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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The families of Sandy Hook victims settled Tuesday with gun manufacturer Remington for $73 million, according to the plaintiffs’ attorney , Josh Koskoff. The surviving family members of five children and four adults killed in the 2012 shooting brought the lawsuit against Remington for its production and marketing of the Bushmaster AR-15. Koskoff said, “it is hard to imagine an outcome that better accomplishes” the families’ goal of preventing “the next Sandy Hook.&#

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

One of the most important steps in mental and emotional health is to be aware of your inner thoughts. Over the past few decades, we have discovered a great deal about how the brain works, including how trauma, stress and anxiety affect our reality. For example, cognitive bias and burnout color how we feel about ourselves and the world. We really do view the world through colored filters that are created by our experiences.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Amnesty International Monday released a report attributing the “human rights catastrophe in 2021” to unequal vaccination distribution by pharmaceutical companies. The report revealed that major companies that produced the vaccinations used aggressive strategies to profit from the pandemic. Amnesty International issued a target for vaccination rollout to lower-income countries.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

“Walter Dellinger, Top Legal Official in Clinton White House, Dies at 80; He served as both the head of the Office of Legal Counsel and acting solicitor general, and he remained a leading figure in liberal legal battles”: The New York Times has published this obituary written by Clay Risen. Julian Shen-Berro of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina reports that “ Walter Dellinger, Duke law professor with storied legal career, dies at 80.” Jonathan Drew and Ma

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) rejected Poland and Hungary’s challenge Wednesday of the EU budget’s conditionality mechanism for disbursement of funding to the EU Member States, clearing the way for the European Commission (EC) to withhold payments to the two nations. The EU budget’s conditionality mechanism regulation permits the European Council to suspend payments from the Union budget to the Member States, which have violated the rule of law standards prescribed under

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, the State Duma, voted Tuesday to approve a draft appeal to ask President Vladimir Putin to recognize the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) as independent states. The DPR and LPR are both quasi-states in eastern Ukraine. Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodinn said: [M]embers of the State Duma are convinced that the recognition of the DPR and LPR will provide foundations for enhancing secur

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

“Judge James Ho’s Affirmative Action Comments Spark Debate Among Legal Academics; Some academics say Ho’s comments could cause recusal issues in potential future cases, while another says Ho was explaining the law as it’s applied now”: Avalon Zoppo of The National Law Journal has this report.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Sarah Palin’s libel lawsuit against the New York Times was dismissed Tuesday. Judge Jed Rakoff of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that Palin had failed to show actual malice in an inaccurate editorial dating back to 2017. While Palin is expected to appeal, the ruling temporarily puts an end to the nearly five-year-long lawsuit.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

“Conservatives Open New Front in Elite School Admission Wars; The Pacific Legal Foundation is behind lawsuits that challenge elite public high schools that are changing their admissions policies to diversify their student body”: Stephanie Saul of The New York Times has this report.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Introduction. The shift to remote working has changed the way businesses create content and communicate in a corporate setting. This means that the size and scope of potentially responsive documents in a legal dispute have also increased. Traditionally ephemeral communication such as telephone calls and in-person meetings can now be recorded and preserved in short message formats like text messages, chats, and video conferencing tools.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

“Effort to Weaken Press Protections Isn’t Likely to End With Palin Case; Lawyers sympathetic to revisiting libel law say several cases in the courts could be used to re-examine longstanding Supreme Court precedent”: Jeremy W. Peters of The New York Times has this report.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Gunmaker Remington Arms has agreed to a $73 million settlement in a lawsuit targeting its marketing of the automatic rifle used in the 2012 shooting…

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

“Jurors in Sarah Palin’s Defamation Suit Against New York Times Knew Judge Planned to Dismiss Her Claims; Judge said some jurors involuntarily received smartphone push notifications ‘that contained the bottom-line of the ruling'”: Deanna Paul of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Perhaps some Milbank money would make this easier to swallow. The post This Top 20 Biglaw Firm Wants Associates In The Office 3-4 Days Each Week appeared first on Above the Law.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Ninth Circuit Judge John B. Owens pays tribute to Walter Dellinger at the start of a virtual oral argument session in Pasadena today: You can view the video on YouTube via this link.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Jonathan Turley's Epic Fail: It's, like, a super famous bit of American history. Biglaw May Be Dragging Its Feet On Raises. But boutique firms are responding. Simpson Thacher Is Going Back To The Office: 3-4 days a week. Stupid Legal Tricks: This is. not how any of this works. Metadata Is A Real B h: As this federal judge learns. The post This Law School Professor Is Just Embarrassing — See Also appeared first on Above the Law.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

“‘A Lion of the Law’: O’Melveny’s Walter Dellinger III, Former Acting US Solicitor General, Dead at 80; Dellinger was a celebrated constitutional scholar who served as acting solicitor general in the Clinton administration and led the appellate and Supreme Court practice at O’Melveny & Myers.” Marcia Coyle and Andrew Goudsward of The National Law Journal have this report.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

A law school can be a trap school for one student but not another depending on their expectations. Do your research! The post The Law School You Really, Really Want To Attend Could Be A Trap School appeared first on Above the Law.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

“The Praying Football Coach at the Center of a ‘Religious Liberty’ Revolution: You’ve heard of the ‘wall of separation between church and state’; In Kennedy v. Bremerton School District , the Supreme Court’s six-justice conservative supermajority will have the chance to dismantle it.” Adam Cohen has this post at Balls and Strikes.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

But bonuses may be negatively impacted for those who attend. Eek! The post This Firm Is Planning The Ultimate ‘Workcation’ Trip Abroad For Employees appeared first on Above the Law.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

“Judge Rakoff’s Inexplicable Announcement of His Intended JNOV in Palin v. NY Times”: Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

'We are not final because we are infallible — just slide in our coworker's DMs.'. The post The Supreme Court’s Chance To Not Double Down On Bipartisan Hackery Is Here. Will They? appeared first on Above the Law.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

“Judge Michelle Childs, whose early life was shaped by gun violence, is on SCOTUS list”: Nina Totenberg of NPR has this report.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

* "Wait, are we the bad guys?" The moral ambiguity of Law & Order may be indicative of our legal zeitgeist. Or something, I just write jokes. [ NYT ]. * One man's consideration of financial need is another man's price fixing. While Yale won't like being the cause for litigation, I have a funny feeling they know a few good lawyers. [ Yale Daily News ]. * Tired of venture capitalist bros being the only ones insufferably discussing NFTs?

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Sandy Hook memorial. By Dave Barger via Flickr. The families of nine Sandy Hook school shooting victims have settled a lawsuit for $73 million against Remington, the maker of the AR-15-style rifle used in the massacre, in what is believed to be the largest payout by a gun manufacturer in a mass shooting case, reports the New York Times. The families argued that Remington, the gunmaker, promoted sales of the weapon that appealed to troubled men like the killer who stormed into the Sandy Hook Elem

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