JURIST
JANUARY 22, 2021
The European Parliament passed a resolution on Thursday calling for the release of Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, urging the EU to impose restrictions against those involved in the arrest, and insisting EU halt completion of Nord Stream 2. The resolution comes after Navalny was arrested on Sunday when arriving in Moscow following recovery from poisoning that occurred last August.
EvidenceProf Blog
JANUARY 22, 2021
New Jersey Rule of Evidence 701 states that If a witness is not testifying as an expert, the witness' testimony in the form of opinions or inferences may be admitted if it: (a) is rationally based on the witness’ perception.
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JURIST
JANUARY 22, 2021
The Constitutional Court of Moldova on Thursday struck down a law passed in December that sought to provide the Russian language with legal protections alongside the Moldovan state language. The Constitutional Court ruled that the law was unconstitutional, as the constitution of Moldova does not allow for any other languages aside from Moldovan to be recognized as a special language within the country.
SCOTUSBlog
JANUARY 22, 2021
This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, the federal government’s state-secrets privilege to protect classified information from disclosure. In United States v. Zubaydah , respondent Zayn Husayn, also known as Abu Zubaydah, is a former associate of Osama bin Laden who was detained abroad after his capture in Pakistan and who is now being held at the U.S. government’s Guantanamo Bay detention facility.
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JURIST
JANUARY 22, 2021
The Tokyo District Court upheld Japan’s ban on dual citizenship on Thursday. The court rejected the case of Japanese expatriates living in Europe who had challenged the constitutionality of the ban in the first judicial decision concerning the issue. The court sided with the Japanese government’s concern for national interests. Judge Hideaki Mori said that allowing dual citizenship for Japanese nationals “could cause conflict in the rights and obligations between countries, as
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JURIST
JANUARY 22, 2021
Amazon filed suit in the EU’s General Court on Tuesday to combine investigations of the tech giant by the EU Commission and the Italian Competition Authority (ICA). The ICA, which launched its case in April 2019, and the Commission both allege that Amazon favors its own retail brands and brands that use Amazon fulfillment services with superior promotion.
HowAppealing
JANUARY 22, 2021
“Texas Supreme Court: Alex Jones, InfoWars can be sued by Sandy Hook parents.” Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman has an article that begins, “The Texas Supreme Court on Friday rejected, without comment, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ attempt to toss out four defamation lawsuits by parents of children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012.
JURIST
JANUARY 22, 2021
The Right Honorable Richard Wagner, Chief Justice of Canada, will serve as interim Governor General after Julie Payette stepped down Thursday following months of allegations of a toxic workplace in Rideau Hall, the official residence of the Governor General. The allegations leveled against Payette and the Secretary to the Governor General, Assunta Di Lorenzo, were first published in July by the CBC and sparked a third-party investigation initiated by the Privy Council Office.
HowAppealing
JANUARY 22, 2021
“Florida High Court Strikes Clerk Redaction Rule, Affirms Principle of Timely Access; The Florida Supreme Court strikes down an old rule requiring that court clerks find and redact private information in public records, based on damage caused to the principle of timely access”: Bill Girdner of Courthouse News Service has this report on a unanimous per curiam decision that the Supreme Court of Florida issued yesterday.
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JURIST
JANUARY 22, 2021
The Hungarian government has ordered a publisher to print disclaimers identifying books containing “behaviour inconsistent with traditional gender roles.” The order is in response to the publication of Meseorszag mindenkie ( A Fairy Tale for Everyone ) a fairytale anthology published by Labrisz, an association for lesbian, bisexual and transgender women.
HowAppealing
JANUARY 22, 2021
“No, You Can’t Carry a Gun on the Floor of the House: Rep. Lauren Boebert and other members of the shoot-’em-up caucus think they have an unfettered right to pack heat in the Capitol and even in the House and Senate chambers; They don’t; Here’s why.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at Washington Monthly.
