JURIST

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

The UN high commissioner for human rights, Volker Türk, Saturday published an open letter urging Musk to ensure human that rights are central to the management of Twitter. This letter noted that Twitter has been a force in the “global revolution”, which has transformed how we communicate. Türk stressed how important the platform is, because of its ability to “easily and effectively” connect people all around the world.

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

“In 84th Supreme Court Appearance, Harvard Lawyer Seth P. Waxman ’73 Commands the Courtroom”: Rahem D. Hamid and Nia L. Orakwue of The Harvard Crimson have this report. The post “In 84th Supreme Court Appearance, Harvard Lawyer Seth P. Waxman ’73 Commands the Courtroom” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

The Peruvian Ministry of Environment (MINAM) issued a public statement Friday rejecting the Congress of the Republic’s approval of Bill 412 , which exonerates bankrupt mining companies from complying with environmental certifications. In October 2021, Congressman César Manuel Revilla of the Group Parliamentarian Popular Force presented the bill.

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

“Supreme Court’s ‘sleeper’ case is major clash over Native American adoptions”: John Kruzel of The Hill has this report. The post “Supreme Court’s ‘sleeper’ case is major clash over Native American adoptions” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Venezuelan government Saturday rejected a decision by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to resume an investigation into alleged human rights violations by the country’s officials. The Venezuelan Foreign Minister, Carlos Faria, declared via Twitter that the government does not agree with the official request made by the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP).

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

The US Supreme Court Friday added four new cases to its docket, including two cases concerning the Navajo Nation’s water rights and two intellectual property law disputes. In Arizona v. Navajo Nation and the Department of the Interior v. Navajo Nation , the court will consider the ongoing dispute over rights to Colorado River water. Arizona v.

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

“Affirmative Action and the Supreme Court’s Troubled Treatment of Asian Americans; Students for Fair Admissions is one of only a few Supreme Court cases about the rights of Asian Americans; But what will it achieve on their behalf?” Law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen has this article online at The New Yorker. The post “Affirmative Action and the Supreme Court’s Troubled Treatment of Asian Americans; Students for Fair Admissions is one of only a few Supreme Court cases

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Share “The bird is freed,” Elon Musk tweeted on the night he completed his $44 billion purchase of Twitter. What he didn’t say is that a series of court cases may soon clip its wings. A self-described free-speech absolutist , Musk has suggested he will loosen Twitter’s content-moderation rules, allow more objectionable speech to remain on the site , and reinstate some users who have been banned.

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Broadcast Law Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. The FCC issued a Forfeiture Order imposing a penalty of $518,283 against Gray Television, Inc., for violating the FCC’s prohibition against owning two top-four television stations (KYES-TV and KTUU-TV, both in Anchorage, Alaska) in the same Nielsen Designated Market Area (DMA).

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

By Sophia R. Gaulkin — We previously blogged about Pfizer’s copay assistance lawsuit, which sought to challenge HHS’s interpretation of the Federal health care program anti-kickback statute (AKS) and position that the company’s proposed copay assistance program would violate the AKS. Now, after an unfavorable HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) advisory opinion and two defeats in court, Pfizer has appealed the Second Circuit’s decision to the Supreme Court.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2022

By Jason Rantanen. On Friday, the Supreme Court granted certiorari on two petitions raising intellectual property issues, including the closely-watched enablement case Amgen v. Sanofi. The other case is a Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International , a trademark dispute involving extraterritoriality issues. Over the past few years, the Federal Circuit has issued a series of enablement decisions, including Amgen v.

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NewmanFerraraLLP

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Some friends were singing the praises of Via Emilia Garden, an Italian restaurant located at 3500 N. Miami Avenue (Miami). But we should have known we were in for trouble, when its website noted that its “mission is to spread emotions, letting your mind travel to those happy memories, where you forget that you’re in a restaurant in Miami, and feel at your Grandma’s Sunday lunch.” ??

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

A panel on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit seemed to be channeling the lyrics of the musical Hamilton in noting that “Everything is legal in New Jersey.” The panel ruled against a transgender woman who brought a discrimination claim against a beauty pageant that allowed only “natural-born females” to compete. In a prior 2016 column , I discussed the racially discriminatory consideration of only “non-Whites” for the cast of the much-celebrated pr

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NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Some friends were singing the praises of Via Emilia Garden, an Italian restaurant located at 3500 N. Miami Avenue (Miami). But we should have known we were in for trouble, when its website noted that its “mission is to spread emotions, letting your mind travel to those happy memories, where you forget that you’re in a restaurant in Miami, and feel at your Grandma’s Sunday lunch.” ??

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

JURIST staffers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law are filing dispatches on various aspects of the November 2022 midterm elections in Pennsylvania. Here, Pitt Law 1L Morgan Hubbard reports on the Obama-Fetterman rally held at the University of Pittsburgh campus Saturday. She and other Pitt Law students were there. US Senate candidate John Fetterman held a campaign rally Saturday on the University of Pittsburgh’s campus in a final push for voters in Western Pennsylvania just t

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NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Julius’ Bar is on the Calendar On September 13, 2022, the Landmarks Preservation Commission unanimously voted to calendar Julius’ Bar -- "New York's oldest Gay bar and Greenwich Village's oldest bar," located at 159 W 10th Street, at the corner of W 10th Street and Waverly Place -- for consideration as an Individual Landmark. The bar’s historical impact as a social space for members of the LGBTQ+ community, and its resistance against the discrimination of gay New Yorker

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Former President Barack Obama continued the Democratic campaign theme this week in arguing that democracy is in danger if Republicans prevail in the midterm elections. I have a new column out this weekend addressing the over-the-top rhetoric coming from Democratic politicians and pundits. However, the former president’s speech was revealing as he cited the very arguments made by Democrats . as attacks on democracy.

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