JURIST
MARCH 12, 2022
The Russian Federation Thursday announced its withdrawal from the Council of Europe (“the Council”). The country claimed that EU and NATO countries are using their absolute majority to continue to destroy the Council, of which Russia will no longer will be a part. Russia joined the Council of Europe, a leading human rights organization of the continent, in 1996.
Patently O
MARCH 12, 2022
by Dennis Crouch. I recently posted a chart showing that there is a significant difference in technology focus of patents tied to US-Inventors as compared with Non-US-inventors. The following chart looks at the file histories of U.S. patents and asks what percentage received a rejection prior to issuance (blue) and what percentage received a Section 101 rejection prior to issuance (issued patents 2015-2020).
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JURIST
MARCH 12, 2022
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) Friday confirmed that 549 Ukrainian civilians have been killed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The OHCHR said in a press statement that, among those who have been killed, 41 were children. A further 957 individuals have sustained injuries. The conflict that broke out on February 24 has subjected Ukrainian civilians to explosions and military fighting.
HowAppealing
MARCH 12, 2022
“A Follow-Up on Whether Ketanji Brown Jackson Should Recuse Herself from the Harvard Affirmative Action Case”: Patterico has this post at his “The Constitutional Vanguard” Substack site. Update : Patterico’s earlier post on this topic was titled “ Should Ketanji Brown Jackson Recuse Herself from the Harvard Affirmative Action Case?
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JURIST
MARCH 12, 2022
The Federal Criminal Court of Switzerland Friday rejected an appeal by an unnamed Arab businessman to stop Japanese prosecutors from acquiring access to his bank accounts. The Japanese authorities are conducting a criminal investigation into violations of the Companies Act and Financial Instruments and Exchange Act by Carlos Ghosn, the former CEO and Chairman of Nissan.
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JURIST
MARCH 12, 2022
The High Court of Justice in London found Friday that the Metropolitan police breached organizers’ rights to protest in the way the police handled a planned vigil for Sarah Everand in 2021. Sarah Everand was a girl who was murdered in Clapham Common by police officer Wayne Couzens. Reclaim the Streets (RTS) held a vigil for Everand in March 2021, which also acted as a protest about violence against women.
HowAppealing
MARCH 12, 2022
“Justice Clarence Thomas warns against expanding the Supreme Court; ‘That’s no court at all. That’s no rule of law,’ Justice Clarence Thomas said of Supreme Court expansion during his Friday night speech in Salt Lake City.” Bryan Schott of The Salt Lake Tribune has this report. Dennis Romboy of The Deseret News has an article headlined “ Why Justice Clarence Thomas worries about the future of the U.S.
JURIST
MARCH 12, 2022
The Texas Supreme Court Friday ruled against abortion providers’ federal challenge to a state abortion ban, holding that certain state officials do not have the authority to enforce the law. Senate Bill 8, also known as the Texas Heartbeat Act, was passed last year. It bans all abortions after six weeks. Rather than being enforced by state parties, it includes a provision enabling private citizens to bring civil actions against anyone who aids or abets a pregnant person obtaining an aborti
LLRX
MARCH 12, 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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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.
LexForti
MARCH 12, 2022
Sarthak Sharma | National Law University Odisha. With the rise in trade and commerce across the world, countries are more and more looking forward towards a trade barrier free world, where imports and exports can help every possible nation to grow with revenue and resources. Analysing the present issue, Adam Smith, the father of modern economics, emphasized the importance of free trade and stated that if countries remove the trade barriers and allowed free flow of goods from one nation to anothe
JonathanTurley
MARCH 12, 2022
North Port (FL) Police Department. A novel lawsuit in Florida has been filed by the parents of Gabby Petito against the parents of Brian Laundrie, Chris and Roberta Laundrie. The lawsuit accuses the parents of hiding their knowledge that Brian Laundrie killed their daughter. I am very skeptical over the basis of this lawsuit, which rests on the assumption that, if the parents knew, they had a legal obligation to disclose that knowledge to Gabby Petito’s parents, Joseph Petito and Nichole Schmidt
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