JURIST
MAY 7, 2022
Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a young lawyer reports on a new Taliban decree issued Saturday on the wearing of hijabs by Afghan women. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our correspondent’s name. The text has only been lightly edited to respect the author’s voice.
HowAppealing
MAY 7, 2022
“The Supreme Court opinion leak will go down in Chief Justice Roberts’ legacy”: NPR’s Scott Simon interviewed CNN’s Joan Biskupic in this audio segment from today’s broadcast of “Weekend Edition Saturday.
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JURIST
MAY 7, 2022
Amnesty International Friday published a report documenting war crimes committed by Russian forces in the northwest portion of Kyiv Oblast. In April Amnesty International investigators spent 12 days in Bucha, Borodyanka, Novyi Korohod, Andrivka, Zdvyzhivka, Vorzel, Makariv and Dmytrivka investigating war crimes. The investigators interviewed around 45 people who witnessed or had first-hand knowledge of killings by Russian soldiers and airstrikes that hit large apartment buildings.
HowAppealing
MAY 7, 2022
“Law Against Illicit Sexual Conduct by Americans Abroad Upheld”: Bernie Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has this report on a noteworthy ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued Thursday barely upholding the constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. §2423(c).
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JURIST
MAY 7, 2022
The Supreme Court of Belarus Friday announced that Russian law student Sofia Sapega was sentenced in Grodno Regional Court to six years imprisonment for involvement with opposition activities in the country. Saepga was convicted of inciting social hatred and disseminating personal information without consent, charges which together carry a maximum of 15 years in prison.
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JURIST
MAY 7, 2022
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Friday announced settled charges against NVIDIA Corporation (NVIDIA) for “inadequate disclosures concerning the impact of crypto mining on the company’s gaming business.” As a result of the SEC’s findings, “NVIDIA agreed to a cease-and-desist order and to pay a $5.5 million penalty.” Chief of the SEC Enforcement Divisions Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit Christina Littman said that “NVIDIA’s disclosure fa
HowAppealing
MAY 7, 2022
“California’s Supreme Court already declared a constitutional right to abortion. So why are state leaders pushing for a ballot measure?” Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.
Law 360
MAY 7, 2022
Contempt of court is an overlooked but potentially effective tool to punish whoever leaked the draft opinion overruling Roe v. Wade and protect the integrity of the U.S. Supreme Court, says Michael Zuckerman at Zuckerman Dispute Resolution.
HowAppealing
MAY 7, 2022
“Where Does the Anti-Abortion Movement Go After Roe? The Supreme Court draft opinion signals a new era for the 50-year effort to end the constitutional right to abortion; Next goals include a national ban and, in some cases, classifying abortion as homicide.” Elizabeth Dias and Ruth Graham will have this front page article in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.
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SCOTUSBlog
MAY 7, 2022
Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether defendants have standing to assert violations of an extradition treaty and whether the wire fraud statute applies extraterritorially to reach a defendant’s conduct committed only in Nigeria. El Chapo seeks standing to argue that his trial violated the extradition treaty with Mexico.
HowAppealing
MAY 7, 2022
“Of wombs and chambers: The Surpreme Court is poised to go in radically different directions on abortion and guns.” The New York Daily News has published this editorial.
NewYorkCourtWatcher
MAY 7, 2022
*In a series of posts several years ago, I examined some nonsensical arguments that are regularly spouted, often by those who do or should know better. [Supremely Awful Arguments: Constitutional Nonsense (Part 1); (Part 2); (Part 3); (Part 4).] The leaked opinion is full of them.Let me begin with what is usually left unsaid or ignored regarding the constitutional issue of abortion.
HowAppealing
MAY 7, 2022
“Who was Matthew Hale, the 17th-century jurist Alito invokes in his draft overturning Roe?” Deanna Pan has this front page article in today’s edition of The Boston Globe.
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Mondaq
MAY 7, 2022
Links to media releases, publications, practice & courts, cases & legislation relating to the residential industry.
HowAppealing
MAY 7, 2022
“Appeals court OKs out-of-state foie gras producers selling to Californians”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report. And Hillel Aron of Courthouse News Service has a report headlined “ Ninth Circuit upholds foie gras loophole in California; California lovers of French cuisine, rejoice: You can still buy foie gras — from out-of-state sellers only.” Yesterday, a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S.
Mondaq
MAY 7, 2022
Discussion about Pecuniary Penalty Orders – what are they? How do they work? When are they made? Time limits.
HowAppealing
MAY 7, 2022
“Alito’s legal reasoning for ending Roe rests on history, the right to life”: Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times have this report.
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LegalReader
MAY 7, 2022
The non-profit State Bar Foundation alleges that Paxton misused his office to support lawsuits propagating election conspiracy theories.
HowAppealing
MAY 7, 2022
“I Counted All the Scholars Cited in the Leaked Roe Opinion. Can You Guess How Many Were Women?” Jackie Flynn Mogensen of Mother Jones has this report.
LegalReader
MAY 7, 2022
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center was recently hit with a discrimination lawsuit over the death of a young mother.
HowAppealing
MAY 7, 2022
“Abortion pills: A post-Roe game changer — and the next battleground.” Jennifer Haberkorn of The Los Angeles Times has this report.
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Mondaq
MAY 7, 2022
Whether residential land used for a mixture of tourist related purposes is Residential or Business depends on the dominant use of the land.
HowAppealing
MAY 7, 2022
“Politico’s exclusive on Roe v. Wade was most-viewed story in outlet’s history”: Oliver Darcy of CNN has this report.
At the Lectern
MAY 7, 2022
Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye gave the keynote address at a 2022 Law Day event at Cal State Monterey Bay. Video here. During her speech, the Chief Justice asserted that “enemies of the constitution,” which she and other public officials take an oath to protect and defend against, “can be laws that are unconstitutional, it can be oppression of people, it can be bias, it can be discrimination, it can be the elimination of rights.” The speech came before this week’
HowAppealing
MAY 7, 2022
“Outside Kavanaugh’s home, a neighbor rallies for abortion rights”: Ellie Silverman of The Washington Post has this report.
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