JURIST
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
The family of EU Diplomat Johan Floderus continue to push for his release as the Swedish citizen turns 33 in Iranian prison. The family of detained the Swedish native released a statement on Sunday appealing for his release from Iran. He was first arrested on 17 April 2022 at Tehran Airport. Since then, Floderus has been held in Iran’s Evin prison for over 500 days without charge.
HowAppealing
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
“Judicial Notice (09.09.23): Show Me The Money; A $16 billion judgment, a $7 billion M&A deal, an exciting new boutique, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site. The post “Judicial Notice (09.09.23): Show Me The Money; A $16 billion judgment, a $7 billion M&A deal, an exciting new boutique, and other legal news from the week that was.” appeared first on How Appealing.
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JURIST
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
Australia’s eSafety Commission Julie Inman Grant announced Friday that her office is going to mandate search engines to remove AI generated child sexual abuse material from search results. The announcement is in response to the growing threat and risk to children’s privacy and rights facilitated by AI and deepfakes. The online safety codes and standards will focus on protections against new risks posed by the integration of generative AI and will cover multiple sections of the online in
HowAppealing
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
“What Ginni Thomas and Leonard Leo wrought: How a justice’s wife and a key activist started a movement; Thanks to the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, a trove of so-called ‘dark money’ was about to be unleashed; Two activists prepared to seize the moment.” Heidi Przybyla of Politico has this report. The post “What Ginni Thomas and Leonard Leo wrought: How a justice’s wife and a key activist started a movement; Thanks to the Supreme Court’s Citizens United rul
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JURIST
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
Elon Musk’s X Corp. sued California on Friday over California Assembly Bill 587 (AB 587), a state law requiring social media companies to publish their content moderation policies, arguing that the law violates the US Constitution’s First Amendment. The case is in the US District Court for the Eastern District of California Sacramento Division.
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JURIST
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
Edwin Gakunga is a student at the Kenya School of Law and a JURIST Assistant Editor. He files this dispatch from Nairobi. The bustling heart of Nairobi, Kenya, was the stage last week of a historic event—the inaugural Africa Climate Summit (ACS) , held from September 4th to 6th. This pivotal gathering brought together African nations, organizations, and world leaders who were united not only by their commitment to addressing climate change but also by a shared understanding of the imperatives t
FDA Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
By Mark A. Tobolowsky — CDER, CBER, and the Oncology Center of Excellence recently published a final guidance document titled “ Considerations for the Use of Real-World Data and Real-World Evidence to Support Regulatory Decision-Making for Drug and Biological Products ” as another part of its real-world evidence (“RWE”) Program. This finalized a draft guidance issued in December 2021, largely similar in substance.
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
The German prosecutors office has officially charged two individuals with suspected treason on Friday, after they were indicted on August 24th. The two suspects referred to as Carsten L and Arthur E were accused of high treason through the passing on of state secrets to Russia’s Secret Service. Both are currently being held in pre-trial detention.
InHouseBlog
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) and Exterro, the leader in Legal GRC software, once again partnered on an in-depth survey of in-house legal departments, this time producing the 2023 Legal Technology Report for In-House Legal Professionals. With survey responses from 252 in-house counsel and legal operations professionals across 22 countries, this report presents the types of legal technology organizations are using and their perceived effectiveness, purchasing behavior, and top techn
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JURIST
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights Olivier De Schutter cited poverty on Friday as the “root cause” of violence and instability in Ecuador. De Schutter urged Ecuador’s leaders to continue their efforts to fight back against the drug-related crime that has engulfed the region. Following his recent two-week visit to Ecuador, the UN’s poverty expert stated that, “Poverty is a root cause of the surging violence and insecurity in Ecuador.” He also stressed that
LawTechnologyToday
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
The Legal Technology Resource Center ’s Women of Legal Tech initiative is intended to encourage diversity and celebrate women in legal technology. This initiative launched in 2015 with a list of innovators and leaders in legal technology and with this year’s additions, that list now includes 141 talented and influential women leaders. Amy Conroy is a Data Scientist at Mishcon de Reya where her work involves using litigation data to improve existing processes, develop new applications, and provi
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
The President of Republika Srpska (RS) Milorad Dodik, claimed on Thursday that he instructed police to arrest and deport High Representative Christian Schmidt upon his entry to RS territory. Reuters reported that these statements were made at a press conference with Bosnia and Herzegovina Security Minister Nenad Nešić, who supports Dodik’s actions.
