JURIST

MAY 22, 2021

The German parliament Thursday voted in favor of the rehabilitation and compensation of soldiers who have faced discrimination on the basis of their sexual orientation. Until the year 2000, German military policy held that gay soldiers posed a threat to discipline and were not eligible to be superior officers. For many years gay soldiers were denied promotions, discharged from service, and could even face criminal conviction because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

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MAY 22, 2021

The Fourth Amendment states that The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by.

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MAY 22, 2021

The Constitutional Council of France struck down a bill Friday permitting schools to teach the majority of the day in regional languages such as Basque, Breton, and Corsican for being unconstitutional. In April 2021, the National Assembly of France had passed the impugned bill to protect and promote regional languages. It enabled primary schools to provide “immersive teaching” in a regional language.

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HowAppealing

MAY 22, 2021

“Judicial Notice (05.22.01): This Justice Is On Fire; Kirkland & Ellis increases its signing bonuses, a virtual firm makes the big leagues, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

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JURIST

MAY 22, 2021

Quebec Premier François Legault addressed a letter Saturday to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau containing his proposal to reform the province’s language law and amend the Canadian Constitution. The letter noted that Quebec has the power to unilaterally amend the Canadian Constitution to assert that French is its official language. Legault wrote in the letter: “French is at the very foundation of our identity and our culture.

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JURIST

MAY 22, 2021

The European Parliament voted Thursday to amend an EU law to give the public greater ability to challenge any EU member action that negatively affected the environment. These changes bring the EU closer in line with the measures agreed to in the Aarhus Convention , a 1998 UN agreement protecting the public’s access to justice in environmental law.

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Corporate Governance

MAY 22, 2021

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JURIST

MAY 22, 2021

A bipartisan group of United States senators introduced a bill Wednesday which would allow the United States Postal Service to save 45.9 billion dollars over ten years. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH) introduced the Postal Service Reform Act to the Senate along with 18 colleagues from both sides of the aisle. Senator Peters noted that Americans rely on the USPS for paychecks, medications, among other essential items, and promised the bill “will ensure [the postal service

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 22, 2021

The Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have just launched a questionnaire that aims to identify problems of private international law, from jurisdiction to enforcement, relating to disputes involving intellectual property. The questionnaire is adressed to the member states of both organisations and other intergovernmental organisations as well as to individual practitioners, academics and other interested parties.

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JURIST

MAY 22, 2021

The US Department of Justice filed an amended legal complaint Wednesday against Alabama and its Department of Corrections for several alleged violations of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. In its complaint, the Department of Justice (DOJ) claims that the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights of male prisoners by “failing to prevent prisoner-on-prisoner violence and sexual abuse, by failing to protect prisoners from the use of exce

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MAY 22, 2021

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JURIST

MAY 22, 2021

The Supreme Court of Crimea has sentenced Ukrainian Ivan Yatskin to an 11-year sentence on treason charge s. The Russian government alleges that Yatskin had transferred secret information of Russian officials to the Ukrainian Secret Service (SBU). Despite being Ukrainian, Yatskin was charged under Article 275 of the Russian Criminal Code due to Crimea’s status as Russia-annexed.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 22, 2021

Back in January, we reported about the Opinion presented by AG Campos Sánchez-Bordona in the case CNP, C-913/19. At the request of the Court, the Opinion addressed only the second preliminary question on the branch jurisdiction under the Brussels I bis Regulation. This Thursday the Court delivered its judgment, which answers the second as well as two other (first and third) questions of the referring court, pertaining to the jurisdiction in matters of insurance.

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JURIST

MAY 22, 2021

The government of Japan pulled a bill Tuesday meant to amend the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act. The decision follows criticism stemming from the death of a 33 -year-old Sri Lankan woman at an immigration detention center in Nagoya in March. The woman had been held at the detention center since August 2020 after her visa had expired.

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LexForti

MAY 22, 2021

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the apex court and has sought for directions to the Central as well as State governments to ensure that proper medical treatment and facilities are provided to non-COVID patients, alike COVID patients, in all the government as well as private hospitals, irrespective of imposition of lockdown. The plea has highlighted the fundamental right to life, health and equality of the non-COVID patients and has urged the apex court to direct the stat

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JURIST

MAY 22, 2021

The Paris Court of Appeal has ruled Thursday that German firm TUV Rheinland was negligent in providing customers with distorted safety certificates and must fully compensate their victims. There are about 2,700 victims who joined forces in this suit against TUV Rheinland, alleging that they suffered physical and mental issues due to their cheap silicone implants.

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LexForti

MAY 22, 2021

Let suppose there are two companies namely ‘X’ Private Limited and ‘Y’ Corporation. X is engaged in the business of production of Wooden Plies while Y is in the manufacturing and selling of Wooden Doors. On a certain day, they signed an agreement wherein X had to supply 25000 Wooden Plies to Y for Rs 5 Crores within 2 months from the date of the signing of the Agreement.

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JURIST

MAY 22, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a decision Wednesday that dismissed a proposed investor class action against Uber. A three-judge panel said that the lawsuit failed to connect a series of scandals that Uber faced in 2017 to a decrease in the company’s valuation. In 2016, Irving Firemen’s Relief & Retirement Fund (Irving), a retirement fund for firefighters in Irving, Texas, acquired Uber securities through one of Uber’s preferred stock offerings.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 22, 2021

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MAY 22, 2021

Members of the European Parliament adopted a proposal Wednesday to crack down on illegal broadcasting of live sporting events. This proposal includes the ability to block illegal broadcasts within half an hour. Live sports broadcasting provides a significant revenue source for event organizers. However, the illegal streaming of live sports has become a growing issue in the EU.

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At the Lectern

MAY 22, 2021

Justice Goodwin Liu will be in conversation with Los Angeles City Attorney Michael Feuer on a program, “Elimination Of Bias in the Legal Profession, A Judge’s Perspective On Allyship.” Sponsored by the Asian Pacific City Attorneys Association, the virtual program will be this Tuesday, May 25, at 1:00 p.m. One hour of MCLE Recognition and Elimination of Bias credit is available.

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JURIST

MAY 22, 2021

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina announced Friday that it had confirmed the indictment of eight former soldiers of the Army of Republika Srpska, or the Bosnian Serb Army, for crimes against humanity. . Ilija Kr?mar, Boško U?anin, Svetislav Ra?i?, Željko Baji?, Nikola ?uk, Nikola ?uk, Marinko Miljevi?, and Dragan Despot are alleged to have persecuted and killed Bosniak civilians, who are predominantly Muslim, in the Klju?

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JonathanTurley

MAY 22, 2021

For years, some of us in academia have written about the virtual purging of Republican and conservative faculty from our colleges and universities, particularly at our national institutions. Many top schools have only a couple of such faculty left on faculties that are largely echo chambers of values running on a spectrum from the left to the far left.

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JURIST

MAY 22, 2021

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) filed a lawsuit against Russia Wednesday in the European Court of Human Rights, challenging Russia’s designation of RFE/RL as a “foreign agent.” RFE/RL is an independent media company funded by a grant from the U.S. Congress. In 2012 Russia passed a law requiring groups to register as foreign agents if they receive any foreign funding and if they engage in “political activity,” a broadly defined term that can encompass ordin

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At the Lectern

MAY 22, 2021

Professor Josh Blackman has a theory or two why the confirmation hearing of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for a seat on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals was, in his words, “surprisingly uneventful.” Her nomination was advanced by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday with two Republican “yes” votes. Judge Jackson is considered a leading candidate for the U.S.

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