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DECEMBER 20, 2022

This week the January 6th Committee voted to make criminal referrals to the Justice Department, including the proposed indictment of former President Donald Trump. However, the Committee’s splashy finale lacked any substantial new evidence to make a compelling criminal case against former President Donald Trump. The Committee repackaged largely the same evidence that it has previously put forward over the past year.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Tuesday ordered Wells Fargo to pay $3.7 billion regarding its “widespread mismanagement” affecting over 16 million consumer accounts. Specifically, Wells Fargo must pay $2 billion to consumers in addition to a $1.7 billion civil penalty which will be put into the CFPB’s Civil Penalty Fund to compensate victims of federal consumer financial law violations. .

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 20, 2022

“No free PACER as U.S. lawmakers exclude proposal from spending bill”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report. The post “No free PACER as U.S. lawmakers exclude proposal from spending bill” appeared first on How Appealing.

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DECEMBER 20, 2022

Amnesty International Monday accused armed group Tariq Ben Zeyad (TBZ) of committing war crimes and other human rights abuses to enforce the reign of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF) and its leader Khalifa Haftar. In a research briefing, Amnesty International detailed incidences of forced disappearances, unlawful killings, torture and mistreatment of refugees.

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DECEMBER 20, 2022

“U.S. abortion fight in 2023 to focus on state laws, medication”: Brendan Pierson of Reuters has this report. The post “U.S. abortion fight in 2023 to focus on state laws, medication” appeared first on How Appealing.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 20, 2022

SBF doesn't pull any punches complaining about Sullivan & Cromwell. The post Sam Bankman-Fried Alleges Sullivan & Cromwell Used ‘Mentally Unbalanced’ Tactics To Get FTX To File Bankruptcy appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The High Court of New Zealand Tuesday held that the classification of a deportee as a returning prisoner and the subsequent imposition of special conditions on him amounted to double jeopardy and is therefore unlawful and contrary to the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act. The deportee, “G,” was convicted of two drug offences in Australia in 2014, and served his sentence before being deported back to New Zealand.

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Patently O

DECEMBER 20, 2022

by Dennis Crouch. “Smart wallets” are growing in popularity. I have one branded FIDELO with a carbon-fiber case that claims to block scammers trying to read the chip on my credit card. I think of these generally as “smart wallets” but I learned today that the company Storus has a registered trademark for that term. What should I call them now?

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JURIST

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Monday affirmed a preliminary injunction from the District Court for the Western District of Louisiana blocking the White House’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors. The ruling results from a 2-1 decision from the three-judge panel. Circuit Judge Kurt Engelhardt authored the opinion of the court, ruling that the executive order that ordered the mandate was an unlawful and unprecedented use of the Administrative Services Act of 194

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DECEMBER 20, 2022

“With This Supreme Court, the Way Liberals Dissent Matters”: Law professors Ryan D. Doerfler and Samuel Moyn have this guest essay online at The New York Times. The post “With This Supreme Court, the Way Liberals Dissent Matters” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Private video game consumers Tuesday filed an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft alleging the company’s intended purchase of Activision Blizzard, Inc. , the maker of popular video game “ Call of Duty ,” for $68.7 billion creates a monopoly within the video game industry. Specifically, the lawsuit alleges that Microsoft violated Section 7 of the Clayton Antitrust Act ( 15 U.S.C. § 18 ), which “ prohibits mergers and acquisitions where the effect ‘may be substantiall

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 20, 2022

“The Supreme Court Is Going Out of Its Way to Remain Unaccountable; Your state board of cosmetology is probably more transparent than the nine lawyers who decide which people get rights and which don’t”: James LaRock has this post at Balls and Strikes. The post “The Supreme Court Is Going Out of Its Way to Remain Unaccountable; Your state board of cosmetology is probably more transparent than the nine lawyers who decide which people get rights and which don’t”

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JURIST

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The Taliban Ministry of Higher Education Tuesday closed universities in Afghanistan to women in its latest move to restrict women’s access to formal education since the group took over the country. In a letter in Pashto distributed by a spokesperson for the ministry, all universities in Afghanistan are ordered to suspend education of women immediately.

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DECEMBER 20, 2022

“Supreme Court leaker of decision overturning Roe still not publicly identified more than 7 months later; The Supreme Court kicked off a new term in October without identifying the leaker”: Brianna Herlihy of Fox News has this report. The post “Supreme Court leaker of decision overturning Roe still not publicly identified more than 7 months later; The Supreme Court kicked off a new term in October without identifying the leaker” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Tuesday denied China Telecom Corporation’s challenge to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) order revoking the Chinese state-owned telecommunications company’s authority to operate in the US. Circuit Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson authored the unanimous three-judge panel decision.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 20, 2022

“What One Black Judge’s Family History Can Teach Us About Justice: This is why representation matters.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate. The post “What One Black Judge’s Family History Can Teach Us About Justice: This is why representation matters.” appeared first on How Appealing.

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DECEMBER 20, 2022

The Potlotek First Nation and Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs Monday dropped their civil suit against the Canadian federal government over fishing provisions. The groups announced that they will instead focus on providing legal defense to a Potlotek harvester who was fishing under a community-approved plan. “Deciding to discontinue a lawsuit is never an easy decision,” said Chief Gerald Toney, Fisheries Co-Lead for the Assembly. “But we also recognize that in order

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 20, 2022

“America’s Trumpiest court doesn’t care if your right to a fair trial was violated; The Fifth Circuit’s decision in Crawford v. Cain is a monument to judicial lawlessness”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox about a ruling that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued last Thursday.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 20, 2022

A court in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein Tuesday convicted Irmgard Furchner, 97, for aiding and abetting murder while working as a secretary at the Stutthof Nazi concentration camp. Furchner worked at Stutthof between June 1, 1943, and April 1, 1945. While she was employeed, authorities committed “cruel, systematic acts of killing” through gassings, hostile camp conditions, transports to Auschwitz-Birkenau and death marches.

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DECEMBER 20, 2022

“One more reason for the Supreme Court to take up class incentive award issue”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post. The post “One more reason for the Supreme Court to take up class incentive award issue” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Hawaii’s congressional delegation Tuesday urged the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate the procedures and practices used by the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Navy in the midst of a leak at the Navy’s Red Hill complex in Honolulu , Hawaii. In a letter, the delegation demanded to know whether a November 29 toxic foam leak of “forever chemicals” at the complex exposed the surrounding community to “enduring threats to their health.”.

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DECEMBER 20, 2022

“Supreme Judicial Court rejects bid to legalize ‘physician-assisted suicide’; Right-to-die campaign now moves to Massachusetts Legislature”: John R. Ellement and Robert Weisman have this front page article in today’s edition of The Boston Globe about a decision that the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts issued yesterday.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The Swedish Supreme Court Monday ruled that the extradition of journalist Bulent Kenes to Turkey would violate Swedish law. Kenes is a Turkish national who obtained asylum in Sweden after Turkish officials accused Kenes of participating in the 2016 attempted coup to overthrow President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkey has tied Sweden’s cooperation in extraditing wanted criminals — like Kenes — to an affirmative vote in North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) membership.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 20, 2022

From distinguished to despicable, who should be Above the Law’s Lawyer of the Year for 2022? The post Above The Law’s 2022 Lawyer Of The Year Contest: The Finalists! appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) Monday reached a deal on global commitments to protect land and water biodiversity. The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework aims to protect 30 percent of the world’s lands, coastal areas and inland waters by 2030 – an increase from the 17 percent of lands and 10 percent of marine area currently under protection.

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