JURIST

AUGUST 24, 2021

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday requested the Supreme Court to uphold a moratorium on evictions in an effort to prevent millions of people from going homeless. The request cited the rising number of COVID-19 cases in areas across the country and the need to not place people in situations of increased risk. A previous moratorium was challenged in July by the Alabama Association of Realtors, supported by landlords across the US, who say that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevent

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 24, 2021

Thousands of criminal cases in Washington state have been thrown into doubt by reports of contamination at the state’s only forensic laboratory. Recent sampling at Washington’s only forensic toxicology laboratory, which has a history of false positives, has found more areas contaminated with methamphetamine and cocaine, reports The Seattle Times. The latest findings come after the lab had falsely detected meth in blood samples tested for 11 cases since 2019.

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JURIST

AUGUST 24, 2021

[Ian Profiri is JURIST’s Staff Correspondent for Canada. He files this dispatch from Calgary.]. Calgary Sports and Entertainment (CSEC) announced Monday that, effective September 15, all future Calgary Flames, Stampeders, and Hitmen games will require every fan and employee that is eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine to have done so before entering their arenas.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 24, 2021

Women who are pregnant or give birth while incarcerated face a lack of supportive policies and practices, according to findings from the Pregnancy in Prison Statistics (PIPS) Project. The project, spearheaded by Carolyn Sufrin of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and School of Public Health, examined pregnancy and its outcomes among incarcerated women in 22 state prison systems, all federal prisons, six jails, and three youth confinement systems.

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AUGUST 24, 2021

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said Tuesday that she has received credible reports of human rights violations in several areas of Afghanistan under effective Taliban control, including summary executions, recruitment of child soldiers, and repression of women’s rights. Bachelet raised concerns for journalists, minorities, and civil society leaders now living under Taliban control.

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AUGUST 24, 2021

Various civil society and media organizations on Monday issued a letter presenting key recommendations ahead of the G7 summit on the situation in Afghanistan, in order to ensure the immediate protection of journalists, media workers, and their families in the country. The 54 organizations asked all G7 countries to make a clear and explicit commitment to treating journalists and media workers as an urgent and immediate priority, ensuring their protection, and evacuating them and their families if

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 24, 2021

A coalition of current and retired Black police officers is calling for the parole of Sundiata Acoli, a former Black Panther member who has been incarcerated for 48 years for the 1973 murder of a New Jersey state trooper, reports the Guardian. Acoli is one of at least 11 former members of the Black Panther Party and its armed wing, the Black Liberation Army, who are still in prison for acts of violence committed in the late 1960s and 1970s.

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JURIST

AUGUST 24, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban. Here, a female law student in Kabul offers her latest observations and perspective. For privacy and security reasons we are withholding her name and institutional affiliation. The text has been only lightly edited to respect the author’s voice.

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ABA Journal

AUGUST 24, 2021

A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a federal judge’s refusal to block a mask mandate in a challenge brought by a Catholic elementary school…

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AUGUST 24, 2021

With my travel picking up, recent experiences have made me think about lawyer networking. I remember the days when the airports in Cincinnati and Memphis were major hubs for Delta Air Lines. Now, they are primarily final destinations. On the other hand, airports like New York’s LaGuardia and Salt Lake City have picked up more and more Delta connections.

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JURIST

AUGUST 24, 2021

The South Africa Ministry of Justice and Correctional Services confirmed on Monday that the country will extradite former Mozambique finance minister Manuel Chang to his home country rather than to the US. The decision comes after the beginning of a criminal trial over the $2 billion debt scandal that crashed its economy. In December 2018, the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court authorized the arrest of Chang in accordance with the Extradition Act No. 62 of 1962.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 24, 2021

Police officers who patrol school hallways have the authority to punish, search and arrest students deemed “disruptive.” But when it comes to arresting students for so-called “disruption” — the most subjective of all school-based offenses, which can entail protests and even the filming of misbehaving school police officers — officers’ outsize power is potentially unconstitutional, argue the authors of a paper published in the Lewis & Clark Law Review.

