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AUGUST 4, 2022

Local officials and academics involved in anti-violence work in D.C. have started conversations with incarcerated people at the Correctional Treatment Facility in Southeast D.C. as part of an educational program called LEAD Up!, where the men are prompted to consider what resources could help keep D.C. residents safe, reports the Washington Post. One group of incarcerated men said the District needs an entirely new agency to “treat gun violence as a public health emergency” called the Department

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AUGUST 4, 2022

The Commission for International Justice and Accountability (CIJA) released its long-awaited report Thursday on the Rohingya genocide in Myanmar. CIJA began its investigation in 2018, looking for evidence to clear a path toward international criminal prosecutions. CIJA has previously worked in Syria, gathering evidence on Bashar Al-Assad and IS. According to the UN fact-finding mission in 2018, crackdowns on the Rohingya ethnic minority began in the Rakhine region of Myanmar in 2017.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

AUGUST 4, 2022

Especially in the current job market, it’s important not to overextend yourself in hiring for new attorneys or staffpersons. But, since lawyers aren’t very good with math or data, hiring often becomes a real ad hoc adventure. Most attorneys hire like they do everything else = they guess about what they can afford, and what they can take on. That, however, can be dangerous, when it comes to hiring, because law firms can overpay (and waste money) or underpay (and risk losing a candidate , or good

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AUGUST 4, 2022

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday that a Kentucky federal grand jury has charged four current and former police officers with federal crimes in relation to the murder of Breonna Taylor. The grand jury charged Joshua Jaynes and Kyle Meany with deprivation of rights under color of law, conspiracy, falsification of records in a federal investigation, and false statements to federal investigators.

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AUGUST 4, 2022

Do the professional golfers, represented by high-powered law firms, have a strong case for damages and, in particular, injunctive relief? The post LIV Golf Players Such As Phil Mickelson Sue The PGA Tour In 106-Page Complaint appeared first on Above the Law.

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AUGUST 4, 2022

Well, whether Jones's lawyer "rested" is an open question. The post Alex Jones Whines, Lawyers Rest, Jury Deliberates In Sandy Hook Defamation Suit appeared first on Above the Law.

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AUGUST 4, 2022

Tennessee’s Attorney General Herbert Slatery announced Wednesday that the state is suing retail pharmacy giant Walgreens, accusing the chain of contributing to the state’s opioid crisis by failing to maintain effective controls against the abuse of opioids. The lawsuit states that between 2006 and 2020 Walgreens distributed over 1.1 billion oxycodone and hydrocodone pills, amounting to approximately “175 oxycodone or hydrocodone pills for every man, woman, and child in Tennesse

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AUGUST 4, 2022

“What Pro-Lifers Should Learn From Kansas; They asked for too much because they failed to prepare for the debate over abortion after”: Columnist Peggy Noonan has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

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AUGUST 4, 2022

The government of outgoing Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi Thursday announced sweeping reforms to the country’s justice system. Draghi, a former European Central Bank president who was elected to stabilize the country’s economy, resigned July 21 after the collapse of his national unity government. President Sergio Mattarella asked Draghi to stay on as a caretaker until elections this fall.

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AUGUST 4, 2022

“The Next Big Threat to American Democracy Is Headed to the Supreme Court: The right-wing legal movement’s latest dangerous idea is ‘independent state legislature theory,’ and the high court’s conservative bloc just might dream it into existence.” Matt Ford has this essay online at The New Republic.

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AUGUST 4, 2022

UN Secretary General António Guterres Wednesday announced a fact-finding mission into a recent attack on a Ukrainian prison. The rocket strike hit a prison located in Olenivka, a Russian-controlled area of Ukraine, which housed Ukrainian prisoners of war. 50 people died in the strike. . Following the attack on the prison, both Russia and Ukraine requested the UN launch an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the attack.

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AUGUST 4, 2022

“Prison Abolitionism and the Academy’s Decline; The legal profession’s call to abolish prisons only alienates the public, who will regard the academy more than ever as a bastion of folly”: John O. McGinnis has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

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AUGUST 4, 2022

Nigeria’s National Broadcasting Commission Wednesday fined a group of pay TV service providers 5 million naira each over a BBC report that it said “glorified the activities of bandits and undermines national security in Nigeria.”. The National Broadcasting Commission fined the service providers over their carriage of the BBC documentary “Bandits Warlords of Zamfara,” which it stated violated the provisions of the Nigerian Broadcasting Code, sixth edition.

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AUGUST 4, 2022

“The Decline and Fall of John Yoo; The man who was the conservative legal movement’s favorite torture enthusiast has been reduced to taking unearned victory laps over the Supreme Court’s COVID-19 jurisprudence”: James LaRock has this post at Balls and Strikes.

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AUGUST 4, 2022

The Indian government Wednesday withdrew its Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 from the lower house of Parliament in a move that further delays the implementation of a comprehensive data protection regime in the country. A document obtained by Medianama noted that the government was withdrawing the bill in light of the numerous amendments and recommendations proposed by the Joint Committee of Parliament (JCP).

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AUGUST 4, 2022

You can register now to attend the 2022 Appellate Judges Education Institute in Scottsdale, Arizona: This year’s AJEI Summit will take place November 10-13, 2022, and I am planning to attend. You can see a list of the session topics and the scheduled speakers here and register to attend via this link.

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AUGUST 4, 2022

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Wednesday rejected a UK family’s request to prevent the hospital from removing their son from life support. The hospital placed 12-year-old Archie Battersbee on life support in early April after he suffered a catastrophic brain injury. With the ruling, Battersbee’s family has exhausted all legal challenges. The hospital may now pull their son off of life support at any time.

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AUGUST 4, 2022

“Threat to Lick Groceries With Covid-19 Isn’t Protected Speech”: Maia Spoto of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued yesterday.

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Above The Law

AUGUST 4, 2022

I checked at least three times to make sure that this wasn’t an Onion story. The post Some Of Those That Join Forces Are Just For Decoration appeared first on Above the Law.

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AUGUST 4, 2022

“5th Circuit to hear Christian groups’ case over ACA antidiscrimination rule”: Brendan Pierson of Reuters has this preview of a case argued today before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The oral argument occurred earlier today, and you can access the oral argument audio via this link.

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AUGUST 4, 2022

The more you understand how the technology you choose is used in your firm, the better your firm will run. The post Productivity Data: Here’s How Lawyers Get Work Done appeared first on Above the Law.

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AUGUST 4, 2022

“What the Divided Argument in the SCOTUS Affirmative Action Cases Could Mean”: Law professor Michael C. Dorf has this essay online at Justia’s Verdict.

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AUGUST 4, 2022

The Amy Wax Drama Never Ends: So much you might even forget all the awful. Oh, The Confidence Of White Men: Why would you let mounting scandals stop you from running to be a judge after all. Reproductive Freedom's Latest Battlefield: Free speech -- it's a coordinated attack. The Alex Jones Defamation Case Has Been Absolutely Bonkers: And now it's in the jury's hands.

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AUGUST 4, 2022

“After Supreme Court ruling, it’s open season on US gun laws”: Lindsay Whitehurst and Alanna Durkin Richer of The Associated Press have this report.

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AUGUST 4, 2022

World's worst client. The post Rancid Troll Alex Jones Calls Judge ‘Dwarf Goblin’ appeared first on Above the Law.

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