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APRIL 21, 2024

An Italian court on Friday dismissed a long-running case against the rescue ship crews of three humanitarian organizations, who previously stood accused of aiding and abetting migrant smugglers while they were helping to rescue thousands of migrants off the coast of Libya and in the Mediterranean Sea. The court in Trapani, Sicily threw out the charges against all 10 defendants in what has become known as the “ Iuventa case ,” following the recommendation of the country’s public pros

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APRIL 21, 2024

“How large parts of Trump’s trial are playing out in the shadows: Critical aspects of the case have been shielded from the media and the public.” Kyle Cheney and Erica Orden of Politico have this report. The post “How large parts of Trump’s trial are playing out in the shadows: Critical aspects of the case have been shielded from the media and the public.” appeared first on How Appealing.

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APRIL 21, 2024

The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office in California announced charges on Thursday against three City of Alameda police officers for involuntary manslaughter of detainee Mario Gonzalez. On April 19, 2021, the officers tried to detain Gonzalez after receiving “a call involving a man behaving oddly in a public park” They later learned he was a suspect in a shoplifting incident.

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APRIL 21, 2024

“As Supreme Court takes up homeless ban, a city’s unhoused feel abandoned”: Reis Thebault and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post have this report. And Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “ Liberal Cities, Conservative Towns Seek Supreme Court’s Help on Homelessness; Local leaders claim power to keep parks and sidewalks clear, but a lower court said punishing people who have nowhere else to go is unconstitutional.” The post “As Supreme Court takes

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APRIL 21, 2024

Armenia announced Friday that it will return four villages to Azerbaijan as a result of the 8th meeting of the State Commission on the Delimitation of the State Border between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia. The announcement was shared in a press release published by Armenian state media. A spokesperson for the Azerbaijan Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the event as “historic.” A day before the agreement, Armenia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs stat

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JURIST

APRIL 21, 2024

The Election Commission of India (ECI) ordered repolling at 11 polling stations within the Inner Manipur parliamentary constituency on Saturday in response to incidents of violence during the Lok Sabha elections in Manipur. This decision follows disruptions that marred the initial voting process on Friday. The Lok Sabha elections are national elections to elect members of the lower house of the Indian Parliament.

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APRIL 21, 2024

“Do Not Make Survival Even More Difficult for People on the Streets”: Laura Riley has this guest essay online at The New York Times. The post “Do Not Make Survival Even More Difficult for People on the Streets” appeared first on How Appealing.

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APRIL 21, 2024

Polish authorities arrested three people on Friday in relation to the attack on an ally of the late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny. Leonid Volkov was “brutally attacked” in mid-March outside his home in Lithuania, where he lives in exile. The arrests were announced by Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, who released a statement on X (Formerly Twitter).

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APRIL 21, 2024

In Part 1 of this series, we saw that the number of cases calendared for a hearing at the Court of Appeals in the first 4 months since Rowan Wilson became New York's Chief Judge increased significantly. A 45% increase over the same 4 months the previous year. In Part 2, we saw that the number of criminal cases calendared for oral arguments for the same 4 months had actually doubled.

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APRIL 21, 2024

The United Nations’ Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Cyprus spokesperson Emilia Strovolidou urged the country on Friday to stop forcibly pushing away Syrian refugee boats arriving from Lebanon in violation of international human rights law and the principle of non-refoulment provided by the 1951 Refugee Convention , according to reports from the Associated Press and European human rights group EuroMed Rights.

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APRIL 21, 2024

Australian and New Zealand courts have developed a practice of managing trans-Tasman proceedings in a way that recognises the close relationship between the countries, and that aids in the effective and efficient resolution of cross-border disputes. This has been the case especially since the implementation of the Agreement on Trans-Tasman Court Proceedings and Regulatory Enforcement, which was entered into for the purposes of setting up an integrated scheme of civil jurisdiction and judgments.

