JURIST

JUNE 3, 2022

Freedom House released its complete report on transnational repression Thursday where it accused Rwanda of being one of the worst offenders. Transnational repression is a phenomena where a country will suppress dissent and target dissidents outside of its borders. The report documented the anti-repression policies of nine countries: Canada, Germany, South Africa, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

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Sterno

JUNE 3, 2022

Shorthand writing systems have been known for hundreds of years, created to record the spoken word verbatim and use the transcript in a formal setting. Even with the advent of modern speech-to-text and AI technology, stenography continues to be a trusted tool for court reporting, relied upon by lawyers and judges. Court stenographers play an essential role in a courtroom, including remote hearings, depositions, and virtual trials.

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JURIST

JUNE 3, 2022

The Swiss Federal Supreme Court Friday upheld a ruling to classifying Uber drivers as employees and according them all the rights and benefits given to employees in Switzerland. Uber appealed the 2019 ruling by a lower court guaranteeing Uber drivers the right to workers compensation insurance and collective bargaining. In the judgement , the court dismissed Uber’s argument that they are, “only… an intermediary between passengers and drivers,” because Uber “ entirel

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Above The Law

JUNE 3, 2022

Great pass on the field, Michael. By the way, are you passing for anything else? The post Ohio Thinks Requiring That Getting Your Kid’s Genitals Checked To ‘Own The Libs’ Is Totally Fine And Okay appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

JUNE 3, 2022

Myanmar law students are reporting for JURIST on challenges to the rule of law in their country under the military junta that deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. Here, one of our correspondents reports on a junta court’s conviction of a Magway University law student to 20 years imprisonment. The text has only been lightly edited to respect the author’s voice.

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JURIST

JUNE 3, 2022

The Ohio Senate Wednesday passed House Bill 99, which will allow teachers and school staff to carry firearms in schools , with 23 votes in favor and nine against. If House Bill 99 becomes law, Ohio districts will have the discretion to decide whether or not teachers and school staff in their district can be armed in schools. However, this bill has been controversial due to its limited requirements for firearms training compared to Ohio police, who are required to complete over 700 hours of polic

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 3, 2022

Retirees returning to work is a rising trend in the workplace. Camille Stell interviews attorney Will Graebe on his unexpected return to work and lessons learned. Millions of Americans left the workforce during the pandemic, 4.2 million people between March 2020 and July 2021. According to U.S. Labor Department data, 2.4 million of those were older workers.

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Above The Law

JUNE 3, 2022

He went from Lawyer of the Year to lawyer behind bars. The post Michael Avenatti Receives Another Prison Sentence, This Time In Stormy Daniels Case appeared first on Above the Law.

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HowAppealing

JUNE 3, 2022

“Supreme Court abortion decision faces churn of draft opinions, dissents; A closer look at how justices deliberate on and craft major rulings”: Devin Dwyer of ABC News has this report.

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Above The Law

JUNE 3, 2022

Say Bye-Bye To Bankruptcy : Alex Jones just can't escape the Sandy Hook plaintiffs. Hop On The Bonus Train : Kasowitz chugs along with more money for associates. Ohio's Awful Anti-Trans Athletes Bill : Genital inspections coming to a school near you. Peter Navarro Finally Found Out : And it's contempt of Congress for him. The post Alex Jones And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day In Court — See Also appeared first on Above the Law.

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JUNE 3, 2022

“Middle-Ground Possibilities in Dobbs? A Few Arguments From ‘Political Reliance.'” Law professor Vikram David Amar has this essay online at Justia’s Verdict.

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ABA Journal

JUNE 3, 2022

The Georgetown University Law Center won’t be firing the incoming leader of its constitutional center after determining that his controversial tweets happened before his Feb.

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HowAppealing

JUNE 3, 2022

“Supreme Betrayal: The SCOTUS Leak Investigation Ramps Up; Here’s my advice to Supreme Court clerks who have been asked for phone records and affidavits.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

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Above The Law

JUNE 3, 2022

Balancing the need for alternative dispute resolution mechanisms with public wariness is the challenge of the next generation. The post Arbitration Needs To Fix Itself If It Wants To Become A True Alternative appeared first on Above the Law.

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HowAppealing

JUNE 3, 2022

“Federal judges resist ‘mandatory’ training on workplace disputes; Internal email shows two senior judges did not plan to attend session about resolving employee claims of misconduct”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

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My Shingle

JUNE 3, 2022

“Relax, ” said the night man “We are programmed to receive” “You can check-out any time you like” “But you can never leave!” –Hotel California, The Eagles We’re all familiar with the song Hotel California, that fictitious resort where guests are trapped for eternity.

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HowAppealing

JUNE 3, 2022

“The Supreme Court Is Building Its Own Surveillance State; Searching clerks’ phones to find out who leaked the Dobbs opinion sets a dangerous precedent of exploiting digital rights”: Albert Fox Cahn has this essay online at Wired.

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ABA Journal

JUNE 3, 2022

The California Supreme Court has disbarred plaintiffs lawyer Tom Girardi, whose firm was portrayed in the movie Erin Brockovich as helping to obtain a $333…

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JUNE 3, 2022

“Warning signs cloud tech industry’s Supreme Court victory; The 5-4 decision blocking Texas’ social media law was closer than expected, and Justice Samuel Alito’s dissent suggests conservative judges may be shifting on the free speech rights of tech platforms”: Brendan Bordelon of Politico has this report.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 3, 2022

A recent peer-reviewed study by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and collaborators at Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pennsylvania suggests that existing risk assessment instruments commonly used to guide the life-altering decisions made by judges, prosecutors, and parole boards about the liberty of the people before them could be retooled to predict the risk of the criminal justice system to the people accused by it, reports the ACLU.

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HowAppealing

JUNE 3, 2022

“Supreme Court’s Leak Investigation Is Self-Destructive; The person who leaked a draft ruling overturning Roe v. Wade could stop the acrimony and finger-pointing from getting worse by coming forward”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 3, 2022

Mississippi Valley State University’s Prison Educational Partnership Program (PEPP), offering four-year degrees to incarcerated people at Bolivar County Correctional Facility and the Delta Correctional Facility, will be the first program run by a Historically Black college in the state, reports Mississippi Today. The Second Chance Pell program, a federal program that is restoring access to income-based financial aid for incarcerated people, is limited to incarcerated students with a high school

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JUNE 3, 2022

“The Supreme Court is about to rule on another scary voting rights case; A silly case about a minor paperwork error could snowball into a serious threat to the right to vote”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

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Above The Law

JUNE 3, 2022

Whether it is a law firm or a law department that is looking to buy a solution, the purchase process is just as complex from the inside as it is from the outside as a sales representative selling legal tech. The post The Complex Buying Process (Part I) appeared first on Above the Law.

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HowAppealing

JUNE 3, 2022

“Sotomayor’s Bobblehead, Easy as Apple Pie; For the first time in five years, the Green Bag has issued a new bobblehead of a sitting Supreme Court justice, this time Sonia Sotomayor, complete with a baseball mitt and a slice of apple pie”: Tony Mauro has this post at his “The Marble Palace Blog.

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