JURIST

JUNE 25, 2023

The Organization of American States (OAS) on Friday announced that it approved a resolution urging Nicaragua to “cease all human rights violations, release political prisoners, and respect religious freedom and freedom of expression, as well as the rule of law.” The resolution was led by the US, Canada, Chile and Costa Rica. The OAS’s Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) additionally made several requests to extend protections for political prisoners and indigenous

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HowAppealing

JUNE 25, 2023

“They Fought a Pipeline on Their Land. Then Congress Got Involved. Debt-ceiling law gave a green light to the Mountain Valley Pipeline backed by Sen. Joe Manchin.” David Harrison will have this article in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal. The post “They Fought a Pipeline on Their Land. Then Congress Got Involved. Debt-ceiling law gave a green light to the Mountain Valley Pipeline backed by Sen.

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JURIST

JUNE 25, 2023

In a statement to the press on Saturday, the UN Security Council called for fighting to stop in Sudan in the name of civilian protection. “The fighting has to stop,” said Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of June. “And civilians must be protected.” The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human rights followed up , saying it was “gravely concerned̶

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HowAppealing

JUNE 25, 2023

“We Need to Talk About Overturning the Dobbs Decision”: Law professors David S. Cohen , Greer Donley , and Rachel Rebouché have this guest essay online at The New York Times. The post “We Need to Talk About Overturning the Dobbs Decision” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

JUNE 25, 2023

Mystery continues to shroud the deal that saw Yevgeny Prigozhin call off his mercenary forces as they marched largely undeterred toward Moscow on Saturday. Kremlin officials have announced that Russia would not pursue criminal charges against the Wagner leader, whom Russian leader Vladimir Putin had accused a day prior of treason , but all sides have remained silent on other elements of the negotiations. “Criminal proceedings [against Prigozhin] will be dropped, and he will be leaving on h

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JURIST

JUNE 25, 2023

A public prosecutor in Tunisia on Friday appealed the decision to release opposition figure Chaima Issa from prison, according to local news. As a result, Issa was not able to leave prison on Friday. Issa’s lawyer told local news that the decision came after a counter order was given to the public prosecutor. He emphasized that this is a political move that reinforces Tunisia’s legal and political instability.

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InHouseBlog

JUNE 25, 2023

If your law department is considering axing in-house lawyers, consideration should be given to the plausible consequences. A post from the archives of law department management expert Rees Morrison points out that law department down-sizing may lead to significant adverse consequences including the following examples Rees provides. When building the law department of the future, in-house legal teams need to consider those that will help propel the department and organization forward.

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JURIST

JUNE 25, 2023

The National Assembly of Cambodia amended on Friday their election laws to impose criminal liability on citizens who disrupt the election in July. Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia Samdech Krolahom Sar Kheng stated that the amendment stipulates individuals must vote in order to be eligible to run for office. The amendment also imposes criminal liability on individuals who disrupt and obstruct the voter registration process, as well as disrupt or obstruct the election.

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LLRX

JUNE 25, 2023

Jerry Lawson and Elizabeth Southerland identify technical reasons why the crypto bubble is bursting, including the fact that theoretically unbreakable encryption schemes like those underpinning blockchain have proven to be less than impermeable in practice, as users of Coinbase discovered upon losing fortunes. Attackers go after the weakest link in the chain, usually the way in which the algorithm is implemented.

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JURIST

JUNE 25, 2023

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) decided it its third regular plenary meeting on Friday to add Croatia to its “grey list,” along with Cameroon and Vietnam. Countries on the “grey list” are the “jurisdictions under increased monitoring.” The move makes Croatia the only EU member on the list , and the stated reason is the country’s deficiencies in preventing money laundering and terrorism financing.

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HowAppealing

JUNE 25, 2023

“Judicial Notice (06.24.23): Hunter And Fishing; United States v. Hunter Biden, Justice Alito v. ProPublica, Biglaw v. incoming associates, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Advisory Opinions” Substack site. The post “Judicial Notice (06.24.23): Hunter And Fishing; United States v.

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JURIST

JUNE 25, 2023

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs announced an executive order on Friday that protects abortion rights within the state one year after the Dobbs v. Jackson’s Women’s Health Organization decision. Abortion is generally legal before 15 weeks in Arizona under a law passed by former Governor Doug Ducey. According to the announcement, the order “centralizes” all abortion-related prosecutions under the attorney general.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JUNE 25, 2023

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 released late on Friday a Third Report and Order and Fourth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking resolving many regulatory issues related to the ATSC 3.0 “Next Gen” television conversion.

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JURIST

JUNE 25, 2023

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) concluded two days of hearings Friday on the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, OH in February. In an unusual move, the NTSB chose to hold the public hearings in East Palestine, rather than Washington DC. Day one focused on the agency response and intentional venting of chemicals while day two focused on the causes of the accident.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 25, 2023

Below is my column in the Messenger on the curious role of Hunter Biden as the “designated defendant” of the Biden family. Throughout the years of influence peddling and millions in transfers to various Biden associates and family members, Hunter remained the frontman. He is now expected to face accountability for these dealings. He even complained to his daughter in 2019 that he was being sued.

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JURIST

JUNE 25, 2023

According to the Israeli news site Walla , the US State Department has reinstated a ban on US government research funding going to support research projects conducted in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The decision is a significant reversal of a former US President Donald Trump-era policy, instituted in 2020, which had allowed research funding in the West Bank.

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JURIST

JUNE 25, 2023

Members of the US House of Representatives introduced two resolutions on Friday, H.Res.547 and H.Res.538 , that would expunge the impeachments of former President Donald Trump. Trump is the third US president to be impeached and the only president to be impeached twice. If passed, both resolutions would expunge Trump’s impeachments as if they had not occurred and remove any prohibitions on Trump holding US office.

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