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MARCH 7, 2022

Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Saturday announced a range of sanctions and restrictions aiming to “constrain Russia’s capacity to conduct war against Ukraine and undermine its sovereignty.” Singapore has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a contravention of the UN Charter and “a clear and gross violation of international law.” Recognizing its own vulnerability as a small state, Singapore has refused to condone Russia’s violation of the so

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CFPB Estimates $88 Billion in Medical Bills on Credit Reports Prepared Remarks of Director Rohit Chopra on New CFPB Medical Debt Report. By Rohit Chopra – MAR 01, 2022 (reprint). “Good morning. Today, the CFPB released a report on medical billing and collection practices in our country. Medical bills are the most common debt in collections reported on our credit reports.

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MARCH 7, 2022

The District Court of Stockholm convicted a woman Friday for failing to prevent her 12-year-old son from being used as a child soldier in the Syrian civil war. The child, recruited by ISIS, was killed in 2017. The court found that the boy’s parents “belonged to a sect-like Islamist environment that advocated armed struggle for Sharia and emigration to live in a fundamentalist society.” In 2013, the boy’s mother, a Swede, took her son to join the rest of their family in Sy

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MARCH 7, 2022

As firearms in America have taken hold of young people around the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) latest data is showing that firearm deaths are increasing in the US. Researchers from the Westchester Medical Center , in Valhalla , NY found that between 2009 and 2018, Americans have lost 12.6 million years of life because of firearms alone, according to findings published in Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open.

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MARCH 7, 2022

The EU joined 10 other members of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) Friday to declare the suspension of Russia and Belarus from the activities of the CBSS in response to “ Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine.” The other involved members were Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, and Sweden. .

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MARCH 7, 2022

A Thailand court Friday sentenced a 33-year-old man named Narin Kulpongsathorn to two years in prison for insulting the monarchy by placing a sticker on a portrait of the king. This is the first sentencing under the country’s lèse-majesté laws in more than a year. The court found Kulpongsathorn guilty of putting a sticker bearing the logo of an anti-establishment political satire Facebook page, “ GuKult ,” on a portrait of King Maha Vajiralongkorn outside the Supreme Court of T

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MARCH 7, 2022

“For decades, Connecticut had two seats on prestigious U.S. Appellate Court. Here’s how the state got a third.” Edmund H. Mahony has this front page article in today’s edition of The Hartford Courant.

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MARCH 7, 2022

by Dennis Crouch. The decision here is simple, the plaintiffs sued WM for a data breach, but failed to allege that any of WM’s actions were unreasonable. The court dismissed the case, holding that “the law does not impose strict liability for harms arising out of the storage of personal information.” In re Waste Management Data Breach Litigation , 21CV6147 (DLC), 2022 WL 561734, at *6 (S.D.N.Y.

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MARCH 7, 2022

“States Aren’t Waiting for the Supreme Court to Tighten Abortion Laws; In anticipation of the court’s decision, a frenzy of legislative activity to shut down access to abortion forms a picture of a post-Roe America”: Kate Zernike of The New York Times has this report.

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MARCH 7, 2022

Long one of America’s safest cities, Seattle recorded 612 shootings and shots-fired incidents in 2021, nearly double its average before the pandemic, and the city has experienced its two worst years for homicides since 1990 as gun violence now spreads outward from neighborhoods more commonly plagued by violence into the suburbs, reports the Wall Street Journal.

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MARCH 7, 2022

“Appellate Law Podcasts That Are Worth a Listen: Not surprisingly, appellate law and practice, and the U.S. Supreme Court in particular, are the subject of a burgeoning number of podcasts.” This month’s installment of my “Upon Further Review” column will appear in tomorrow’s print edition of The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers.

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by Adam J. Weaver and Cait Horner. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many service industries are reevaluating their physical footprint, and the aviation industry is no exception. Opportunities abound for developers, designers, and contractors to update and expand airport terminals to accommodate traditional needs while also meeting the growing demand for more open space (including larger outdoor areas in terminals and larger cargo facilities to meet the needs of Amazon, FedEx and UPS).

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MARCH 7, 2022

“Conservative Judges Have Mastered the Art of Running Out the Clock; With six conservative justices willing to sit on their hands and do nothing, lower court judges know they can get away with basically anything”: Lisa Needham has this post at Balls and Strikes.

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Above The Law

MARCH 7, 2022

So, when will the Cravath match be coming? The post Top 20 Biglaw Firm Announced Davis Polk Match Just Before Taking Controversial Stand On Russia appeared first on Above the Law.

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MARCH 7, 2022

“[W]hat happens if a state court grants the preliminary injunction, and a defendant then removes the case to federal court? Does the right to an early appeal of an injunction order cover the state court’s order too?” A unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit answers that question “no” in an opinion issued today.

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MARCH 7, 2022

The firm says we must 'stand together in condemning' Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The post The First Magic Circle Firm To Close Its Office In Russia And Disavow Russia-Related Work appeared first on Above the Law.

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MARCH 7, 2022

Access today’s ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in an argued case: Justice Elena Kagan delivered the opinion of the Court in Wooden v. United States , No. 20-5279. Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh issued concurring opinions. Justice Amy Coney Barrett issued an opinion, in which Justice Clarence Thomas joined, concurring in part and concurring in the judgment.

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MARCH 7, 2022

The Ohio federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation over the opioid crisis on Monday refused to strike a jury verdict that held major pharmacy chains liable for fueling the crisis in two Ohio counties, finding there was sufficient evidence at trial for the jury to make its decision and rejecting a request for a new trial.

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MARCH 7, 2022

“Amy Coney Barrett Was a ‘Supermom.’ So Is Ketanji Brown Jackson.” Law professor Melissa Murray has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

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MARCH 7, 2022

When legal research company Fastcase announced its acquisition of Judicata , the innovative California legal research platform, in 2020, it held out the promise of building on Judicata’s innovations through integrations with Docket Alarm , another Fastcase -owned product that mines federal and state court dockets to provide litigation alerts and case-prediction analytics. .

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MARCH 7, 2022

“Lawmakers may change how Kansas Supreme Court justices are picked as redistricting case looms”: Andrew Bahl of The Topeka Capital-Journal has this report.

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MARCH 7, 2022

We've seen some incredible milestones being achieved in the blockchain space. The post What Does 2022 Have In Store For Blockchain, Crypto Assets, DeFi, And NFTs? appeared first on Above the Law.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 7, 2022

The Capitol Police Board has issued an emergency declaration, allowing police to ask for help from the National Guard in addition to permitting payment for officers’ hotel and food costs, as truck drivers protesting COVID-19 policies, dubbed the “People’s Convoy”, gather in the D.C. area where they could remain for the next several days, reports The Hill.

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MARCH 7, 2022

A disbarred California lawyer accused of shooting a crossbow and gun into his ex-girlfriend’s law office building has failed to overturn a $2.

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MARCH 7, 2022

The Los Angeles City Attorney's Office announced Monday that it is suing Bayer AG's Monsanto Co. and subsidiaries of Pfizer and Eastman Chemical in California state court, demanding that the companies pay to clean up their alleged contamination of bodies of water in the city with toxic chemicals.

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