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MAY 16, 2021

The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights urged the Greek state to end its pushback of asylum seekers at the border. Commissioner Dunja Mijatovic expressed her concerns following the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment indicating reception of “consistent and credible allegations” of pushbacks which appeared to follow a “standard practice.” Such conduct included persons dressed in uniform without iden

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Everybody loves a good shortcut. Seriously, who hasn’t considered skipping the hard parts in the marathon of life? Change is hard, oftentimes necessary. So, we spend a significant part of our lives trying (and failing) to instill new habits. And, that includes work habits. Most fail in this regard for two reasons: They try to bite off more than they can chew, or they don’t stick with it long enough.

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MAY 16, 2021

The High Court of Ireland on Friday struck down Facebook’s attempt to avoid the Irish Data Protection Commission’s (DPC) regulatory process. The DPC initiated its inquiry into Facebook’s data set through the Irish Data Protection Act 2018 in mid-April. This data set includes personal information of more than 500 million Facebook users worldwide, and the DPC is concerned over potential EU GDPR breaches by Facebook Ireland.

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EvidenceProf Blog

MAY 16, 2021

Pursuant to Brady v. Maryland, the State has an affirmative obligation, under the Due Process Clause, to timely disclose material exculpatory evidence to the defense. Brady covers not only substantive evidence but also impeachment evidence, with the recent opinion of.

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JURIST

MAY 16, 2021

A Venezuelan court seized the headquarters of El Nacional newspaper on Friday after the newspaper failed to pay a USD $13.3 million fine in a defamation lawsuit. The case was brought by Diosdado Cabello, the Vice President of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela, after the newspaper reprinted an article linking Cabello to drug trafficking.

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MAY 16, 2021

Five organizations working for migrant rights Thursday asked Qatar to reveal the location of Malcolm Bidali, a security guard from Kenya who wrote about the issues faced by migrant workers in the country and was arrested by the police on May 4. Prior to his arrest, Bidali had discussions with trade unions and civil society organizations about his own experience as a migrant worker in Qatar.

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“Bayer Suffers Second Appellate Defeat With Ninth Circuit Ruling in Roundup Cancer Case; Bayer-owned Monsanto must now decide whether it wants the Supreme Court to weigh in on the legitimacy of a $25 million jury verdict”: Maria Dinzeo of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S.

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MAY 16, 2021

A special five-judge bench at the High Court of Kenya on Thursday declared the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI)-driven Constitution of Kenya Amendment Bill 2020 unconstitutional. The main case was filed by five activists, namely David Ndii, Jerotich Seii, James Ngondi, Wanjiku Gikonyo, and Ikal Angelei. The judgment deals with 17 issues that had been raised in eight petitions consolidated with the main case.

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MAY 16, 2021

“Landlords Take Fight Against Eviction Ban to 11th Circuit; An attorney for the National Apartment Association told the appeals court that landlords’ inability to give delinquent tenants the boot during the pandemic is causing them irreparable harm”: Kayla Goggin of Courthouse News Service has this report on an oral argument (access the audio via this link ) that a three-judge panel of the U.S.

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MAY 16, 2021

On Thursday, the UK government imposed new sanctions on Libya’s al-Kaniyat militia and its leaders for violations of international law. The militia is reportedly responsible for 27 mass graves containing hundreds of residents reported missing in the Libyan town of Tarhuna. The group has allegedly committed atrocities such as torture, murder, arbitrary detention, and enforced disappearance.

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MAY 16, 2021

“Court lifts injunction on CMP transmission corridor project; The appeals court said opponents of the project are unlikely to win a lawsuit seeking to block its construction”: Edward D. Murphy of The Portland (Me.) Press Herald has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued Thursday.

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JURIST

MAY 16, 2021

The US Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control Wednesday removed Jesús “El Rey” Zambada , who had testified against Sinaloa drug cartel leader Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, from its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List. Sanctions had been placed on Zambada for his involvement in the drug cartel.

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MAY 16, 2021

“7th Circuit affirms verdict against law professor in defamation dispute”: Katie Stancombe of The Indiana Lawyer has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued last Monday.

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MAY 16, 2021

A judge in Italy’s Catania in the Sicily region on Friday ordered that Italian Senator Matteo Salvini will not stand trial for refusing to allow migrants to disembark from a coastguard ship in July 2019. The right-wing leader had been accused of kidnapping the migrants. From June 2018 to September 2019, Salvini, the leader of far-right party Lega Nord, was Italy’s d eputy prime minister and minister of the interior.

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MAY 16, 2021

“$2.75 mln verdict against Ford over post-crash suicide vacated”: Brendan Pierson of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued Thursday.

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JURIST

MAY 16, 2021

Official probe prompted the attorney general of Cyprus Friday to file the first criminal suit over its cash-for-passports scheme, by which thousands of passports may have been wrongly issued to rich unqualified foreigners. A total of 37 charges have been filed against five individuals and four companies. Additional cases relating to the probe by the ad hoc three-member panel headed by Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission Chairwoman Demetra Kalogerou are under investigation.

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MAY 16, 2021

“SCOTUS’ Bostock didn’t lower the bar on Title VII claims — 5th Circuit”: Daniel Wiessner of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued Friday.

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MAY 16, 2021

Paxton says that the Biden administration's efforts to expand Medicaid access to uninsured Texans infringe upon the state's sovereignty.

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MAY 16, 2021

“ICC asks SCOTUS to limit U.S. courts’ discretion over discovery in overseas arbitration”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

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Broadcast Law Blog

MAY 16, 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. In a speech to the Media Institute, FCC Commissioner Starks spoke of the importance of diversity in media ownership and how it should be considered in making any decisions on revisions to the media ownership rules.

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MAY 16, 2021

“Judicial Notice (05.15.21): Bennifer Is Back; A-Rod hires Wachtell Lipton, a top law school gets a new dean, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post (subscription required for full access) at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

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MAY 16, 2021

Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, 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 security, often without our situational awareness.

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MAY 16, 2021

“Consensus-Building Judge Taking the Reins at Federal Circuit”: Perry Cooper of Bloomberg Law has a report that begins, “Incoming Federal Circuit Chief Judge Kimberly Moore is known for fostering relationships among clerks and judges, a style that could help bring together a court split over knotty legal issues.

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LLRX

MAY 16, 2021

Nicole L. Black third article in a series discusses the value of an expansive new report from the ABA, Practicing Law in the Pandemic and Moving Forward: Results and Best Practices from a Nationwide Survey of the Legal Profession. The results cover a broad overview of topics ranging from the impact of the pandemic on the legal profession to post-pandemic expectations and recommendations for both legal employers and individual lawyers.

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MAY 16, 2021

“End of SCOTUS Term: Breyer’s Future, Voting Rights, College Sports, ObamaCare & the First Amendment”: The Committee for Justice has posted on YouTube at this link the video of a recent virtual event that the organization hosted.

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