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APRIL 14, 2021

UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged governments on Monday to impose a “solidarity or wealth tax” on the rich who made money during the COVID-19 pandemic in an effort to reduce inequality. “We must make sure funds go where they are needed most. Latest reports indicate that there has been a $5 trillion surge in the wealth of the world’s richest in the past year,” Guterres stated at a UN meeting on development financing.

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Federal Rule of Evidence 803(18) provides an exception to the rule against hearsay for A statement contained in a treatise, periodical, or pamphlet if: (A) the statement is called to the attention of an expert witness on cross-examination or relied.

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APRIL 14, 2021

German regulators in Hamburg announced on Tuesday that they are seeking an order preventing Facebook from enforcing its new terms of service. In January, Facebook announced that WhatsApp users in Europe must consent to data sharing between WhatsApp and other Facebook companies by mid-May. This change would expand the use of customers’ data to marketing and direct advertising.

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APRIL 14, 2021

The (revised) chart above shows the percentage of issued utility patents whose claims include at least one reference to the term non-transitory. The chart does not reflect any kind of innovation transformation. Rather, in a February 2010 memo , PTO Dir. Kappos announced that claims directed toward information stored in computer readable memory would be rejected as ineligible under Section 101.

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APRIL 14, 2021

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Tuesday joined the University of Michigan Law School’s Civil Rights Litigation Initiative and the ACLU of Michigan in filing a federal lawsuit on behalf of Robert Williams , who was falsely arrested last year based on faulty facial recognition technology that has been banned in several cities throughout the US.

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JURIST

APRIL 14, 2021

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Monday urged the UK Parliament to amend the proposed new Overseas Operations Bill, which, in its current form, risks undermining key human rights obligations of the UK by “shielding its military personnel operating abroad from due accountability for acts of torture or other serious international crimes.” The Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill , according to its explanatory notes , aims to “provide

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APRIL 14, 2021

“Annette Ziegler selected to serve as new chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court”: Patrick Marley and Molly Beck of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel have this report. And Riley Vetterkind of The Wisconsin State Journal reports that “ Justice Annette Ziegler elected next Wisconsin Supreme Court chief justice.

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JURIST

APRIL 14, 2021

The Washington County, Minnesota Attorney’s Office Wednesday announced a second-degree manslaughter charge against Kimberly Potter, the white police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man. The charges come after Potter, a veteran officer of 26 years, and Tim Gannon, the chief of the Brooklyn Center Police Department, both resigned from their posts on Tuesday.

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APRIL 14, 2021

“Supreme Court rules Gov. Evers can’t limit bars and restaurant capacity without Legislature”: Molly Beck of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report. Scott Bauer of The Associated Press has a report headlined “ Wisconsin high court: Governor can’t limit business capacity.” And Shawn Johnson of Wisconsin Public Radio reports that “ For A Third Time, Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules Against Evers Administration’s COVID-19 Order; Wednesday’s

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APRIL 14, 2021

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday urged states to take impactful measures to make Myanmar’s military leadership stop its repressive campaign, stating she feared Myanmar was headed to a “full-blown conflict.” On February 1, there was a military coup d’état in Myanmar. During this time, many civilian political leaders, including Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, were detained in military raids conducted hours before the parliament was to conv

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APRIL 14, 2021

“Three Supreme Court justices tackle U.S. partisan divisions in public remarks”: John Fritze of USA Today has this report. Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “ Justices Sotomayor, Gorsuch Warn That Divisions Threaten U.S. Democracy.” And Ariane de Vogue of CNN has a report headlined “ Sotomayor: ‘This is the scariest of times, and the most exciting times.’ ” The Center for Strategic & International Studies has posted on YouTube a video t

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JURIST

APRIL 14, 2021

Mexican authorities on Monday arrested 30 marines suspected of forcibly disappearing people along the U.S.-Mexico border in 2014. While the exact number of missing persons is unclear, Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, has one of the highest missing persons rates in the country with an estimated 80,517 people having gone missing between 2006 and December 2020.

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APRIL 14, 2021

“Threat to Bring Sham Lawsuit Was Attempted Extortion; Panel Says Effort to Exact $1 Million From Entertainer Andy Grammer Came Under Hobbs Act”: Metropolitan News-Enterprise has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.

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APRIL 14, 2021

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill allocating $536 million to fight wildfires in California on Tuesday. The funding is $200 million more than he originally sought. While California’s wildfire season occurs in the summer and fall, dry conditions this past winter have already produced a few wildfires. As such, in addition to handling recent fires, much of the bill focuses on wildfire suppression and allocates funding for projects such as restoring ecological health, creating fuel

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APRIL 14, 2021

“Do Transgender Students Have Rights to Equal Treatment in the Classroom? An appellate court gets the facts wrong in an ill-conceived decision.” Law professor Andrew Koppelman has this essay online at The American Prospect.

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JURIST

APRIL 14, 2021

Dozens of the largest law firms in the US signed on to a statement on Monday denouncing efforts to restrict Americans’ ability to vote. Leaders of 62 of the nation’s 100 largest law firms added their names to the statement, which called “laws that impose unnecessary obstacles and barriers on the right to vote and that disenfranchise underrepresented groups represent a significant step backwards for all Americans.” Brad Karp, the chairman of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &

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APRIL 14, 2021

“Leading scholar of civil procedure, constitutional law, Stephen Sachs joins HLS faculty”: Harvard Law today has a report that begins, “Stephen E. Sachs, a leading scholar of civil procedure and constitutional law, will join the faculty of Harvard Law School as the inaugural Antonin Scalia Professor of Law, effective July 1.

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APRIL 14, 2021

Hong Kong’s Executive Council on Tuesday passed a series of amendments to voting laws in the former colony. The Improving Electoral System (Consolidated Amendments) Bill 2021 would redraw electoral districts and increase the number of districts from five to ten, create a committee to vet candidates for public office, and criminalize incitement not to vote, to leave ballots blank, or otherwise cast invalid ballots.

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APRIL 14, 2021

“Zoom Court Is Changing How Justice Is Served; For better, for worse, and possibly forever”: Eric Scigliano has this article in the May 2021 issue of The Atlantic.

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LegalReader

APRIL 14, 2021

While syncing a smart phone to an infotainment system may sound appealing on the surface, we must ask ourselves what we — as a society — are willing to sacrifice for the conveniences of technology. .

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APRIL 14, 2021

“Originalism in the Lower Courts in Sixth Circuit Abortion Case; In this case of first impression, Judge Bush turns to the original meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.

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APRIL 14, 2021

Share Forget Ali vs. Frazier, Celtics vs. Lakers, or Evert vs. Navratilova. It’s time for Marshall vs. Warren. After three rounds of the first-ever SCOTUS bracketology tournament, only two justices remain. Both held the title of chief justice. Both reshaped American law and society. Both are legal titans who defeated a string of worthy contenders to reach the championship.

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APRIL 14, 2021

“First Amendment rights shouldn’t be just for America’s legal system; The answer to speech we don’t like is not to stifle that speech but to allow for more speech”: Justice Pat DeWine of the Supreme Court of Ohio has this essay online at The Washington Times.

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APRIL 14, 2021

PPP loans can give you the funds you need to keep the doors open during the Covid-19 pandemic, and as long as you use them to maintain jobs, you can even get forgiveness of the loan.

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APRIL 14, 2021

“Appellate court rules feds can retry man accused in deaths of three firefighters in 1995”: Torsten Ove of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued yesterday.

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