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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The Ugandan General Court Martial in Makindye denied bail for 36 members of the National Unity Platform (NUP) on Monday. The 36, along with another 13 NUP supporters who were previously released on bail, were arrested in December and January on charges for unlawful possession of ammunition during protests that preceded the January 14 election. NUP leader Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, lost in that election to incumbent Yoweri Museveni of the National Resistance Movement (NRM).

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Like a handful of other states, Illinois still has a Dead Man's Act. Illinois's act can be found in 735 ILCS 5/8-201, which states in pertinent part that In the trial of any action in which any party sues or.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The 2020 elections may be over, but the Supreme Court will soon hear oral argument in a pair of voting-rights cases from one of last year’s key battleground states, and the eventual outcome may determine how courts will assess allegedly discriminatory voting rules for years. The post Justices to consider whether Arizona’s voting rules discriminate against minorities appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The US Supreme Court on Saturday cleared the way for the extradition of an American father and son accused of helping smuggle former automotive giant Carlos Ghosn out of Japan. The decision concludes the pair’s nearly year-long legal effort to avoid facing criminal charges in Japan. On behalf of the court, Justice Stephen Breyer denied the 30-page emergency application for a stay pending appeal filed by Michael Taylor and his son, Peter Taylor.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

“New Mexico Supreme Court publishes legal findings on dining ban”: Phaedra Haywood of The Santa Fe New Mexican has an article that begins, “The state Supreme Court published the detailed legal reasoning Monday behind an August ruling that said the governor and the state Department of Health have the authority to impose restrictions on businesses via emergency order.” You can access yesterday’s opinion of the Supreme Court of New Mexico at this link.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

“Statue of Maine judge who upheld segregation laws will be removed in Augusta”: Nick Schroeder of The Bangor Daily News has a report that begins, “The statue of a Maine-born chief justice who voted to uphold a landmark Supreme Court decision that institutionalized racial segregation will be removed from the Kennebec Courthouse lawn.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

If you focus on these digital marketing concepts, devoting the necessary time and resources, you will almost certainly see your website improve by virtually every metric.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

“Hacker Claims to Have Stolen Files Belonging to Prominent Law Firm Jones Day; Firm disputes network breach, says its file-transfer company was compromised”: Tawnell D. Hobbs and Sara Randazzo will have this article in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Understand the facts concerning estate planning and do not pay heed to the myths surrounding it. It will give more clarity when it comes to passing your assets to your loved ones. .

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

“Orrick Supreme Court Leader Kelsi Corkran Decamps for Georgetown Law Fellowship; Corkran joined the Georgetown University Law Center’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection as a pro bono senior fellow; She started at Georgetown this month after six years at Orrick”: Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal has this report.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

“N.J. Law Forbids Naming a Judge’s, Prosecutor’s, or Police Officer’s Close Relatives Online, whenever the judge, prosecutor, or police officer demands that the relative’s name be taken down”: Eugene Volokh has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

If bankruptcy is your best option, try not to stress yourself out more than necessary. You are not alone in this situation, and you will be able to climb back out of it, given time. .

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

“How to fix the Senate without abolishing the filibuster; Filibuster reforms are normal, and they happen all the time”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

This article was translated from English into Spanish by JURIST Editor Daniela Comesanas Carmona. To view the original article in English written by JURIST Editor Melanie Paulick click here. Este artículo fue traducido de Inglés a Español por la editora de JURIST Daniela Comesanas Carmona. Para ver el artículo original en Inglés escrito por el editor de JURIST Melanie Paulick , da click aquí.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

“Anissa Jordan Took Part in a Robbery. She Went to Prison for Murder. The legal doctrine that allows people to be prosecuted for murder even if they didn’t kill anyone has fallen out of favor across the globe. In America, it remains common.” Law professor Lara Bazelon has this article online at The Atlantic.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The evolution and utilization of artificial intelligence (AI) is on the rise and shows no signs of stopping in the near future. In fact, Statista reports that global revenues from enterprise applications making use of AI are expected to increase by almost $30B by 2025. With such monumental growth, it’s no wonder the legal industry is getting in on the action.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

“The Law & Corpus Linguistics Revolution: Why It Matters.” James Heilpern has this post at The Juris Lab.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

by Dennis Crouch. Amgen v. Sanofi and Regeneron (Fed. Cir. 2021). The decision here provides another anti-functional-limitation decision — this time rendering Amgen’s monoclonal antibody claims invalid. Although enablement decisions traditionally differed greatly between biotech and computer innovations, the decision here relies heavily on the Federal Circuit’s recent software decision in McRO, Inc. v.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

“Supreme Court to review cheerleader’s free-speech lawsuit against Mahanoy Area School District”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

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ABA Journal

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In today’s online-centric world, lawyers often get just one click and one page of search engine results to make their cases to prospective clients.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

“L. Lin Wood enlists ‘Army of Patriots’ in battle to retain law license”: Alan Judd of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this report.

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ABA Journal

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

It's important to offer people opportunities to practice meditation because once you introduce them to it, it's more likely they'll try it again on their…

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

You can achieve many things on a podcast to promote your business; among them are: discussing news related to CBD, reviews about your brand, CBD legislation, new trends in CBD, and more. .

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Lawyer Todd Rothbard of Santa Clara, California, tried to reach the Internal Revenue Service after it told him in a Jan.

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