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FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The European Commission took the first step in commencing legal proceedings against Hungary on Thursday, following the country’s failure to change a controversial 2017 law requiring foreign-funded non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to disclose their donors to authorities or face fines. The move comes as a result of Hungary’s failure to repeal its controversial Law on the Transparency of Organisations Supported from Abroad , which was deemed contrary to EU law by the European Court

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EvidenceProf Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Texas Rule of Evidence 614 provides that At a party’s request, the court must order witnesses excluded so that they cannot hear other witnesses’ testimony. Or the court may do so on its own. But this rule does not authorize.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – After a fifth day of overnight internet blackout imposed from 1AM – 9 AM MMT by the Myanmar military government, our law student correspondents in Myanmar reported Friday that protests against the junta continued across the country. A group of young orchestral musicians made quite an impact on a crowd in front of the British Embassy in Yangon, the old capital, playing “Heal the World” by Michael Jackson and making a presentation to the British Ambassado

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FEBRUARY 19, 2021

“School District Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Scope of Transgender Student Rights”: Mark Walsh of Education Week has this report on a petition for writ of certiorari filed today in the U.S. Supreme Court.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Taxi app firm Uber must classify its drivers as workers , entitling tens of thousands of drivers to minimum wage and holiday pay, the UK Supreme Court held on Friday. Under s. 230(3) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 , a “worker” is anyone employed. (a) under a contract of employment or. (b) any other contract, whether express or implied and (if it is express) whether oral or in writing, whereby the individual undertakes to do or perform personally any work or services for another pa

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – A Friday update from one of our law student correspondents reporting for JURIST in Myanmar, sent just before the now-daily military-imposed Internet blackout from 1 AM – 9 AM MMT (1:30 PM – 9:30 PM EST): Today, there was no bad news except from what happened in Myitkyina, in the northern part of Myanmar, Kachin State [where marching female teachers were beaten by riot police, as reported earlier ].

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FEBRUARY 19, 2021

“Prime Minister launches process to select the next justice of the Supreme Court of Canada”: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued this news release today.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Four conservative lobbyists filed suit in federal court on Wednesday seeking to block Nevada Governor Stephen Sisolak’s COVID-19 emergency orders. The lawsuit calls the shelter-in-place order a “draconian” restriction on Nevadans’ rights, alleging violations of plaintiffs’ due process rights under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments and plaintiffs’ right to petition under the First Amendment to the US Constitution.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2021

“Supreme Court asked to decide if use of racial slur amounts to illegal discrimination; An employee alleges that he was repeatedly exposed to uses of the slur at his workplace”: Pete Williams of NBC News has this report.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

On Monday, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Florida v. Georgia, round two. At issue is whether the court will require Georgia to cap its water use in the Apalachicola River system and allow more water to flow downstream into Florida. Georgia says its. The post Florida and Georgia face off again in long-running fight over water rights appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2021

“Federal judge whose son was killed in attack says gunman targeted Sonia Sotomayor; U.S. District Judge Esther Salas says the FBI found evidence the man who killed her son targeted Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor”: The CBS News program 60 Minutes has this report. In other coverage, Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “ Judge says gunman who killed her son also targeted Justice Sotomayor.” And Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “ Justice Sonia So

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FEBRUARY 19, 2021

by Dennis Crouch. I wrote earlier about the Supreme Court petition in Amarin Pharma, Inc. v. Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. (Supreme Court 2021) that focuses on secondary considerations of non-obviousness such as commercial success and long-felt un-met need. There has been a small movement over the years to refer to these as “objective indicia of nonobviousness” as opposed to secondary considerations.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2021

“An unprecedented winter storm has disrupted delivery of electricity and other essential services including internet access to broad swaths of the states comprising the Fifth Circuit.” So begins an order that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued yesterday extending certain filing deadlines.

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Florida senators are moving forward with a plan to eliminate the state’s no-fault auto insurance system. According to The Tampa Bay Times, the Senate Judiciary Committee recently approved SB 54, a bill that would eliminate no-fault while mandating that motorists carry bodily injury coverage. Under the current no-fault system, drivers in Florida are required to.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2021

“Coronavirus Covid-19 Public Emergency Order Concerning Face Masks/Coverings in Public Areas of Courthouses — Amended Order pertaining to the Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse in Chicago”: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued this amended order yesterday.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Facebook on Wednesday barred Australians from seeing or sharing news content on Facebook. The move came in response to the Australian government’s proposed media bargaining law that would force Facebook and Google to pay to use content from Australian media companies. Facebook described its decision to “restrict the availability of news on Facebook in Australia,” as “incredibly difficult.” William Easton, the Managing Director for Facebook in Australia and New Zeala

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FEBRUARY 19, 2021

“Supreme Court takes ‘go-slow’ approach on divisive issues as the rest of Washington reels”: John Fritze of USA Today has this report.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The FDA is recalling certain boxes of Litehouse Inc.'s Brite Harbor Caesar Dressing & Dip 1.5 oz packets because they might contain an undeclared allergen.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2021

“Supreme Court considers warrantless search-and-seizure case from California”: Mark Walsh has this report online at ABA Journal.

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The Hollywood Lawyer

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Netflix has reported that it will be creating a GameStop documentary and feature film with Emmy and Oscar-winning filmmakers Dan Cogan and Liz Garbus. The documentary will feature interviews with members of the Reddit forum, r/wallstreetbets, behind the rise of GameStop stock, everyday amateur traders, and Wallstreet financial experts. The founder of WallStreetBets has sold his life story to […].

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

When issues do come up, it is best to communicate in writing with your landlord. Should you end up in a legal battle, you’ll have written proof of requests made that will be hard for the landlord to dispute.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

A Delhi trial court on Wednesday acquitted journalist Priya Ramani in a criminal defamation case brought by former Union Minister MJ Akbar relating to sexual harassment allegations that Ramani made against him during the 2018 #MeToo movement. Ramani had written an article on sexual harassment for Vogue in 2017 and subsequently had tweeted accusing Akbar of sexual harassment in 2018.

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

A North Carolina woman who struck big with a lucky Powerball ticket is facing an unexpected challenge to her winnings—filed by her ex-fiancé, who is serving a 10-year prison sentence for drug trafficking. The News & Observer reports that Marie Holmes made it big in 2015. Holmes as, at the time, only 26 years old.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster signed a bill on Thursday that prohibits an abortion if a physician detects a fetal heartbeat. The bill will only take effect if the US Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. The General Assembly passed the South Carolina Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act with a 79-35 vote. The law requires physicians to test for a detectable fetal heartbeat before an abortion, and, if detected, prohibits the procedure.

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Sony is joining other big names in the gaming industry in being on the receiving end of a lawsuit alleging its DualSense controllers are drifting due to a hardware defect. The newest class action has been filed by law firm Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith LLP in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District.

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