JURIST

JUNE 20, 2021

The US Supreme Court on Thursday reversed a ruling that allowed several individuals to sue food corporations Nestlé USA and Cargill over child slavery claims, limiting corporate liability under the Alien Tort Statute. The case which the Supreme Court decided was Nestlé USA, Inc. v. Doe I, consolidated with Cargill, Inc. v. Doe I. In these cases, the unnamed plaintiffs alleged that Nestlé and Cargill were complicit in the use of child slave labor on cocoa farms in the Ivory Coast.

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JUNE 20, 2021

“Judicial Notice (06.19.21): Moving On; Major SCOTUS rulings, the passing of a legendary jurist, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

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JURIST

JUNE 20, 2021

Brussel’s first court of instance ruled on Friday that Belgium has failed to meet its climate obligations, and that its failure amounts to a violation of human rights under the Belgian Civil Code and article 2 and 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights. The suit was initiated by NGO Klimaatzaak against the Belgian state, the Wallonne Region, the Flemish Region, and the Brussels-Capital Region.

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JUNE 20, 2021

“Supreme Court Signals Expansion of Religious Exemptions From Laws; Cases will test the court’s ability to balance the growing legal recognition of LGBT equality with religious interests”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

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JURIST

JUNE 20, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Friday against Chinese telecom provider Huawei’s plea to vacate a rule by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Under the rule, FCC designated Huawei and its American affiliate as a “national security risk.” The rule barred recipients of subsidies from the federal government from using the funds to buy equipment or services from companies designated “national security risks.”.

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JURIST

JUNE 20, 2021

Approximately 500 Hong Kong police officers raided the offices of pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily on Thursday, arresting five executives and seizing journalistic material including reporters’ computers and notebooks. Three of the executives were later released. The remaining two, Next Digital CEO Cheung Kim-hung and Apple Daily editor-in-chief Ryan Law, were denied bail on Saturday.

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JUNE 20, 2021

A former Catholic school teacher is suing the Archdiocese of Louisville for gender discrimination. Sarah Syring was terminated from her position as a middle school English teacher at St. Andrew Academy on Jan. 8. Syring claims she was given the ultimatum to either resign or be fired because she and her partner were pregnant out.

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JURIST

JUNE 20, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Friday that the court cannot review challenges to asylum interview procedures in a suit filed by migrants seeking asylum. The court said that it lacks jurisdiction. In September 2019, 126 asylum-seekers filed suit, challenging “eleven alleged policies on how asylum officers conduct interviews in expedited-removal proceedings.

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 20, 2021

How do you know when it is time to quit your job, or your client, or a relationship — or even your dream? While many of us grew up to the tune of “quitters never win and winners never quit,” we know that’s not exactly true. After all, the world is full of inspiring tales of quitters who’ve come out on top. And the post-pandemic headlines are telling us that plenty of people have decided it’s time for something new, employment-wise: “The Great Resignation Is Here!

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Selecting and implementing CLM technology can be daunting, leading to underutilization or abandonment. Factors like provider differentiation, inadequate planning, and lack of user training contribute to these failures. Recognizing these pitfalls is crucial for successful adoption, ensuring organizations harness the full potential of CLM for streamlined contract management.

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JUNE 20, 2021

About a quarter of census tracts with a post office don’t have a community bank or credit union branch, suggesting postal banking could provide a financial lifeline to the millions of Americans without a bank account, according to our new research by Terri Friedline , University of Michigan and Ameya Pawar , University of Chicago.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2021

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. The FCC this week adopted revisions to certain EAS rules. Among other actions, the new rules (1) will change the name of Presidential alerts to “National Alerts” which can be originated not only by the President but also by the FEMA Director (and noted that these alerts need not be directed to

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JUNE 20, 2021

The Research Data Curation and Management Bibliography by Charles W. Bailey, Jr., the publisher of Digital Scholarship and a noncommercial digital artist, includes over 800 selected English-language articles and books that are useful in understanding the curation of digital research data in academic and other research institutions.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 20, 2021

I did my customary dawn hike this morning on Billy Goat Trail and it was like walking through a Monet with a heavy fog over the river and rocks. It was truly enchanting. I hope all of our fathers have a great time today. We started our celebrations early last night (and watched the movie “Eddie the Eagle”) and will continue today. Leslie is making me one of my favorite Pasta Carbonara (with pancetta) dishes with tonight.

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LegalReader

JUNE 20, 2021

Freshpet Inc. is recalling of a single lot of Freshpet “Select Small Dog Bite Size Beef & Egg Recipe Dog Food” because of potential contamination with Salmonella, which can be harmful to pets and their owners. “Our Freshpet Team had designated this single lot for destruction, but it was inadvertently shipped to retailers in limited geographic markets between June 7 and June 10, 2021,” according.

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JUNE 20, 2021

Newly released emails show the pressure brought by the White House on both former Attorney General Bill Barr and his brief successor, acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, to intervene in the 2020 election. Both Barr and Rosen refused to intervene and pushed aside numerous efforts to arrange meetings with Trump counsel and to file federal complaints.

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JURIST

JUNE 20, 2021

The US Senate this week passed a bipartisan resolution condemning the recent rise in antisemitism in the US and around the world. “Recently, we’ve seen attacks on Jewish communities and Jewish-owned places of business, foreign leaders who have invoked antisemitic conspiracies, and elected officials diminishing the horrors that Jews endured during the Holocaust,” said Senator Jacky Rosen. “No issue threatens Jewish communities more than the alarming rise of antisemitism and violent ex

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JUNE 20, 2021

Below is my column in USA Today on the remarkably united and non-ideological line of cases handed down by the Supreme Court. As Democratic leaders demand to pack the Court to create a liberal majority, the Court itself appears to be speaking through these cases. Here is the column: The Supreme Court has finally handed down two of the five “blockbuster” opinions of this term with rulings on the Affordable Care Act and religious rights.

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