JURIST

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) on Friday called for further expansion of its nationwide protests against recent amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016 (PECA). The group organized the protest against the PECA amendment on January 27. Video footage on X (formerly Twitter) showed Pakistani journalists protesting by chaining themselves in D-Chowk, symbolizing the restrictions on the freedom of speech following the PECA amendments.

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EvidenceProf Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Yesterday, a New York appellate court vacated Kaitlyn Conley's manslaughter conviction. I provided pro bono assistance to Conley's attorney, Melissa Swartz, in the appeal. So, what are the key facts of the case? Kaitlyn Conley worked at the chiropractor office.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

The Supreme Court of India on Friday ordered the Election Commission of India (ECI) to preserve video recordings of the voting process as a case challenging the increase in the number of voters per polling station is pending before the court. The plea argues the increase could lead to the exclusion of voters due to the overburdening of poll stations.

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LLRX

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Trk expressed alarm Friday over reports of summary executions in Khartoum North, Sudan, where fighters allied with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have allegedly killed civilians since regaining control of the area. The UN Human Rights Office verified at least 18 deaths, including one woman, in seven separate incidents since January 25.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

President Donald Trump has fired Rohit Chopra as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in a long-awaited move to purge another holdover of the Biden administration.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

A Louisiana grand jury on Friday indicted a New York doctor for enabling the termination of a minor’s pregnancy by prescribing an abortion bill. The grand jury also indicted the minor’s mother, though the mother’s name has not been released to protect the minor’s identity. Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill supported the indictment, stating : “It is illegal to send abortion pills into this State and it’s illegal to coerce another into having an abortion.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., triggered an outcry this week with his call for Democrats to fight President Donald Trump’s agenda “in the streets.” The incendiary language came not long after a man, Ryan Michael Reily English, was arrested at the Capitol with a knife and Molotov cocktails. According to court filings, English was allegedly targeting House Speaker Mike Johnson, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

A US federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked an attempt by President Donald Trump’s administration to freeze federal aid funding, finding that the administration’s directive was likely unconstitutional. The decision came after a federal judge in Washington, DC, blocked the same order in a separate lawsuit earlier this week. Judge John J.

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