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MARCH 19, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled Wednesday that Uber Technologies, Inc. (Uber) cannot force plaintiffs to arbitrate their disability discrimination claims. The plaintiffs include motorized-wheelchair users from the Pittsburgh area and the Pittsburghers for Public Trust, which is a non-profit organization that aims to make “transportation … available and accessible to all, including people with limited mobility.” The plaintiffs alleged that Uber discriminated

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MARCH 19, 2021

This Friday’s Fast Track tip for your paralegal career is: Make your office space a happy space ! Whether you’re working from home or back in the office – have at least one thing in your office that brings you joy. A plant. A picture in a nice frame. Artwork. A vase or a sculpture. Paralegals: What is the ONE thing you have in your office space (or WFH space) that brightens up your day?

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JURIST

MARCH 19, 2021

Archbishop of Hamburg Stefan Hesse offered to resign Friday after allegations that he mishandled sexual abuse cases appeared in a lengthy report on abuse in the Archdiocese of Cologne. Professor Bjorn Gercke, who compiled the 800-page study, said it identifies more than 200 perpetrators and more than 300 victims of abuse from 1975 to 2018. In a statement , Hesse commended Gercke for compiling the report and said it has allowed him to see his own actions in a new light.

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EvidenceProf Blog

MARCH 19, 2021

Should prosecutors be required to refer to defendants by their preferred pronouns? That was the question of first impression addressed by the Eighth Circuit in its recent opinion in United States v. Thomason, 2021 WL 966844 (8th Cir. 2021). In.

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JURIST

MARCH 19, 2021

Canada’s senate passed a bill on Wednesday that expands access to medically assisted dying for more Canadians with medical issues. The bill received royal assent a day later, thereby becoming law. The new legislation eliminates the requirement that a person’s death be “reasonably foreseeable” to obtain access. Now, those with serious medical issues may request medically assisted dying care so long as they meet the safeguard requirements.

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JURIST

MARCH 19, 2021

UN human rights experts demanded Thursday that Iranian authorities put an end to the torture of Iranian-Swedish scientist and academic Ahmadreza Djalali and called for his immediate release from custody due to the critical condition of his health. Djalali, who was charged with espionage while visiting Iran to attend workshops on disaster medicine, was detained arbitrarily and arrested on April 25, 2016.

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MARCH 19, 2021

Judge who maligned media can’t get coverage of his Broadway shows: A longtime correspondent of this blog emailed tonight to note: I notice that Judge Silberman’s long dissent-in-part in Tah v. Global Witness contains what is either a clever pun or a truly inspired typographical error. On page three of his dissenting opinion he writes: “In that deal, Global Witness asserted that the National Oil Company paid bribes to legislators on behalf of the Broadway Consolidated oil compan

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JURIST

MARCH 19, 2021

The EU on Wednesday agreed to a new package of sanctions on four Chinese individuals and one entity, whose names will be made public after formal approval by EU foreign ministers on March 22, as part of a sanctions list aiming to punish several countries over human rights abuses. Those sanctions are deemed to be the first sanctions against Beijing since an EU arms embargo in 1989 following the Tiananmen Square crackdown, which is still in place today.

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MARCH 19, 2021

In December 2020 , The University of Chicago Law Review Online published “a series of short remembrances of Judge Diane Wood of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in honor of her twenty-five years (and counting) on the bench”: Law professor David Freeman Engstrom had an essay titled “ Oboe Judging.” Law professor Zachary D.

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JURIST

MARCH 19, 2021

The Indian Supreme Court on Thursday directed lower courts to avoid expressing any stereotypical or patriarchal opinions on women and their place in society such as “women are physically weak, should be submissive and obedient, good women are sexually chaste” in court orders relating to crimes against women, especially for verdicts on bail.

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MARCH 19, 2021

“Supreme Court justices meet in person for first time in a year; All nine justices have been fully vaccinated”: Pete Williams of NBC News has this report. And Paul Best of Fox News reports that “ Supreme Court meets in person for first time in more than a year; Oral arguments will still be held by teleconference through the spring.

