JURIST
MARCH 22, 2021
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the implementation of personal sanctions on former president Viktor Yanukovych and 26 others on Friday. The sanctions will bar the 27 individuals from accessing assets and property within Ukraine and withdrawing money from Ukrainian bank accounts, among other penalties. Zelenskyy also called on Europe and the UK to impose sanctions.
EvidenceProf Blog
MARCH 22, 2021
Professor Meghan J. Ryan from the SMU Dedman School of Law has published "Escaping the Fingerprint Crisis: A Blueprint for Essential Research," in the University of Illinois Law Review. Here is the abstract: There is a fingerprint crisis in the.
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JURIST
MARCH 22, 2021
Australia has listed a right-wing group as a terrorist organization for the first time. The move was revealed in a statement released Monday by the country’s Minister for Home Affairs, Peter Dutton. Terrorist organizations are listed under Division 102 of the Criminal Code Act 1995. The country made regulations to list Sonnenkrieg Division (SKD) as a terrorist organization so that following the disallowance period, the SKD will join 26 other organizations currently listed, including al Qae
HowAppealing
MARCH 22, 2021
Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court : At this link. The Court granted review in two new cases. In Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Ass’n v. Raimondo , No.20–97, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. issued a statement respecting the denial of certiorari. In Longoria v. United States , No. 20–5715, Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a statement , in which Justice Neil M.
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JURIST
MARCH 22, 2021
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday unsealed a federal criminal complaint charging 10 Iranian nationals with conspiracy to evade US sanctions on Tehran. The complaint, which was filed on October 16 in the US District Court for the Central District of California, alleges that the 10 people disguised more than $300 million worth of transactions on Iran’s behalf through the use of more than 70 front companies located in Hong Kong, Canada, the United Arab Emirates and elsewhere.
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JURIST
MARCH 22, 2021
A UN human rights expert called on Colombia Friday to dismantle criminal networks and corruption in Buenaventura, where civilians have been greatly impacted by fighting between Colombian armed groups. Buenaventura has a population of 432,000. Over the past decade, human rights groups such as Human Rights Watch have reported the forced displacement of thousands of individuals due to illegal armed groups.
SCOTUSBlog
MARCH 22, 2021
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in United States v. Cooley. At issue is whether the court should exclude evidence that a tribal police officer collected while detaining and searching a non-Indian driver stopped alongside a federal highway that runs through the. The post Tribal police drag messy Indian sovereignty cases back to the court appeared first on SCOTUSblog.
JURIST
MARCH 22, 2021
JURIST EXCLUSIVE – As time passes and violence against protesters and other civilians increases in the wake of the February 1 Myanmar coup, debate within Myanmar society as to how to move forward has intensified, with young people and some older people at odds. One of the Myanmar law students reporting to us reflects Monday on where the country may and should be going, suggesting the Spring Revolution, if successful, may be revolutionary in more ways than initially imagined.
HowAppealing
MARCH 22, 2021
“U.S. judges reject ‘cut and paste’ appeal in fight over default on federal loan for Harrisburg restaurant”: Matt Miller of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report. I previously mentioned Friday’s Third Circuit ruling in this post from earlier today.
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JURIST
MARCH 22, 2021
China on Monday blacklisted 10 EU individuals and four entities in retaliation to Brussels’ package of sanctions against Chinese officials over alleged human rights abuses in the western region of Xinjiang. The Chinese government sanctioned Reinhard Bütikofer, chair of the European Parliament’s delegation for relations with China, and Michael Gahler, chair of the European Parliament-Taiwan Friendship Group, in addition to some members of the European Parliament affiliated with the parliame
HowAppealing
MARCH 22, 2021
“Professional services face losing junior staff to burnout; Mental health problems on the rise as Covid brings greater workloads coupled with a shift to solitary working”: Kate Beioley of Financial Times has this report. And Tim Kiladze and Tamsin McMahon of The Toronto Globe and Mail have an article headlined “ Working from home is causing breakdowns; Ignoring the problem and blaming the pandemic is no longer an option ” that begins, “By conventional measures, last
JURIST
MARCH 22, 2021
A jury in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas decided Friday that Apple Inc. must pay $308.5 million to Personalized Media Communications (PMC) for infringing upon a digital rights management patent. PMC is a patent-licensing company which currently has more than 100 issued patents and pending applications. The company only licenses the patents of its founder and Chairman, John Harvey, and its licensees include companies such as Sony and Samsung.
