JURIST

DECEMBER 19, 2020

The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve Board, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Friday proposed a new computer-security incident notification requirement for banking organizations and their bank service providers. The proposed rule would require a banking organization to provide its primary federal regulator a prompt notification of any “computer-security incident” no later than 36 hours after it believes the incident occurred.

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DECEMBER 19, 2020

Although you may disagree with their methodology, social psychologists have found that it takes 36 days after a tragedy before jokes about it become funny. What about jokes by a lawyer at a murder trial? Well, who knows about whether.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 19, 2020

The Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland has sanctioned Russian athletes from using the country’s name and flag for two years. The arbitration procedure was between the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) and several other international bodies such as the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

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DECEMBER 19, 2020

“Looking at child slaves on cocoa farms, Supreme Court may extend legal ground for globalized U.S. firms; U.S. Supreme Court justices may step into a clash over human rights and the reach of U.S. companies in foreign countries”: Jim Spencer and Kristen Leigh Painter of The Minneapolis Star Tribune have this report.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 19, 2020

Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (Supremo Tribunal Federal, STF) decided Thursday that it is constitutional for the State to order compulsory vaccination against COVID-19. The State cannot forcibly immunize its citizens. But fines, bars on attending certain places and on enrollment in school may be imposed upon vaccination refusal. Brazil has been one of the nations worst-hit by COVID-19.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 19, 2020

Spain’s parliament voted on Thursday to legalize euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in a 230-140 vote while two abstained. The bill would allow terminally ill patients to choose between euthanasia — performed by a health care professional — or assisted suicide at home with physician-prescribed lethal medications. Lawmakers are set to vote on a final decision before the bill goes into force.

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DECEMBER 19, 2020

“The Supreme Court’s confusing new ‘religious liberty’ order, explained; The Court delays its religious liberty revolution for a truly odd reason”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 19, 2020

A New Zealand Royal Commission of Inquiry released a report on Wednesday detailing abuse in state and faith-based care institutions from the 1960s to the 2000s. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern ordered the royal commission in 2018 after Australia concluded a similar six-year inquiry. The five-person commission, made up of lawyers, judges, and minority advocates, set out to uncover patterns of abuse in state and faith-based care and plan a proper government response.

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DECEMBER 19, 2020

“How Amy Coney Barrett Is Already Making a Mark on the Court; Plus Michigan’s secretary of state and the real bellwethers for defending democracy”: You can access via this link this week’s new installment of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast in which, among other things, law professor Steve Vladek returns the favor by appearing on Dahlia’s podcast.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 19, 2020

The investigation into the handling of the George Floyd protests in New York City by the New York Police Department’s (NYPD) officers concluded on Friday. The investigation was ordered by Mayor De Blasio after numerous reports questioning the actions of the NYPD. The Mayor acted within his authority under Section 803 of the New York City Charter to direct the Department of Investigation (DOI) to investigate NYPD’s response to protests held in New York City from May 28, 2020, through

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DECEMBER 19, 2020

“Judicial Notice: December 18, 2020; Notable legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

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DECEMBER 19, 2020

Carmen Otero García-Castrillón, Complutense University of Madrid, has kindly provided us with her thoughts on personal data protection and international trade regulation. An extended version of this post will appear as a contribution to the results of the Spanish Research Project lead by E. Rodríguez Pineau and E. Torralba Mendiola “Protección transfronteriza de la transmisión de datos personales a la luz del nuevo Reglamento europeo: problemas prácticos de aplicación” (PGC2018-096456-B-I00).

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DECEMBER 19, 2020

“California Church Asks Judge to Lift Pandemic Restrictions on Indoor Services”: Martin Macias Jr of Courthouse News Service has this report.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 19, 2020

Switzerland’s parliament approved a bill Friday that would allow same-sex couples to marry. The National Council, the lower house of Parliament, voted by 136 in favor to 48 against, with 16 members abstaining or otherwise voting present. The Council of States, the upper house, voted 24 to 11 in favor of the bill, with 11 not voting or abstaining.

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DECEMBER 19, 2020

“Gov. Lujan Grisham fills Supreme Court vacancy”: New Mexico’s Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham issued this news release today.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 19, 2020

On Thursday the Supreme Court denied a request to allow in-person classes to continue in the face of an order by Kentucky’s governor shuttering schools because of a surge in Covid-19 cases. Kentucky’s Democratic governor Andy Beshear issued two executive orders on November 18, the first requiring limitations on persons in restaurants, bars, gyms, and other businesses, and the second closing all public and private elementary, middle, and high schools for in-person instruction.

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DECEMBER 19, 2020

“The Scalia/Garner canons: Departures from established law.” Neal Goldfarb has this post at his “LAWnLinguistics” blog.

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DECEMBER 19, 2020

My column today in the Hill addresses how Democrats are increasingly adopting the rhetoric and tactics of Donald Trump. There is a sense of immunity — or Trumpunity — being exercised by former critics in using language once denounced in Trump. An example is Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. The Senator went on CNN where Trump was regularly (and correctly) chastised for calling opponents “traitors” and “enemies of the people.” Now however Shaheen is declaring that a

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DECEMBER 19, 2020

“Trump Discussed Naming Campaign Lawyer as Special Counsel on Election Fraud; In a meeting at the White House on Friday, the president weighed appointing Sidney Powell, who promoted conspiracy theories about rigged voting machines, to probe voter fraud”: Maggie Haberman and Zolan Kanno-Youngs of The New York Times have this report.

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DECEMBER 19, 2020

“Justices Put Off Ruling on Trump Plan for Unauthorized Immigrants and Census; The Supreme Court said a challenge to efforts to exclude unauthorized immigrants from the tabulations used to allocate House seats was premature”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times. In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes and Tara Bahrampour have an article headlined “ Supreme Court won’t decide yet if Trump can exclude undocument

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