JURIST
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
Facebook announced Tuesday that it is shutting down its facial recognition program. As part of the closure, it will delete more than one billion users’ biometric data. This constitutes more than one-third of Facebook’s user base. Although the company will delete user data, it intends to keep Deep Face, the facial recognition software it developed.
The Crime Report
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
Elijah Anderson, whose pioneering studies of “street-corner culture” in Chicago and Philadelphia increased understanding of inner-city violence, and two scholars whose research changed thinking about the rehabilitation of former incarcerees, were named winners of the 2021 and 2022 Stockholm Prizes in Criminology. The awards, the most prestigious in the field of criminology, were announced simultaneously because of delays caused by the pandemic.
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JURIST
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
Human rights watchdogs accused six high-ranking members of the Belarusian security authorities of committing crimes against humanity in a criminal complaint filed in Germany Monday. The complaint was filed with the German Public Prosecutor General by the Geneva-based World Organization against Torture (OMCT) and the Berlin-based European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR).
Patently O
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
by Dennis Crouch. We’ve been writing a lot about venue and mandamus petitions at the Federal Circuit. The cases continue to flow to the court, and will continue so long as appellate panels continue to entertain them. In October 2021, 10 new mandamus petitions were filed to the Federal Circuit in patent cases. 22-100 In re: Overhead Door Corporation (E.D.
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JURIST
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
China’s new law protecting online user data privacy took effect on Monday. The law was passed by the National People’s Congress, China’s legislative body, in mid-August. The new law, called the Personal Protection Information Law , carries the strongest consumer protection requirements globally to date. Fines can reach 50 million Chinese yuan (about $7.8 million U.S. dollars) or 5 percent of a violating company’s annual revenue.
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JURIST
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
The US and human rights groups Monday condemned the conviction of a teenage boy in Cambodia over social media messages insulting the ruling party. Sovann Chhay, who is sixteen and on the autism spectrum, was arrested after making the posts on Facebook and Telegram. He was charged with incitement and insulting public officials. These charges could carry up to two years in prison.
The Crime Report
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
Participants in the Center for Empowering Victims of Gender-Based Violence in Kansas, one of nine projects designated as “rural innovation sites” by the RJC. A program to recruit and train new attorneys in South Dakota and a center that helps survivors of trafficking and domestic violence in Kansas become entrepreneurs are among nine “rural innovation” sites which will receive support under an initiative to promote justice reform in the U.S. heartland.
The Fashion Law
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
The metaverse is a network of always-on virtual environments in which people can interact with one another and digital objects, while operating virtual representations – or avatars – of themselves. Think of a combination of immersive virtual reality , a massively multiplayer online role-playing game and the web, and you have what is increasingly being referred to as the metaverse.
The Crime Report
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
Research from the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy has found that local jails in some counties receive up to 86 percent of their jail revenue by jailing individuals for the Kentucky Department of Corrections, stymying efforts for criminal justice reform and motivating counties to imprison more people to cover incarceration costs, reports WTVQ.com.
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LawSites
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
E-discovery company Everlaw today became one of the few legal technology companies to join the elite ranks of unicorn status — companies valued at over $1 billion — with the announcement of a $202 million Series D funding at a valuation of over $2 billion. The news follows a year in which the company experienced 80% year-over-year growth. The company says that total cases on its platform have more than doubled since its $62 million Series C round in March 2020, and that its platform is now used
JURIST
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
The Biden administration Tuesday released new rules aimed at reducing global-warming methane emissions. The strict regulations aim to scale back methane leaks from oil and gas industry operations, while also supporting sustainable agriculture and promoting job growth in the US energy sector. Aiding in these regulations is a new rule from the EPA which pushes oil and gas corporations to better detect, monitor, and repair methane leaks from existing and brand new equipment.
The Crime Report
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
Photo by Rita Buchanan for NPR. While on patrol as a City of Roswell, Georgia, law enforcement professional in the early 2000s, one of us (Kalfani Turè) was dispatched to a signal Fifty-Four call, denoting a suspicious person or incident. According to the dispatcher, two “foreign” males were observed moving items into a U-Haul truck parked just two houses away from the complainant’s residence in a cul-de-sac.
JURIST
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Monday released a report stating the need to call out Tajikistan’s human rights crackdown. The report states that since banning in 2015 its sole remaining opposition party, the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), the Tajik government has jailed hundreds of political activists, journalists, and lawyers. Torture and ill-treatment are routinely reported in places of detention, and domestic violence also reportedly remains a serious problem.
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HowAppealing
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
“Another 1973 abortion ruling — ‘Doe,’ not ‘Roe’ — is at the heart of next month’s Supreme Court Case”: George W. Liebmann has this essay online at The Baltimore Sun.
JURIST
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
India Staff Correspondent Sambhav Sharma and India Chief Correspondent Neelabh Bist offer their perspective on the legal issues surrounding the recent high-profile arrest and detention of Bollywood celebrity heir Aryan Khan on illegal drug charges. They file this for JURIST from New Delhi. India got its very own Bollywood drama last month when Aryan Khan (“Aryan”), son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan (“Shah Rukh”), was arrested with several other individuals on the
HowAppealing
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
“Federal Judge Files Recusal Notices in 138 Cases After WSJ Queries; Rodney Gilstrap initially argued he didn’t violate financial-conflicts law”: Coulter Jones, Joe Palazzolo, and James V. Grimaldi of The Wall Street Journal have this report.
ABA Journal
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
A recent motion filed by the court-appointed lawyer for Lori Daybell—who is charged in Idaho with first-degree murder in the deaths of her children and…
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HowAppealing
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
“Abortion Distortion at the Supreme Court: Will the Justices blow up a crucial and longtime limit on judicial power?” This editorial will appear in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
ABA Journal
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
A lawsuit seeking to hold drug companies liable for the opioid crisis must fail because the plaintiffs didn’t show that false and misleading marketing caused…
HowAppealing
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
“Prominent Conservatives Back Letting States Limit Guns in Public; A brief filed in a major gun control case to be heard on Wednesday by the Supreme Court argued that limits on the public carrying of weapons were consistent with the Second Amendment”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.
SCOTUSBlog
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
Share This article is part of a symposium on the upcoming argument in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. A preview of the case is here. Mark Brnovich is the attorney general of Arizona. “… the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”. Any noble government that believes its law-abiding citizens must be restrained from owning or responsibly carrying firearms does not understand the difference between citizens and subjects.
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HowAppealing
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
“The Texas Anti-Choice Law Already Did What Its Architects Wanted; The justices appear likely to let a challenge to Texas SB8 to proceed; But by hollowing out the right to abortion care, the law’s architects have achieved what they set out to accomplish”: Lisa Needham has this post at Balls and Strikes.
Above The Law
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
* The Second Amendment's meaning might be changing come SCOTUS's ruling. [ New York Times ] * The President's legal team thinks no constitutional right is safe if SB8's enforcement mechanism remains in play. And they might be right. [ Washington Post ] * Did NY just prioritize fighting climate change over money?! Even though it might be too late, I gotta admit that's a good start. [ Grist ] * Hey, you!
HowAppealing
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
“Some Geniuses”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast, with law professors Leah Litman , Melissa Murray , and Kate Shaw , via this link. And today’s new installment of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast, with David French and Sarah Isgur, is titled “ Supreme Court Hears Texas Abortion Law Arguments.
ABA Journal
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
Should a Kansas judge be disciplined after his retirement for posting nude pictures of himself on a swingers website while he was still on the…
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