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APRIL 9, 2022

The Biden administration Friday announced that the US would continue to “spare no effort” to provide the Ukrainian military with weapons to protect its country. Biden noted that Ukrainian forces have used military weapons sent by the US to “repel the Russian attack on Kyiv, keep the skies of Ukraine contested, and deliver severe blows to the Russian military.” He thanked the Slovakian government for providing an air defense system to Ukraine and stated that the US would r

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APRIL 9, 2022

“The Ketanji Brown Jackson Hearings May Be Only the Beginning; The final Senate confirmation vote of 53–47 sparked joy and relief that the ugly part was over, at least for Jackson; The rest of the country may not be so lucky”: Amy Davidson Sorkin will have this Comment in the April 18, 2022 issue of The New Yorker.

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APRIL 9, 2022

The Council of Europe Friday imposed its fifth round of economic and individual sanctions against Russia for its ongoing aggression against Ukraine. This fifth package of sanctions is comprised of six elements. The first is a complete import ban on all forms of Russian coal. European imports of coal are worth about €8 billion to Russia every year. The second is a ban on Russian and Belorussian freight road operators transporting goods by road within the EU, as well as a ban on Russia-flagged sea

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APRIL 9, 2022

“A refuge for Texas patients, Oklahoma clinics brace for abortion ban; A law modeled after the restrictive Texas ban could soon take effect in Oklahoma”: Caroline Kitchener of The Washington Post has this report.

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APRIL 9, 2022

The US Departments of State and Treasury Thursday announced sanctions against two more Russian state-owned enterprises. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Alrosa, the world’s largest diamond mining company, which manages 90 percent of Russia’s diamond mining capacity and accounts for nearly 30% percent of global diamond mining.

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APRIL 9, 2022

Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness.

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APRIL 9, 2022

“Thomas Poses With Senate Candidate Walker in Supreme Court Photo; It comes amid scrutiny stemming from wife’s political work; Walker was in Washington to receive Horatio Alger Award”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

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Broadcast Law Blog

APRIL 9, 2022

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. Broadcast operations that use uninterruptable power supply (UPS) devices as either a primary or backup power source should be alert for possible cybersecurity threats and review the federal government’s guidance on Mitigating Attacks Against Uninterruptible Power Supply Devices.

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APRIL 9, 2022

“The Red State-Blue State Scramble to Replace Roe “: Rebecca Traister has this article in the April 11, 2022 issue of New York magazine.

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APRIL 9, 2022

The article looks into recent developments in Shenzhen and Wenzhou and how China deals with consumer bankruptcy.

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APRIL 9, 2022

There is a new free speech lawsuit on a college campus this week after three University of Houston students sued over a new anti-discrimination policy. The students are unnamed in the complaint, which was brought by Speech First. They alleged that they are being chilled in expressing their views on issues like gender are now treated as forms of discrimination or harassment.

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APRIL 9, 2022

“Anita Hill Saw History Repeat Itself at Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court Hearings; The key witness in Clarence Thomas’s nomination process joins David Remnick and Jane Mayer to discuss how sex and race shaped the new Justice’s experience, and her own”: The New Yorker has posted online this Q&A.

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APRIL 9, 2022

Sharing an intimate image without consent is a criminal offence, characterised as image-based abuse (or 'revenge porn').

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