: Alaska is asking the justices not just to hear as a trial court its challenge to the EPA’s veto of the ‘Pebble Mine,’ but to overrule a 52-year-old precedent holding that the Court doesn’t have to.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

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Law 360

JULY 31, 2023

Canadian company Patent Armory on Monday accused headphone makers Sonos and Sennheiser, along with two other companies, of infringing its telecommunication intellectual property, building onto a three-month patent litigation campaign against companies like Reddit, Microsoft and Samsung.

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JULY 31, 2023

“America’s First Civil Rights Movement”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link. The post “America’s First Civil Rights Movement” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JULY 31, 2023

by Dennis Crouch Documents: FedCir Vanda Decision ; Vanda EnBanc Brief The Federal Circuit recently sided with the accused infringers Teva and Apotex, affirming the invalidation claims from four Vanda patents covering methods of using tasimelteon to treat circadian rhythm disorders. However, the patent owner has petitioned the court for en banc rehearing, arguing the panel improperly disregarded evidence of nonobviousness.

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JULY 31, 2023

“Triple Threat”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Divided Argument” podcast via this link. There have been three other episodes released in the past 10 days, and you can access those via this link. The post “Triple Threat” appeared first on How Appealing.

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Law 360

JULY 31, 2023

Contrary to the conclusion reached in a recent Law360 guest article, the California Supreme Court’s ruling in Adolph v. Uber Technologies did not diminish the benefit of arbitrating employees’ individual Private Attorneys General Act claims, as the very limited ruling does not undermine U.S. Supreme Court precedent, says Steven Katz at Constangy.

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FDA Law Blog

JULY 31, 2023

By Larry K. Houck — President Barack Obama signed the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (“CARA”) intended to reverse serious prescription drug abuse trend in the United States on July 22, 2016. CARA amended the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) to enable physicians or patients to request pharmacists to partially fill prescriptions for schedule II substances including opioids and to allow remaining quantities to be filled up to 30 days after issuance of the prescription (up to 72

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Law 360

JULY 31, 2023

A New York federal judge on Monday denied a bid from crypto issuer Terraform Labs and its founder to toss the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's case against them in an order that disagreed with the recent high-profile decision in another SEC case against crypto firm Ripple Labs.

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Above The Law

JULY 31, 2023

He's about as good at free speech as he is with rockets. The post Elon ‘Free Speech Absolutist’ Musk Threatens To Sue Nonprofit For Pointing Out He Seems To Like Hate Speech appeared first on Above the Law.

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JULY 31, 2023

Last Wednesday, July 26, the Sabin Center filed an amicus brief in support of the plaintiffs in Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic v. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Center for Biological Diversity v. BLM – two lawsuits challenging BLM’s approval of the so-called “Willow Project” on the North Slope of Alaska. The project, to be developed by ConocoPhillips, would involve the drilling of up to 199 new oil wells and the construction of related infrastructure, including pipelines, processing

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Above The Law

JULY 31, 2023

They say it's the only way to stop the attempted witness tampering. The post Prosecutors Want To Send Sam Bankman-Fried Directly To Jail, Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect $200 appeared first on Above the Law.

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LLRX

JULY 31, 2023

Articles and Columns for July 2023 Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) 2023 – As stated by Ethereum, “a DAO is a collectively-owned, blockchain-governed organization working towards a shared mission.” Marcus P.

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Above The Law

JULY 31, 2023

ChatGPT goes to law school -- and even the dean approves. The post Top Law School Welcomes The Use Of ChatGPT In Its Admissions Process appeared first on Above the Law.

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