The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Federal Judge Lisa Godbey Wood of the U.S. District Court has rejected plea agreements with the Justice Department for Travis McMichael and his father Gregory McMichael, two of the three white men facing hate crime charges in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, after his family expressed fierce opposition to the deal, reports the New York Times. Arbery’s family angrily objected to the federal plea agreement because it would have sent at least two of them immediately to a generally considered safer fed

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Paralegal Bootcamp

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

One job qualification that may help you land your dream paralegal position is being certified as a Notary Public. As you can see by perusing the website of the American Society of Notaries , in many states, obtaining a Notary Commission is very simple. Louisiana is not one of those states. To become a Notary Public in Louisiana, a candidate must pass a notary exam which, since the current format was adopted, has a pass rate just under 21%.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Tuesday ruled in favour of Russia in two human rights cases, finding the country’s handling of the employment and criminal cases did not violate the European Convention on Human Rights. In Kramareva v. Russia , a Russian employee claimed a wrongful termination after another person was employed to perform the same duties on a full-time basis.

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ABA Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The Georgetown University Law Center has placed incoming new hire Ilya Shapiro on administrative leave while the school investigates whether his controversial tweets violate school…

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

ACLU filed a lawsuit Monday requesting access to COVID-19 booster shots for seven individuals (“the plaintiffs”) detained by immigration authorities. The lawsuit is aimed at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). According to the Complaint, the seven plaintiffs have been denied the booster shot, despite multiple requests.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Myanmar law students are reporting for JURIST on challenges to the rule of law in their country under the military junta that deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. In this dispatch, one of our law students reflects on Tuesday’s self-immolation of a young Myanmar man in Mandalay protesting electricity cut-offs on the one-year anniversary of the Myanmar military coup.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

“Justice Breyer to Retire: The apolitical pragmatist makes the pragmatic political choice.” Nancy Gertner joined Dahlia Lithwick on the new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The African Union (AU) Monday suspended Burkina Faso in response to the January 24 military coup ousting President Roch Marc Christian Kabore. The Peace and Security Council, the AU’s standing decision-making organ for the prevention, management and resolution of conflicts, announced its decision “ to suspend the participation of Burkina Faso in all AU activities until the effective restoration of constitutional order in the country.” On Friday, the Economic Community of West A

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

“Case trajectory to high court is bypassing normal circuit at historic levels; As the U.S. Supreme Court increasingly takes up disputes that haven’t yet made their rounds through the stations of judgment and appeal, experts call it symptomatic of a deeper problem”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

A federal judge in the US District Court for the Central District of California Monday ruled against former Los Angeles City Councilman José Huizar, allowing evidence collected from a 2016 FBI search warrant at Huizar’s trial. Huizar argued that there were issues with the FBI search warrant. Huizar served on the Los Angeles City Council from 2005 to 2020 and chaired the Planning and Land Use Management Committee until November 2018.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

“Profile of a potential nominee: Ketanji Brown Jackson.” Amy Howe has this post at “SCOTUSblog.” Coincidentally, today Judge Jackson issued this opinion on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

US Attorney General Merrick Garland Monday released the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) new National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking, signaling a new executive effort to disrupt human trafficking networks and assist victims of trafficking. The new strategy draws its mandate from several pieces of legislation, including the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 and the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

“The architect of Reagan’s pledge to put a woman on the Supreme Court says it was all political”: Columnist Mark Z. Barabak has this essay in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

US ambassadors and lawmakers have vowed to take action against Russia should the situation in Ukraine progress any further. The UN Security Council gathered on Monday to discuss Russia’s recent massing of troops along the Ukraine border and fears of invasion. In her remarks before the UN Security Council, US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield argued that Russia’s actions threaten the international order the UN Security Council is tasked with upholding.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

“Judicial Opinion Barbs Reflect Political Divisions, Twitter Era”: Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law has a report that begins, “Ninth Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke’s writings are again getting attention as he crafted a majority opinion and an alternative attached as a concurrence he said liberal colleagues could adopt en banc in the Second Amendment case.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Guest Post by Victoria T. Carrington and Professor Jorge L. Contreras. Background . It should be no surprise to readers of Patently-O that many are unhappy with the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence regarding patent eligibility under Section 101 of the Patent Act. In response to various calls for “reform” of patent eligibility jurisprudence, on March 5, 2021, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Tom Cotton (R-AR), and Christopher Coons (D-DE) requested that the US Patent and Trademark

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

“What Qualifies a Supreme Court Justice: Obviously, it goes beyond gender and race.” Dan McLaughlin has this essay online at National Review.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

A surge in unemployment during the first five months of the pandemic coincided with an increase in firearm violence and homicides in 16 American cities, according to a study by the Violence Prevention Research Program (VPRP) at University of California Davis. Although the study did not draw a case-and-effect link between joblessness and gun violence, the findings supported earlier research showingf “economic disadvantage and income inequality have long been associated with increased risk of viol

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

“Federal Judges Who Can Take Senior Status Need to Do It Now”: Elie Mystal has this post at Balls and Strikes.

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ABA Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

An Arizona lawyer has consented to a two-month suspension after he was accused of using the chat function on GoToMeeting to coach his client during…

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

“A Supreme Court Front-Runner Delivered a Big Victory to Federal Unions”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

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LawTechnologyToday

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Tremendous opportunities exist for transactional practitioners to leverage technology to optimize outcomes. These opportunities center on four trends discussed below. Each trend has its roots in the now well-established field of litigation-support technology. Litigation technology was born out of a need to manage the high volume of potentially responsive documents because of the shift from paper to electronic documents and communication.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

“Abortion and the 13th Amendment”: Law professor Andrew Koppelman has this essay online at The Hill.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

$1.4 billion is a small price to pay to not have to hire financial advisers. The post UBS Hires Robots To Manage Money For Relatively Poor People appeared first on Above the Law.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

“Let’s Bring the Supreme Court Back Down to Earth”: Columnist Jamelle Bouie has this essay online at The New York Times.

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