EvidenceProf Blog
AUGUST 7, 2021
The qualified immunity doctrine insulates governmental agents from liability for unconstitutional acts as long “as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.” The primary purpose of the doctrine.
JURIST
AUGUST 7, 2021
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Wednesday ruled in favor of an Ocean City law banning women from sunbathing topless. Ocean City, a Maryland beach town, passed the ban in 2017 after Chelsea Eline, one of the plaintiffs, called the town police claiming she had the right to be topless at the beach. While the law prohibits both men and women from exposing certain body parts at the public beach, only women have to cover their chests. .
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HowAppealing
AUGUST 7, 2021
“Judicial Notice (08.07.21): ‘Discernibly Turgid’; A landmark Second Circuit nomination, an S&C partner turned GC, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.
JURIST
AUGUST 7, 2021
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday announced a practice or pattern investigation into the city of Phoenix and its police department to determine whether Phoenix Police Department (“PPD”) uses excessive force in violation of the Fourth Amendment , whether PPD engages in discriminatory policing practices in violation of federal laws and the Constitution, and whether PPD violates the First Amendment by retaliating against individuals who undertake protected expressive activi
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A Synergistic Approach to eDiscovery In the space of eDiscovery, the convergence of document summarization, sentiment analysis, and chatbots represents a significant change in how legal professionals navigate and manage electronic information. These technologies not only expedite the review process but also empower legal teams with deeper insights into the emotional context and key information within electronic documents.
HowAppealing
AUGUST 7, 2021
Is your BigLaw firm pro-death penalty or anti-death penalty? The law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP has a reputation of supporting liberal causes, and its firm History webpage touts that “[t]he firm and its lawyers participated in efforts. to resist the death penalty by defending scores condemned to die and obtaining a historic victory in the U.S.
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HowAppealing
AUGUST 7, 2021
“Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Meet The October Term 2021 Clerk Class; Which law schools and feeder judges produced the most OT 2021 clerks?” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.
LegalTalkNetwork
AUGUST 7, 2021
Leveraging technology and the latest legal tools doesn’t necessarily mean becoming an expert in coding and the nuances of machine learning. Several recent Legal Talk Network episodes take deep dives into day-to-day tools and law practice management practices. Topics cover: building custom estate documents, developing tags for easier information retrieval, and managing trust accounts to reduce risk.
HowAppealing
AUGUST 7, 2021
“Antiabortion activists at Supreme Court cite an unlikely authority for overturning Roe v. Wade: Ruth Bader Ginsburg.” Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.
LexForti
AUGUST 7, 2021
The Madhya Pradesh High Court, while denying bail, held that possession of medicines, including cough syrups, which contain narcotic substances, without any valid prescription or documents, would attract the stringent provisions provided under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. In the instant case, the applicant and the co-accused had been apprehended and 30 cough syrup bottles of 100 ml, containing a narcotic substance known as “codeine phosphate”, were seized from them.
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HowAppealing
AUGUST 7, 2021
“Supreme Court decision could set off gerrymandering ‘arms race'”: John Kruzel of The Hill has this report.
Conflict of Laws
AUGUST 7, 2021
This event is organised by CANACO and the Chamber of Commerce of Mexico. Registration is free of charge. To register send a message to the following email address: arbitrajecanaco@arbitrajecanaco.com.mx. Gary Born’s approach has been controversial. See our previous post here. The EAPIL blog has also been very active on this topic, see the recent post: The 2005 Hague Convention on Choice-of-Court Agreements: A Further Reply to Gary Born.
Mondaq
AUGUST 7, 2021
The Cabinet backed a proposal for vaccination certificates – or ‘vaccination passports' – for all international travel.
JonathanTurley
AUGUST 7, 2021
Prof. Edward C. Ennels taught math at Baltimore City Community College but appears to have been offering a running lesson on supply side economic theory. Ennels reportedly was selling grades on a sliding scale depending on your worth and your ambition: $150 for a C; $250 for a B; and $500 for an A. He has now earned jail time after pleading to 11 misdemeanor charges, including bribery and misconduct in office.
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Mondaq
AUGUST 7, 2021
Ultimately, the Court was not satisfied that the employee engaged in serious misconduct as to justify summary dismissal.
JURIST
AUGUST 7, 2021
A divided US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled 9-7 on Thursday upholding Tennessee’s 48-hour waiting period for an abortion. The ruling stemmed from a 2015 case filed with the US District Court of the Middle District of Tennessee by Planned Parenthood and a group of abortion clinics and women’s rights activists claiming that the waiting period is unconstitutional.
Mondaq
AUGUST 7, 2021
The Property Occupations Form 6 is a standard form which governs the relationship between the seller and the agent.
JURIST
AUGUST 7, 2021
Kerala High Court ruled Friday that although marital rape is not a criminal offence in India, it constitutes a “good ground” for divorce. This case represents an appeal by a woman’s husband against the decision of a family court which allowed the wife’s petition for divorce on the ground of cruelty. The petition claimed that the husband treated his wife like “a money-minting machine.” Furthermore, the wife told the court that her husband constantly harassed her and made demand
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Mondaq
AUGUST 7, 2021
The Court provided a basic framework for the admissibility of extrinsic evidence as an aid to contractual interpretation.
LexForti
AUGUST 7, 2021
Author – Kaushal Kasliwal. Abstract. The population in India is demarcated based on followers of Ideologies of Hinduism, Muslim, and many other religious ideologies. All the ideologies have their particular law while dealing with exclusive matters of their followers. In the era of modernization with continuous evolution and spread of population having a particular law for dealing exclusive matters of all the religions is a matter for a great concern that fabricates a serious need for enact
Mondaq
AUGUST 7, 2021
Employers should consider any child protection policies their business has to ensure they reflect these new obligations.
HowAppealing
AUGUST 7, 2021
“US Senate Confirms Longtime Public Defender Eunice Lee to 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals; Lee will be the second Black woman and the first former federal defender to sit on the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals; Ex-prosecutors weighed in on behalf of her nomination to the court”: Jane Wester of New York Law Journal has this report. This evening, the U.S.
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Mondaq
AUGUST 7, 2021
Purchasing a property off-the-plan is becoming an increasingly popular option for many prospective buyers and investors.
HowAppealing
AUGUST 7, 2021
“As Democrats Seethed, White House Struggled to Contain Eviction Fallout; The president was surprised by the reaction to the White House’s decision to ask Congress to extend an eviction ban, leading to a 36-hour scramble to keep people in their homes”: Michael D. Shear, Glenn Thrush, Charlie Savage, and Alan Rappeport will have this article in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.
Mondaq
AUGUST 7, 2021
The employer assumed that the employee had abandoned his position so did not go through the usual termination procedure.
JURIST
AUGUST 7, 2021
The Human Rights Campaign , an LGBTQ advocacy group, filed suit in the US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee on Tuesday against Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and other Tennessee officials in relation to the Tennessee Accommodations for All Children Act , which prohibits transgender children from using facilities that correspond with their gender identity.
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