JURIST
JANUARY 22, 2021
Spain’s public prosecutor announced Thursday that she is investigating more than 200 cases of criminal mishandling of coronavirus in nursing homes. Attorney General Dolores Delgado began an investigation in March to gather information on “the existence of elderly people, some of them sick, living in extreme situations and poor sanitation conditions, as well as deceased residents,” which was brought to the public prosecutor’s attention by a journalistic publication backed
HowAppealing
JANUARY 22, 2021
Access online the new issue of The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process: You can access the table of contents via this link and you can download a PDF copy of the entire issue via this link.
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JURIST
JANUARY 22, 2021
The Federal Council of Switzerland released a statement on Tuesday urging voters to reject the “Yes to a ban on full facial coverings” initiative. The electorate will vote on the initiative during the March 7 election. The Swiss government instead proposes a policy that would require persons wearing full facial coverings to remove them and identify themselves to law enforcement officers when necessary.
HowAppealing
JANUARY 22, 2021
Access online the Winter 2021 edition of Appellate Issues, a publication of the ABA Council of Appellate Lawyers: Via this link. Usually, this issue focuses on the previous November’s Appellate Judges Education Institute Summit, but this year out of necessity it mostly focuses on the new normal.
JURIST
JANUARY 22, 2021
The Review Committee on the Functioning of the International Health Regulations (2005) during the COVID-19 Response recommended minor improvements Tuesday to the 2005 International Health Regulations (IHR). Both the Review Committee and the Independent Panel were established by the World Health Organization (WHO) in response to World Health Assembly resolution 73.1.
HowAppealing
JANUARY 22, 2021
“Nevada church presses US Supreme Court on COVID-19 limits”: Scott Sonner of The Associated Press has this report.
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JURIST
JANUARY 22, 2021
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights on Thursday held Russia responsible for several breaches of the European Convention of Human Rights during its 2008 five-day armed conflict with Georgia. Georgia and Russia have a history of tensions between them, which escalated on August 7, 2008, when Georgia claims it sent its troops to Tskhinvali, the capital of its breakaway region of South Ossetia, as the latter did not comply with a ceasefire agreement that Russia had mediated.
The Process Street
JANUARY 22, 2021
There’s no better moment than the ‘lightbulb moment’ The one where you finally figure out a solution to a tricky problem, or just come up with an ahead of the curve plan, scheme, or proposal. The euphoria is intense enough to make you get out there and shout about it from the rooftops. Or, do a song and dance on the street, à la Dick van Dyke in Mary Poppins.
JURIST
JANUARY 22, 2021
The Thai government filed a criminal complaint against political leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit Wednesday, citing crimes against the monarchy. Juangroongruangkit is the leader of Future Forward , a pro-democracy party created to contest Thai elections. He criticized the government’s administration of recently developed COVID-19 vaccines.
LegalReader
JANUARY 22, 2021
The best and easiest way to avoid fraudulent moving companies in India and hire reputable packers and movers is to know what moving scams are and also the qualities to look for in a moving company.
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JURIST
JANUARY 22, 2021
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government offered on Wednesday to temporarily suspend the implementation of the country’s contentious agricultural reform laws for 12 to 18 months. These reforms were passed by the Parliament in September last year and have sparked continuous protests by farmers opposing the “commercialization” of agriculture.
LegalReader
JANUARY 22, 2021
Some patients with various aches and pains have had good experiences with the use of CBD. However, these results will need to be studied in more detail in the coming years.
The Hollywood Lawyer
JANUARY 22, 2021
Filmmaker Francesca Gregorini sued Shyamalan and Apple over the show ‘Servant,’ accusing them of “bastardizing” her 2013 film, ‘The Truth About Emanuel,’ a psychological thriller about a woman who forms a relationship with a doll after the death of her infant. The suit claims Shyamalan copied her script for his series, only flipping the point of view, […].
LawTechnologyToday
JANUARY 22, 2021
With ever-increasing frequency, in-house counsel is adopting data reporting tools like never before. Their counterparts at law firms have long used business intelligence tools, such as win rates, financial statistics, and document and case metadata. But now, general counsels (GCs) and legal teams need solid insights on resource allocation and budgeting, too.
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