HowAppealing
MARCH 22, 2021
“Reconsidering Times v. Sullivan: An influential judge says the ‘actual malice’ standard needs revision.” This editorial will appear in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
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JURIST
MARCH 22, 2021
The European Commission referred the UK to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Friday over failing to recover illegal state aid received by corporations in Gibraltar. In 2012, Spain raised concerns about unfair taxation practices by Gibraltar. The following year, the Commission launched an investigation into the allegations. Shortly afterwards, the UK submitted an amendment to Gibraltar’s tax code resolving the issue to the Commission.
HowAppealing
MARCH 22, 2021
“Dear Steve”: You can access today’s new installment of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast, featuring law professors Melissa Murray , Leah Litman , and Kate Shaw , via this link.
JURIST
MARCH 22, 2021
The Council of the European Union imposed sanctions Monday on 11 individuals responsible for the February 1 military coup staged in Myanmar and the subsequent military and police repression against peaceful pro-democracy demonstrators. The restrictive measures, which are an application of the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime , comprise a travel ban that prevents those targeted from entering or transiting through EU territory, as well as an asset freeze that covers the funds or economic re
HowAppealing
MARCH 22, 2021
“The Christian Baker Who Said ‘No’; Jack Phillips is again in court for refusing to bake a cake with a message he objects to”: Columnist William McGurn will have this op-ed in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
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JURIST
MARCH 22, 2021
España legalizó el jueves la eutanasia para personas gravemente enfermas o enfermas con una enfermedad incurable. El proyecto de ley fue aprobado con 202 votos a favor y 141 en contra. Se define como gravemente enfermo a alguien que se ve afectado por su enfermedad en la medida en que afecta sus capacidades físicas o mentales hasta el punto de que es intolerable.
HowAppealing
MARCH 22, 2021
“Colorado baker sued again over alleged LGBTQ bias”: Colleen Slevin of The Associated Press has this report. Amanda Pampuro of Courthouse News Service has an article headlined “ Piece of Cake? Masterpiece Cakeshop Back in Court for Trial on Discrimination Claims; At the end of a four-day trial, a Denver judge will decide whether a Christian baker who refused to make a transgender birthday cake violated the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act.” Earlier, Michael Roberts of Wes
JURIST
MARCH 22, 2021
El viernes, un tribunal mexicano emitió una suspensión definitiva contra la nueva ley de electricidad que apunta a fortalecer a la estatal Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE). La ley cuenta con el apoyo del presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador, quien quiere incrementar el control estatal del mercado energético. El presidente López Obrador afirmó que bajo la administración anterior, el mercado eléctrico estaba sesgado a favor de los operadores privados.
HowAppealing
MARCH 22, 2021
“Supreme Court to Consider Death Sentence in Boston Marathon Bombing Case; The justices will review a decision from a federal appeals court that overturned the death sentence imposed on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of the perpetrators of the attack”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “ Supreme Court will consider restoring the Boston Marathon bomber’s death sentence.” Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal
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JURIST
MARCH 22, 2021
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday in the case of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the younger of the two brothers responsible for the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. In August 2020 the First Circuit reversed Tsarnaev’s convictions on three charges of carrying a firearm during crimes of violence and remanded the case on the question of whether Tsarnaev should be executed.
HowAppealing
MARCH 22, 2021
“When Constitutions Took Over the World: Starting in the eighteenth century, citizens were promised their rights in print; Was this new age spurred by the ideals of the Enlightenment or by the imperatives of global warfare?” Jill Lepore has this “A Critic at Large” essay in the March 29, 2021 edition of The New Yorker.
LawTechnologyToday
MARCH 22, 2021
The Legal Technology Resource Center ’s Women of Legal Tech initiative is intended to encourage diversity and celebrate women in legal technology. This initiative launched in 2015 with a list of innovators and leaders in legal technology and with this year’s additions, that list now includes 132 talented and influential women leaders. Every Monday and Wednesday, we will be featuring a woman from our class of 2021.
HowAppealing
MARCH 22, 2021
“2nd Circ. Orders New Trial In NYPD Excessive Force Case”: Law360 has this report (subscription required for access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued Thursday.
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