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APRIL 7, 2021

Arkansas legislators voted on Tuesday to pass a bill that will ban transgender minors from receiving gender-confirming treatments within the state, overcoming the governor’s veto. The Arkansas bill is the first such law to pass in the US. House Bill 1570 , otherwise known as the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act, prevents Arkansas physicians from providing puberty blockers and also prohibits them from referring minor patients to other providers.

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EvidenceProf Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Federal Rule of Evidence 804(b)(1) provides an exception to the rule against hearsay for Testimony that: (A) was given as a witness at a trial, hearing, or lawful deposition, whether given during the current proceeding or a different one; and.

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JURIST

APRIL 7, 2021

XTO Energy, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil, sued Energy Transfer LLC on Monday in a Texas state court for breach of contract involving disputed fines related to the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). The lawsuit claims that Energy Transfer pipeline operators charged XTO unnecessary fines and revoked production volume credits when a series of events outside of XTO’s control forced them to divert oil meant for the pipeline in August.

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CourtTechBulletin

APRIL 7, 2021

Earlier this month I was reading the opening day story about my Chicago Cubs baseball club and stumbled on the news that they have installed new AI-enhanced person scanning devices (pictured). The big benefit of this new technology is that one does not have to remove keys, mobile phone, or have your bag separately scanned. Great, right? Details below.

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JURIST

APRIL 7, 2021

Iran on Tuesday announced indictments against 10 individuals it says were involved in the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane in January 2020. Iran had been on high military alert at the time of the downing of the aircraft. Just days before Iran had launched missile attacks against targets in Iraq, including bases housing US personnel, in retaliation for the US assassination of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani.

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JURIST

APRIL 7, 2021

A class action lawsuit was filed Monday in the Western District of New York accusing the Rochester Police Department (RPD) of racist practices and a “pattern … of using excessive force.” Plaintiffs include residents of the city of Rochester, New York, who have been subjected to excessive force by the RPD within the last year, most of whom are Black.

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APRIL 7, 2021

“How the Supreme Court saved the software industry from API copyrights; The Supreme Court surprised everyone with its API copyright ruling”: Timothy B. Lee of Ars Technica has this report. The article revisits Lee’s coverage of the oral argument of the case, headlined “ Google’s Supreme Court faceoff with Oracle was a disaster for Google; Supreme Court justices seem poised to allow copyrights on APIs.

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JURIST

APRIL 7, 2021

Harvey Weinstein on Monday appealed his sexual assault conviction, asking the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division to throw out his conviction and grant a new trial. Weinstein was sentenced in March 2020 to 23 years in prison for assaulting a former production assistant and for raping another woman. Weinstein has also faced other allegations of sexual misconduct.

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APRIL 7, 2021

“Progressive push to play by their own rules: Use simple Senate majority to pack federal courts; Plan can be pushed through Senate by 51 votes via the ‘budget reconciliation process,’ activists say.” Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

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Patently O

APRIL 7, 2021

by Dennis Crouch. Here is a different look at the USPTO grant rate that looks at two numbers for each quarterly period: how many patents issued, and how many applications were abandoned. These can be added together as a total number of applications disposed-of during the period. The percentage reported in the chart below is the percent of patents out of that total disposal.

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APRIL 7, 2021

“Canadian Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Abella appointed Pisar Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School; Justice Abella is world-renowned for her decisions and theories on equality, human rights, and constitutional law”: Rachel Reed of Harvard Law Today has this report.

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My Paralegal Place

APRIL 7, 2021

If you have graduated college and are ready to start your career but are unable to find work as a paralegal, do not worry. There are many jobs that you can do with your degree while you are waiting for the perfect paralegal position. These jobs will not only allow […]. The post 10 Things You Can do With a Paralegal Degree appeared first on.

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APRIL 7, 2021

“Order Certifying Classes in Tuna Price-Fixing Case Vacated; Majority of Ninth Circuit Panel, in Opinion by Bumatay, Says District Court Can’t Find Common Issues of Fact or Law Predominate Without Determining How Many Putative Class Members Were Uninjured; Hurwitz Disagrees”: Metropolitan News-Enterprise has this report on a ruling that the U.S.

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ALPS

APRIL 7, 2021

I’ve been telecommuting for over a decade now, so when a COVID-19 stay at home order finally made its way to Montana, not much changed for me personally, at least in terms of my work routine. In fact, it actually got a bit better due to the adjustments ALPS had to quickly implement in order to enable everyone else to work from home. Within a few days, I felt more connected than ever because everyone at ALPS had to communicate virtually, and communicate we did.

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APRIL 7, 2021

“Crystal Mason Was Sentenced to Five Years Behind Bars Because She Voted; The G.O.P.’s war on voting has human casualties; Here’s one”: Jesse Wegman has this essay in today’s edition of The New York Times.

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LawTechnologyToday

APRIL 7, 2021

In October 2013, Adobe first reported that hackers had stolen nearly 3 million customer credit card records and login data for a yet unknown number of accounts. After a few weeks, the company raised the estimate to include IDs and passwords for 38 million users and that there appeared to have more than 150 million username- password pairs were stolen.

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APRIL 7, 2021

“Justice Breyer Lays Out Opposition to Expanding Supreme Court; He says restructuring court would be perceived as politicizing it”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report. Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “ Justice Breyer Rejects ‘Conservative’ Tag for Supreme Court.” Joan Biskupic of CNN reports that “ Stephen Breyer worries about Supreme Court’s public standing in current political era.” Tyler Olson of Fox News repo

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LegalReader

APRIL 7, 2021

The anonymous plaintiff claims the Houston Texans quarterback "exposed himself" and tried to molest her during a professional massage session.

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APRIL 7, 2021

“Defendants’ new Supreme Court dream case? J&J’s challenge to $2 billion talc judgment.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 7, 2021

This post was written by Vito Bumbaca, PhD candidate/ Assistant Lecturer, University of Geneva. The EAPIL blog has also published a post on this topic, click here. Introduction: The Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 of 27 November 2003 concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility, repealing Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000 (Brussels IIA Regulation) still applies to the United Kingdom in EU cross-border p

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APRIL 7, 2021

“Websites Not Bound by ADA Accessibility Rules, 11th Circuit Finds; The ruling vacates a federal judge’s decision that the Winn-Dixie supermarket chain’s website violated the Americans With Disabilities Act by being inaccessible to visually impaired people who use screen-reader software”: Kayla Goggin of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 7, 2021

Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. To suggest a piece for us to consider, email us at roundup@scotusblog.com. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Justice Breyer Rejects ‘Conservative’ Tag for U.S. Supreme Court (Greg Stohr, Bloomberg). Justice Breyer says expanding the Supreme Court could erode trust (Robert Barnes, The Washington Post).

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APRIL 7, 2021

“9th Circuit decertifies tuna price-fixing classes, clamps down on uninjured class members”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

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APRIL 7, 2021

Muslim employees allege restaurant owner discriminated against them.

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APRIL 7, 2021

“Court strikes key provision of Indian child welfare law; A 325-page decision was released Tuesday and attorneys for both sides were reviewing it late into the night”: Joaqlin Estus of Indian Country Today has this report. And at the “Turtle Talk” blog, Kate Fort has a post titled “ Brackeen Decision Summary.” My earlier coverage of yesterday’s 325-page Fifth Circuit en banc ruling can be accessed here.

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