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JURIST

MARCH 19, 2021

Spain legalized euthanasia on Thursday for persons who are gravely ill or ill with an incurable disease. The bill was approved with 202 votes for and 141 against. Gravely ill is defined as someone who is affected by their illness to the degree that it affects their physical or mental capacities to the point that it is intolerable. Incurable disease is defined as a disease that is intolerable without cure and which gets progressively worse as time goes on.

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MARCH 19, 2021

“The Federal Courts Have a Transparency Problem. Here’s How We Can Fix It. The third branch says it’s the most transparent when it comes to its work, but it’s the least transparent when it comes to the perks.” Gabe Roth has this essay online at The National Law Journal.

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JURIST

MARCH 19, 2021

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday agreed to joint investigations with Ethiopia into possible war crimes committed in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray. “The High Commissioner responded positively to the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) request for joint investigations on Monday,” Jonathan Fowler, spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office told AFP.

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MARCH 19, 2021

“Neil Gorsuch Supports an Originalist Theory That Would Destroy Modern Governance; Just one problem: It’s bunk.” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate. The Columbia Law Review has posted online its newly published article by law professors Julian Davis Mortenson and Nicholas Bagley titled “ Delegation at the Founding.

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JURIST

MARCH 19, 2021

Twenty-one states led by Texas sued the Biden administration Wednesday over its revocation of the Keystone XL pipeline permit. They claim the administration has sought to “leverage its power regarding U.S. foreign policy to unilaterally contradict Congress’s stated domestic policy” with regards to the Keystone XL pipeline. The states claim that President Joe Biden’s executive order is “regulation of interstate and international commerce,” which may only be reg

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MARCH 19, 2021

“Pandemic Revives Old Courtroom Argument: To Robe, or Not to Robe? As a precaution, judges and lawyers in India’s highest courts were freed from their black gowns, drawing cheers and objections.” Shan Li had this front page article in yesterday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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JURIST

MARCH 19, 2021

The High Court of Kenya dismissed a challenge Wednesday to the constitutionality of the country’s Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act. The petitioner sought to allow female genital mutilation (FGM) for consenting adults. Dr. Tatu Kamau, the petitioner, brought the petition in 2017. Kamau’s petition asserted that women were being harassed and arrested for undergoing the procedure.

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MARCH 19, 2021

Over on Twitter, I have just posted this poll in which you can choose to cast a vote within the next 23 hours or so: #AppellateTwitter — When a filing is served on you electronically but other counsel nevertheless sends you a paper copy, is your response: Thanks that’s helpful. I don’t need more paper. It depends. I will report back on the results tomorrow.

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LegalReader

MARCH 19, 2021

The North Dakota Senate has approved a bill that would shield businesses from liability in the event any of their employees contracted novel coronavirus at work. According to The Grand Forks Herald, the proposal was passed 41-6 on Wednesday. While the state House of Representatives had already approved the same bill, the Senate made several.

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MARCH 19, 2021

“Federal Circuit Judges Seek First Black Colleague as Seat Opens”: Perry Cooper of Bloomberg Law has this report. Cooper also tweeted here about some interesting stuff that didn’t make it into her article.

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ABA Journal

MARCH 19, 2021

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that a dead woman’s earlier warnings that her husband may kill her can’t be used as evidence in his…

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MARCH 19, 2021

“Nonunanimous juries — recently ruled unconstitutional — convicted hundreds sitting in Oregon prisons. Now, they want a fair trial.” Jaimie Ding has this front page article in today’s edition of The Oregonian.

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LegalReader

MARCH 19, 2021

Immigrants’ rights advocates are pushing back against Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s attempts to block President Joe Biden’s latest changes to U.S. immigration policy. On Tuesday, a coalition of immigration and Latino advocacy groups announced a lawsuit against Brnovich’s office. The complaint, notes The Associated Press, was filed by the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational.

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MARCH 19, 2021

“Bayer Won’t Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Reverse Roundup Loss”: Joel Rosenblatt of Bloomberg News has this report.

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