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JURIST

APRIL 21, 2024

The Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland (PPS) on Friday issued a decision to not prosecute 15 British soldiers on charges of perjury for allegedly providing false evidence relating to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry. After receiving an investigation file submitted by the Police Service of Northern Ireland, which contained allegations of murder and attempted murder on Bloody Sunday, the PPS determined whether the available evidence was sufficient to provide a reasonable prospect of convict

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APRIL 21, 2024

by Dennis Crouch The recent eligibility decision in AI Visualize v. Nuance , __ F.4th __ (Fed. Cir. 2024), gives me pause to consider more general eligibility issues of AI Inventions. When does the design or creation of AI system elements qualify as an eligible invention? In his recent article, Prof. Nikola Datzov wrote what we have all been thinking: “Innovative applications of AI are everywhere we look [and are] revolutionizing our society.” Nikola L.

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APRIL 21, 2024

The media outlet Fontanka.ru reported Friday that their journalist, Ksenia Klochkova, had her home searched by police in connection with a criminal investigation against journalist Andrei Zakharov. Zakharov left Russia in December 2021, having stated that he faced unprecedented surveillance after being designated as a foreign agent. Fontanka.ru indicated that on Friday around 9 a.m., an investigative commission searched Klochkova’s home for 3 hours and subsequently confiscated her electron

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APRIL 21, 2024

The London police are under fire this week for threatening to arrest a man wearing a kippah near a pro-Palestinian march. Officers inform Gideon Falter, head of the Campaign Against Antisemitism watchdog, that he was “antagonizing” the protesters by being “openly Jewish” near such a march. He was told that, if he tried to cross the street while being “openly Jewish,” he would be arrested for breach of the peace.

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APRIL 21, 2024

By Kurt R. Karst — If you’ve been following this blog since the early days, then you know we fervently followed the more-than-decade-long soap opera that was The Medicines Company’s efforts to obtain a Patent Term Extension (“PTE”) from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) for U.S. Patent No. 5,196,404 covering ANGIOMAX (bivalirudin) after the company’s patent counsel untimely filed for a PTE 62 days after the ANGIOMAX NDA 020873 approval at 5:18 PM on Friday, December 15, 2000 (see our

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JURIST

APRIL 21, 2024

The UK Metropolitan Police issued an apology on Friday after one officer referred to the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) chief executive Gideon Falter as “openly Jewish” at a pro-Palestinian protest and described his presence as provacative. In a video published by the CAA, the police officer did not allow Falter to cross the road “because of the march,” and told him that his presence was provocative because he was being “openly Jewish.” Falter was wearing

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APRIL 21, 2024

“How Trump could win at the Supreme Court even if his broad immunity argument is rejected: If the court rejects Trump’s broad immunity claim, it could still send the case back to a lower court for more deliberations, which could further delay a potential trial.” Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report. The post “How Trump could win at the Supreme Court even if his broad immunity argument is rejected: If the court rejects Trump’s broad immunity claim, it could st

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JURIST

APRIL 21, 2024

United States congress members called on Friday for President Joe Biden to sanction Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its leader, General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (commonly known as Hemedti), for gross violations of human rights. Senators Benjamin Cardin and James Risch of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, together with Representatives Michael McCaul and Gregory Meeks of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, wrote an open letter to the president.

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APRIL 21, 2024

“Judicial Notice (04.21.24): Trump On Trial; Two Biglaw attorneys on the Trump jury, universal injunctions at SCOTUS, Am Law 100 firms in merger talks, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site. The post “Judicial Notice (04.21.24): Trump On Trial; Two Biglaw attorneys on the Trump jury, universal injunctions at SCOTUS, Am Law 100 firms in merger talks, and other legal news from the week that w

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APRIL 21, 2024

“So, What’s Going on With Clarence Thomas These Days? It’s never a bad time for Democrats to talk about the possibility of a Supreme Court vacancy.” Jason Linkins has this essay online at The New Republic. The post “So, What’s Going on With Clarence Thomas These Days? It’s never a bad time for Democrats to talk about the possibility of a Supreme Court vacancy.” appeared first on How Appealing.

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