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SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
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Paralegal Brief Submitted Articles
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
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JURIST
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
The UK children’s digital protection code went into effect on Thursday after its one-year transition period expired. The Age Appropriate Design Code (“the Children’s code”) restricts and monitors online services that are provided to children through apps, games, websites, and other digital service platforms. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), which protects and advances the rights of children under the age of 18, established the Children’s code to
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CourtTechBulletin
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
Registration for livestream access is ready. If you’re planning to attend CTC 2021 online, now’s the time to sign up. Here’s how it works. We recognize that not everyone is able to travel to Columbus, so we’re excited to share that registration for livestream access is ready. If you’re planning to attend CTC 2021 online, now’s the time to sign up.
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Thursday announced sanctions against Myanmar businessman U Tay Za and his business empire, the Htoo Group , for supporting February’s military coup. The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office alleged that U Tay Za is linked to the military because of his significant ties to the previous and present junta regimes.
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The Crime Report
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
An overall decline in recidivism rates may have been driven by federal and state reentry programs and changes in policing strategy, according to an analysis of 2005-2012 data by the Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ). The Bureau of Justice Statistics’ (BJS) recently released recidivism report , found that recidivism rates dropped by nearly a half in that period from 30.4 percent in 2005 to 19.9 percent in 2012.
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The Crime Report
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
The Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) assigned grades to state prison systems that designated their effectiveness in mitigating COVID-19. The results indicate that no state received higher than a “C” — a disturbing conclusion that reflects the unsanitary conditions and tightly packed quarters which allowed the virus to take hold in corrections facilities.
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
South Korea’s parliament approved a bill on Tuesday that imposes curbs on Google and Apple’s payment policies. The bill bans these major app store operators from forcing software developers to use their payment systems, effectively stopping them from charging commissions on in-app purchases. This comes after the legislation and judiciary committee of South Korea’s National Assembly approved the bill on August 26.
Attorney at Work
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
Catch up on Ruth Carter’s posts here. Have you met my Lucy Jane? She is a basset hound mix that I began fostering in late April, and we finalized her adoption a few weeks later. She’s come to the office every day since she came into my life, and the entire office is better for it. Insisting on a Dog-Friendly Office. When my current firm, Venjuris, invited me to join them, I said, “Great!
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
Google announced Wednesday that it will appeal the €500 million (US $591 million) fine imposed by Autorité de la concurrence (“Autorité”), the French antitrust body, in July. The penalty was issued in response to mounting international pressure on online platforms to share more of the revenue generated by the use of news from local media outlets.
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The Fashion Law
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
Adidas has been slapped on the wrist in a matter centering on the advertising of its famed Stan Smith sneaker, a new version of which the German sportswear giant has been promoting as made from “50% recycled” materials. As part of its overarching “commitment to use only recycled polyester by 2024,” adidas launched a “fresh redesign” of one of its most iconic silhouettes, touting the sneaker as made from “50% recycled content.
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
The Supreme Court of Virginia on Tuesday affirmed an injunction reversing the suspension of a Loudoun County teacher who spoke against the school’s gender policy. Tanner Cross, a gym teacher at a Loudoun County Elementary School, criticized a proposed district policy that would ensure equal treatment of transgender students. Cross declared during a May 25, 2021, school board meeting that he would “not affirm that a biological boy can be a girl and vice versa because it is against [hi
The Crime Report
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
Crime victims should be afforded a legal right to restorative justice, argues Saint Louis University Law Professor Lynn S. Branham in a paper published in the Denver Law Review. Enshrined guarantees that they will receive all information pertaining to the perpetrator of an offense against them, and have a role in determining what the perpetrator needs to do to “right the wrong” to the victim — among the principles of restorative justice—are critical to making victims feel their voices are heard,
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban. Here, a lawyer in Kabul with experience in the country’s financial sector offers his observations and perspective on the circumstances facing the country’s banks and banking system under the new regime.
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HowAppealing
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
“Supreme Court’s Use of ‘Shadow Docket’ in Abortion Ruling Fuels Criticism”: Kimberly Robinson and Jordan Rubin of Bloomberg News have this report.
LegalReader
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
From streamlining client data storage to automating marketing and assisting with follow ups, a CRM tool for law firms can help you with several parameters of your legal business.
HowAppealing
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
“Where We Stand: Assessing Vacancies and Nominations in the Federal Judiciary — The West.” Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.
The IP Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
In this week’s episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog , Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss a legal dispute between the Prince estate and an Ohio-based winery over the rights to the trademark “Purple Rain.”. Watch the full episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel, here. Listen to the podcast of this episode on your favorite platform or online, here.
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HowAppealing
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
“Texas’s Abortion Law Blunder: The Supreme Court was right not to interfere for now, but the statute won’t survive scrutiny on the merits.” This editorial will appear in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
ABA Journal
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
Following the death of George Floyd, the nation focused attention on the enormous problems of police violence and racism in law enforcement, but there is…
HowAppealing
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
“Texas Ruling Raises Doubts About Chief Justice’s Hold on the Roberts Court; Looming Mississippi case will put Roe v. Wade directly before Supreme Court with five conservatives steering to right of John Roberts”: Jess Bravin and Brent Kendall will have this article in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal. Also in Friday’s edition of that newspaper, Jacob Gershman will have an article headlined “ Supreme Court Abortion Ruling Brings New Uncertainty to De
The Crime Report
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
The New York State court system has routinely failed to demand personal accountability for prosecutorial misconduct, argues attorney and journalist Rory Fleming in New York Focus. Although former Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation to create a prosecutorial ethics commission in June, sources familiar with the court system characterize the discipline process for prosecutors accused of misconduct as weak, arguing that far-reaching changes are needed to improve prosecutorial culture.
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HowAppealing
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
“Pelosi pledges Roe v. Wade bill after Supreme Court allows Texas abortion law to go into effect; Pelosi framed the legislation as protecting women’s health”: Tyler O’Neil of Fox News has this report.
Law 360
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
A Virginia federal judge ruled Thursday that artificial intelligence cannot be listed as an inventor on a patent application, holding that the Patent Act makes clear that inventing is the exclusive legal province of human beings.
HowAppealing
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
“Can Congress Tax Wealth by ‘Deeming’ It Income? A challenge to a 2017 law could shut the door to Elizabeth Warren’s far more ambitious levy.” David B. Rivkin Jr. and Andrew M. Grossman will have this op-ed in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal about an appeal they are litigating in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
The Crime Report
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
What3words — an app that divides the world into 10-foot-square blocks distinguished by unique combinations of three words — is helping emergency dispatchers find callers in hard-to-identify locations, reports Police1. The technology, which is currently used by 85 percent of emergency services in the United Kingdom, enables dispatchers to quickly locate a caller’s precise spot — even if that spot is on a coastline, in a park, or at another location lacking a concrete address.
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