JURIST

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Opposition supporters in Albania Saturday took part in anti government protests in opposition of Prime Minister Edi Rama. During the demonstrations, protestors were seen congregating by the main government building and throwing smoke bombs as they called for Rama to resign as prime minister. Supporters of the political opposition have accused Rama of manipulation and corruption, as well as condemning his methods of handling the nation’s economy.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

“Judicial Notice (02.11.23): Ouch! Tesla gets a new general counsel, Gibson Dunn gets benchslapped, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site. The post “Judicial Notice (02.11.23): Ouch! Tesla gets a new general counsel, Gibson Dunn gets benchslapped, and other legal news from the week that was.” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

A coalition of 22 states Friday filed an amicus brief opposing a proposed preliminary injunction that would withdraw or suspend the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the abortion medications Mifepristone and Mifeprex. The case is in the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas Amarillo Division. The brief asserts that the medications are safe and effective.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2023

“Terror Trial Could Yield Manhattan’s First Death Penalty in 60 Years; Sayfullo Saipov was convicted of fatally mowing down eight people in a 2017 bike-path rampage in New York; Will 12 jurors vote to execute him?” Benjamin Weiser and Lola Fadulu have this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times. The post “Terror Trial Could Yield Manhattan’s First Death Penalty in 60 Years; Sayfullo Saipov was convicted of fatally mowing down eight people

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

The Emergency Relief Coordinator of the UN Martin Griffiths Sunday declared that there has been a failure in the delivery of international aid to the people of northwest Syria. Griffith urgently calls for international support in the wake of a series of earthquakes that hit Türkiye, Syria, and the surrounding region. Two UN convoys with supplies have arrived in northwest Syria via the Turkish Bab al-Hawa border crossing.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office Friday announced that former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Andrew Lyons will stand on trial for the on-duty fatal shooting of unarmed 24-year-old Ryan Twyman in 2019. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s department released a video of the shooting which left Twyman dead and the passenger, Dameon Lafell, injured.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2023

“Latest Supreme Court-related ruling overturning gun regulations worries domestic violence survivor advocates”: Tierney Sneed of CNN has this report. The post “Latest Supreme Court-related ruling overturning gun regulations worries domestic violence survivor advocates” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Health workers Sunday protested in Madrid, Spain over staffing issues and what protesters claim to be the favoritism of private health services. According to the protesters, the public health system has broken down due to the conservative regional authorities favoring private health services and disbanding public health services—leaving many hospitals poorly staffed.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

“The conservative challenge to liberalism goes deeper than self-interest”: Columnist Jason Willick has this essay online at The Washington Post. The post “The conservative challenge to liberalism goes deeper than self-interest” appeared first on How Appealing.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2023

by Dennis Crouch Rights to use a person’s Name-Image-and-Likeness or NIL generally fall within two categories of intellectual property: rights of publicity and rights of privacy. Rights of publicity protect commercial value that a person has developed in becoming a celebrity. Rights of publicity can also protect against resulting false impressions created by a seeming endorsement.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

“The ‘Stop the Steal’ Fight That Never Ended; A State Supreme Court Justice reveals the long-term toll of calling out the Big Lie”: Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Jill J. Karofsky joined Dahlia Lithwick on the new installment of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast. The post “The ‘Stop the Steal’ Fight That Never Ended; A State Supreme Court Justice reveals the long-term toll of calling out the Big Lie” appeared first on How Appealing.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Here is a selection of recent executive hires, departures and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

The lawsuit asks the court to compel a Mississippi sheriff to serve a decades-old arrest warrant on Patricia Sterling, the White woman believed to have caused 14-year-old Emmett Till's lynching by telling a group of men that the Black teenager had sexually harassed her.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Jo Harper -- writer of a new play, called THE BEACH HOUSE, which will be running at the Park Theatre (London), from February 15 to March 11 -- was recently interviewed by Hinton Magazine. Here are a few (edited) snippets from that Q&A: Can you tell us about The Beach House? It’s a three hander, a drama and a love triangle with three complex female protagonists.

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SCOCAblog

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Overview In some ways this was a big year for the California Supreme Court, with two retirements and two new justices, which included a chief justice retiring and a new chief justice ascending. It was a small year from another perspective: the court issued the fewest opinions in the past 24 years. In this annual review we move away from past concerns about a Brown-Newsom split.

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NewmanFerraraLLP

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Client Hit With $50,000 Therapy Bill A renowned relationship and marriage counselor, Dr. B. W., sued a former client, M.N., for failing to pay some $50,000 in therapy related charges. Predicating her claim on an “account stated” theory, the doctor asked a New York County Supreme Court judge to issue a money judgment in her favor. And to that end, the counselor established that bills for services were delivered to the client, and that they were accepted without objection.

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At the Lectern

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

SCOCAblog , the online publication of the California Constitution Center at Berkeley Law and of the Hastings Law Journal, takes a detailed look at the California Supreme Court in 2022. Among other things, the blog quantifies the decline in the number of court opinions of late. [Related: “What’s ailing the California Supreme Court? Its productivity has plummeted”.

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

The court will rehear a case that could affect the Temporary Protected Status of nearly 300,000 immigrants and asylum-seekers in the United States.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2023

“Trump’s Supreme Court Picks Are Not Quite What You Think”: David Lat and Zachary B. Shemtob have this essay online at The New York Times. The post “Trump’s Supreme Court Picks Are Not Quite What You Think” appeared first on How Appealing.

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

The former president said that he would be willing to provide DNA samples in a defamation lawsuit filed by writer E. Jean Carroll, who claims that Trump raped her in the 1990s.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

“Panel scolds Wisconsin justice for remarks in Trump case”: Todd Richmond of The Associated Press has this report. The post “Panel scolds Wisconsin justice for remarks in Trump case” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Below is my column in the New York Post on the growing attacks on those who are challenging the alleged abuses by the FBI and the censorship system on social media. Here is the column: “The Democratic Party [is] the bedfellow of international communism.” Those words from Sen. Joe McCarthy captured the gist of the Red Scare and the use of blacklists and personal attacks to silence critics.

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FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

By Faraz Siddiqui — In November of 2020, plaintiffs representing the pharmaceutical industry sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to block a rule that would allow the importation of Canadian prescription drugs (see our blog post on the complaint). Last week, the D.C. District Court dismissed the suit for lack of standing because plaintiffs could not show any concrete risk of harm.

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Broadcast Law Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 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 Senate Commerce Committee announced that it will hold a hearing on February 14 on the long-delayed nomination of Gigi Sohn for the vacant Commissioner’s seat on the FCC.

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