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AUGUST 24, 2021

“Why the Supreme Court is one of the biggest threats to American democracy”: Columnist Harry Litman has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

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AUGUST 24, 2021

Blockchain and cryptocurrencies are here to stay. The technology might yet still be new when compared to the Internet as a whole, but it has already proved it’s ready for wider usage.

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AUGUST 24, 2021

“How to Recover Conservative Judging: Conservatives need a holistic conservative jurisprudence that draws from traditionalism, economics, constitutionalism, and natural law.” Holden T. Tanner has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

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Intelligize Blog

AUGUST 24, 2021

Low-level employees at a high-flying tech company team up with their buddies to make millions off illicit stock trades by exchanging corporate secrets. It sounds like the kind of story Netflix might turn into an episode of its documentary series Dirty Money or a direct-to-streaming movie with an ambiguous title like “Insiders.” But it’s actually […].

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AUGUST 24, 2021

“Ruling Warhol Infringed Prince Photo Stands, 2nd Cir. Says”: Kyle Jahner of Bloomberg Law has a report (subscription required for full access) that begins, “The Second Circuit declined to alter its ruling that Andy Warhol art based on a photo of the musician Prince as used in a magazine wasn’t fair use after it considered the U.S.

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The Fashion Law

AUGUST 24, 2021

The appearance of handbag designs may not be protected by copyright law in Taiwan, a new judgment from the Supreme Court in Taiwan confirms. The trademark and copyright infringement case – which Givenchy and Celine filed in 2017 against a Taiwan-based handbag manufacturer that was offering up copycat versions of Celine’s Luggage Tote and Givenchy’s Pandora and Antigona bags, among others, on various e-commerce platforms – landed before the Supreme Court this spring, with the court upholding the

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AUGUST 24, 2021

“A new Supreme Court case could blow up decades of US diplomacy; The Court must decide whether rogue judges have the power to dismantle US foreign policy”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

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ALPS

AUGUST 24, 2021

As a risk manager for a nationwide legal malpractice insurer, I am sure it comes as no surprise that I believe the purchase of legal malpractice insurance is a good business decision. I can also anticipate that at least a few of you reading this would welcome the opportunity to debate with me my claim that it is always a good business decision. In light of this, allow me to make my case; and I will start by sharing the reasons I hear that some lawyers, typically those who practice in the solo

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AUGUST 24, 2021

“Did attorney mistakes send 2 Arizona men to death row? Supreme Court will decide; The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case next fall involving two inmates who argued mistakes by their trial attorneys landed them on death row.” Patricia Refo has this essay online at The Arizona Republic.

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AUGUST 24, 2021

The only thing that you should keep in mind while consuming is to stick to the recommended dosage. Overdosing can create an enhanced psychoactive effect, defeating the entire purpose of using an alternative.

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AUGUST 24, 2021

“PA Supreme Court lets stand Judge Trucilla’s order against Judge Domotrovich in ethics dispute; Trucilla’s 2019 order told Domitrovich to stop handling matters brought by her lawyer son; State Supreme Court says order unappealable, though justices intend ‘to resolve the controversy internally'”: Ed Palattella of The Erie Times-News has this report on an opinion that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued yesterday.

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AUGUST 24, 2021

Starting your own business? Chances are, you’ll probably need some employees to help run it. There’s a lot more to hiring and managing employees than meets the eye. Read on for advice on business law from the legal experts at Handin Law. Hiring And Managing Your Employees First things first: understand your obligations as a business owner when it comes to matters of law.

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AUGUST 24, 2021

“A Supreme Court That Has Gone Wrong”: Online at The New York Times, Melvin I. Urofsky has this review of law professor Erwin Chemerinsky ‘s new book, “ Presumed Guilty: How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights.

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