Attorney at Work
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
Shawn Healy | Grief does not have to be scary. It is an essential part of our lives and part of the healing process. The post Grief Is Essential appeared first on Attorney at Work.
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JURIST
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
Air strikes in the Quoro market area of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, killed at least 40 civilians and injured at least 50 more. The market “massacre,” with the highest death toll since the beginning of the war in Sudan, was reported by the Resistance Committee, a local activist group providing humanitarian aid to victims of the war. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) alleged that the Sudanese military was responsible for the strikes.
At the Lectern
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
Court rules provide several limits on what the Supreme Court will consider in cases it has chosen to decide. However, those constraints don’t handcuff the court. They’re general limits that the court can and will sometimes choose not to follow. As it did in July’s County of Santa Clara v. Superior Court (2023) 14 Cal.5th 1034 opinion.
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
The Trade Unions Congress (TUC) announced Sunday they are reporting the UK government to the UN watchdog on workers rights over the implementation of the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023. The TUC claims this law “falls short of international standards” due to how much it restricts industrial action, and will “fight these laws every day until they are repealed.
SCOTUSBlog
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
Share The Biden administration and a drug manufacturer on Friday night asked the Supreme Court to review a decision by a federal appeals court that would significantly restrict access to a drug used in medication abortions, which account for over half of all abortions performed in the United States. The filings created the prospect that the justices will weigh in on the issue of abortion for the first time since their decision last year in Dobbs v.
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JURIST
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
Fresh violence erupted in the Indian state of Manipur on Friday, worsening an already tense ethnic conflict in the region. The violence broke out on the morning of September 8 at Pallel in the Tengnoupal district and continued for several hours, leaving a few dead and several injured. Kukis and Meiteis, the two communities in conflict in Manipur, have blamed one another for the attack.
JonathanTurley
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
To paraphrase Hamlet, there is “something rotten” in the state of Delaware. Filings in the Delaware Supreme Court this week were made public in the litigation involving Mac Isaac, the owner of the computer repair shop where Hunter Biden abandoned his now infamous laptop. Miranda Devine at the New York Post has a detailed story on the new evidence.
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
Police in The Hague, Netherlands arrested and detained over 2400 demonstrators and activists associated with the Extinction Rebellion, Greenpeace or the Milieudefensie group on Saturday who were protesting government fossil fuel subsidies on the A12 motorway near The Hague. Their statement detailed how they spent over 4 hours arresting and removing people from the highway, resorting to methods that included the use of water cannons.
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Saturday the African Union (AU)’s accession to the G20 as a permanent member during the commencement of the organization’s summit. The African Union now becomes the second regional block to attain permanent status in the G20 after the European Union. The African Union has persistently sought full G20 membership for a span of seven years, a position articulated by spokesperson Ebba Kalondo.
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JURIST
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
A US federal district court on Friday denied former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows’ request to remove two Georgia state criminal charges to federal court. Meadows asked to transfer his charges to federal court under 28 U.S.C. § 1442(a)(1). The statute allows a US federal officer acting under duties of their office to remove state civil or criminal actions to federal court.
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
UNICEF’s Representative in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Grant Leaity condemned on Friday heinous acts of violence against children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. According to a press release, the conflict has resulted in one of Africa’s largest displacement crises, with children enduring the worst of it all. Leaity further commented: Violence against children in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has reached unprecedented levels.
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