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OCTOBER 4, 2021
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JURIST
OCTOBER 4, 2021
The United Nations Human Rights Council deemed Thursday the detention of environmental lawyer and the United States national Steven Donzinger was illegal. In February 2011, a court in Ecuador found Chevron Corporation liable for causing severe environmental and health damage to the Amazon rainforest by deliberately discharging billions of gallons of oil waste onto indigenous ancestral lands as a cost-saving measure.
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The Crime Report
OCTOBER 4, 2021
California plans to write off an estimated $534 million in fines and fees that have accrued to justice-involved individuals in the state. A landmark bill signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom last week will eliminate 17 fees charged to individuals involved in the state’s criminal justice system, lifting an estimated $534 million in debt?ranging from overdue court fees to unpaid traffic fines.
JURIST
OCTOBER 4, 2021
The United Nations announced Monday that a fact-finding mission in Libya revealed likely crimes against humanity and war crimes. The UN Human Rights Council ordered the investigation in June 2020 in response to “chaos and conflict” after 2011 ousting of President Muammar Gaddafi. Libya is now controlled by the warring Government of National Accord (GNA) and the Libyan National Army (LNA).
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The Crime Report
OCTOBER 4, 2021
For three years, from 2012 through 2015, I reviewed and analyzed conditions at the Rikers Island detention facility, particularly as they applied to juvenile offenders. During most of that time, I averaged one week in four on Rikers, going through the facilities and talking to inmates and staff. I had been retained as a corrections expert by the U.S.
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Patently O
OCTOBER 4, 2021
New Patently-O Law Journal article by Colleen V. Chien, Professor of Law and Co-Director, High Tech Law Institute, and Janelle Barbier and Obie Reynolds, both second-year JD students; all at Santa Clara University School of Law. Below they summarize their findings. As the America Invents Act (AIA) turns 10, patent students across the country may be asking: if the law is already a decade old, why am I spending so much time learning pre-AIA law?
JURIST
OCTOBER 4, 2021
Boris Johnson’s government announced Sunday its intention to introduce tougher penalties against protesters who obstruct roads and motorways, including up to six months in prison. The changes are in response to the activities of Insulate Britain, a group of climate change activists seeking a nationwide program to insulate homes in Britain in order to reduce energy demand.
The Crime Report
OCTOBER 4, 2021
Acknowledging that the traditional voluntary approach to cybersecurity in critical industries was not working, the government has issued emergency rules to strengthen the cybersecurity of the nation’s most important energy pipelines, but that industry officials and some analysts argue implementing could hamper pipeline reliability, reports the Washington Post.
HowAppealing
OCTOBER 4, 2021
“Why The Supreme Court Probably Doesn’t Care What Most Americans Think About Abortion Or Gun Rights”: Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux has this post at FiveThirtyEight.
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Above The Law
OCTOBER 4, 2021
The conspiracy was sending C&Ds to people saying not to defame them and then *nefariously* suing the people who actually did defame them.
HowAppealing
OCTOBER 4, 2021
“Clarence Thomas comes out fast with questions in new Supreme Court in-person argument format; Thomas, who was notoriously quiet before the pandemic, asked the first question of the new term”: Tyler Olson of Fox News has this report. The U.S. Supreme Court has posted online the transcript and audio of today’s oral argument in Mississippi v.
The Crime Report
OCTOBER 4, 2021
On Monday, in a federal courtroom in Ohio, major pharmacy companies — in this case, CVS, Walgreens, Giant Eagle, and Walmart — will be facing trial for the first time for their part in the raging opioid epidemic, according to NPR , US News, and the Washington Post. . According to the Associated Press , an incredible amount of prescription painkillers were dispensed to residents in Lake County, Ohio, between 2012 and 2016 — so many that it amounted to 61 million pills dispensed in Lake County, am
HowAppealing
OCTOBER 4, 2021
“Supreme Court appears poised to expand gun rights and restrict abortion in its new term”: David G. Savage has this front page article in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.
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Above The Law
OCTOBER 4, 2021
* Couple bought home without knowing it was the site of events that inspired The Exorcist. Does this count as a material or immaterial omission of fact? [ NPR ] * In the most Karen move this side of the Mississippi, Mom calls police on her son because she doesn't like his haircut. [ Fox Wilmington ] * Torts professors, watch out! New trend on TikTok involves smacking teachers.
HowAppealing
OCTOBER 4, 2021
“The Supreme Court’s conservatives now have free rein. Here’s how your rights will change.” Law professor Erwin Chemerinsky has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.
LegalReader
OCTOBER 4, 2021
By considering these six critical financial concerns, you can rest assured about living independently and stress-free. .
HowAppealing
OCTOBER 4, 2021
“Texas Supreme Court refuses to resume a Planned Parenthood lawsuit challenging new state abortion law; Planned Parenthood had requested that the court reverse a decision to indefinitely pause the lawsuit, which was filed in Travis County district court”: Reese Oxner of The Texas Tribune has this report.
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Patently O
OCTOBER 4, 2021
New Patently-O Law Journal article by Colleen V. Chien, Professor of Law and Co-Director, High Tech Law Institute, and Janelle Barbier and Obie Reynolds, both second-year JD students; all at Santa Clara University School of Law. Below they summarize their findings. As the America Invents Act (AIA) turns 10, patent students across the country may be asking: if the law is already a decade old, why am I spending so much time learning pre-AIA law?
HowAppealing
OCTOBER 4, 2021
“One Justice Missing and Only One Masked, the Supreme Court Returns; As a term packed with major cases begins, much has changed since the last in-person arguments took place in March 2020”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “ Supreme Court takes the bench after long absence, but things have changed.” Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal reports that “ Supreme Court Returns for New Term — Wi
The Crime Report
OCTOBER 4, 2021
Five men linked to a deadly gang-related shootout in Austin were released from custody after prosecutors declined to charge each of them with a pair of felonies, including first-degree murder, determining that the evidence against them was insufficient and citing a legal term known as mutual combat, which defines a fight or struggle that two parties willingly engage in, reports the Chicago Sun-Times.
HowAppealing
OCTOBER 4, 2021
“The Misused Concept of ‘Discrimination’ and why SCOTUS Should not Hear the Harvard Affirmative Action Case”: Eric Segall has this blog post at “Dorf on Law.
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ABA Journal
OCTOBER 4, 2021
Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is liable by default in three defamation lawsuits filed over his claims that the December 2012 mass shooting…
HowAppealing
OCTOBER 4, 2021
“Fate of abortion access looms over new Supreme Court term”: John Kruzel of The Hill has this report , along with a report headlined “ Five issues to watch as new Supreme Court term unfolds.
ABA Journal
OCTOBER 4, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider a First Amendment challenge to a campaign finance law that restricts repayment of candidates’ personal loans to their campaigns.
HowAppealing
OCTOBER 4, 2021
“Conservatives, Often Wary of Foreign Law, Look Abroad in Abortion Case; When the Supreme Court hears arguments this fall in a big abortion case from Mississippi, it will consider dueling accounts of international practices”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.
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