JURIST

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Slovak truck drivers joined Polish truck drivers on Friday and announced that they would block the Vysne Nemecke border crossing with Ukraine to protest EU policies towards Ukrainian competitors, which they call unfair. The Slovak truckers union UNAS released a statement saying they want to the EU immediately terminate an agreement with Ukraine that they believe is causing the transport market in Slovakia and Poland to collapse.

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DECEMBER 3, 2023

Let’s consider replacing a $ 75,000-a-year attorney. Keep in mind this is a third- to fifth-year attorney, so not even that experienced. The scenario is one you might have experienced. Your attorney quits, so you have your office manager put a job ad on Indeed, LinkedIn, some law school alumni websites, and probably the bar association’s job board. She spends hours wading through resumes before finding four that might work.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Chief US District Judge Alia Moses rejected a motion for a preliminary injunction from Texas on Wednesday to block the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from cutting wire fencing at the US-Mexico border. The case is in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas. Texas sued in October to stop DHS officials from cutting the wire fence at the border.

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DECEMBER 3, 2023

“I Clerked for Justice O’Connor. She Was My Hero, but I Worry About Her Legacy.” Law professor Oona A. Hathaway has this essay online at The New York Times. Online at Politico Magazine, law professor Aziz Huq has an essay titled “ What Sandra Day O’Connor Could Teach Today’s Supreme Court: Her embrace of the rule of law and empathetic jurisprudence are sorely missed.” And also online at Politico Magazine, Peter S.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Pakistan’s Supreme Court heard arguments Friday on a petition to halt the country’s removal of Afghan refugees. The petition was signed by a group of human rights activists, lawyers and politicians in November following the government’s October 3 decision to deport undocumented Afghan migrants back to Afghanistan. Despite warnings, and with the expiration of the November 1 deadline given for undocumented Afghans to leave the country, authorities started detaining undocumented Afghans, prom

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JURIST

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Peruvian law students from the Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas , Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting Perú. All of them are from CIED ( Centro de Investigación de los Estudiantes de Derecho , a student research center in UNSAAC’s faculty of law dedicated to spreading legal information and improving legal culture through study and research, promoting critical and reflective debate to contribute to the dev

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DECEMBER 3, 2023

“The Justice of Compromise: RIP Sandra Day O’Connor.” Eric Segall has this post at “Dorf on Law.” The post “The Justice of Compromise: RIP Sandra Day O’Connor.” appeared first on How Appealing.

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Attorney at Work

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Simon Chester | When you are a new lawyer, it seems any client should be welcomed. More mature lawyers know that’s not necessarily so. The post Fire a Client appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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DECEMBER 3, 2023

“‘Plain historical falsehoods’: How amicus briefs bolstered Supreme Court conservatives; A POLITICO review indicates most conservative briefs in high-profile cases have links to a small cadre of activists aligned with Leonard Leo.” Heidi Przybyla of Politico has this report. The post “‘Plain historical falsehoods’: How amicus briefs bolstered Supreme Court conservatives; A POLITICO review indicates most conservative briefs in high-profile cases have links to a small cadre of ac

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DECEMBER 3, 2023

“One Supreme Court Case Could Mess Up Chunks of the Tax Code; Justices will debate the meaning of ‘income’ under the 16th Amendment”: Richard Rubin and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal have this report. The post “One Supreme Court Case Could Mess Up Chunks of the Tax Code; Justices will debate the meaning of ‘income’ under the 16th Amendment” appeared first on How Appealing.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Reminder: on 6 December from 13-14.00 GMT the University of Aberdeen,’s Centre for Private International Law is organising the second online seminar in their series. The topic of the day is Reciprocating the return of abducted children Under The 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention with Muslim (Islamic Law) States. The speaker is Nazia Yaqub, who wrote her phd on this topic.

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DECEMBER 3, 2023

“At Core of Purdue Pharma Case: Who Can Get Immunity in Settlements? A broad ruling by the Supreme Court could mean the end of a strategy for resolving claims of mass injury in bankruptcy court in which organizations receive expansive legal protections.” Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report. Jan Hoffman of The New York Times reports that “ Fate of Billions for Opioid Victims From Sacklers Rests With Supreme Court; The court will decide whether Purdue’s owners c

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DECEMBER 3, 2023

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DECEMBER 3, 2023

“Sandra Day O’Connor, born in El Paso, remains point of civic pride; O’Connor, the first female U.S. Supreme Court justice, died Friday; She is more commonly known as an Arizonan, but she graduated high school in Texas and multiple schools here now bear her name”: Caroline Wilburn of The Texas Tribune has this report. Aaron Martinez of The El Paso Times reports that “ El Pasoans reflect on life, legacy of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.” Mark Sherman of The Associated

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At the Lectern

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Yale Law School graduate Justice Goodwin Liu was chosen to judge the final round of Harvard Law School’s Ames Moot Court Competition, which was held last month. Justice Liu joined fellow Yale Law alum U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and U.S. District Court Judge Judge Rachel Kovner (Stanford Law; Harvard undergrad) on the panel. Video of the final round is here.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 3, 2023

On Wednesday, 13 December 2023, the comité de redaction of the Revue de droit international et de droit comparé will be hosting a webinar to celebrate the 100th issue of the journal. It will be dedicated to Les relations entre le droit comparé, l’identité nationale et le colonialisme and have the following programme: 17h30 : Accueil, par Guy Keutgen, directeur de la Revue 17h40 : Présentation du numéro spécial et des orateurs, par Wim Decock et Henri Culot, coordinateurs du numéro spécial 17h

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At the Lectern

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The Bay Area chapter of the American Constitution Society will present the program “California Supreme Court Year in Review: 2023.” The January 31, 2024, San Francisco event will feature David Carrillo (Executive Director, California Constitution Center and Lecturer in Residence, UC Berkeley School of Law), Aimee Feinberg (Partner, Munger, Tolles & Olson), and Neil Sawhney (Director of Appellate Advocacy, ACLU of Northern California).

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Each year, the European Centre for Judges and Lawyers – EIPA Luxembourg hosts a conference on ‘Recent Trends in the Case Law of the Court of Justice of the EU’. The next edition will take place on 18 and 19 January 2024. The hosts have kindly shared the following information with us, which can also be found here. Conference description During this annual event, we will bring together leading specialists to review and comment on a number of key judgements that the Court of Justice of the European

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JURIST

DECEMBER 3, 2023

A district court in Kazan, Russia extended on Friday the detention of Alsu Kurmasheva, a journalist holding both Russian and United States citizenship, according to Russian state media. Kurmasheva faces allegations of failing to adhere to Russia’s stringent foreign agent registration law. This decision, extending her confinement until February 5, was made without setting a definitive trial date.

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FDA Law Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2023

By Faraz Siddiqui & Alan M. Kirschenbaum — The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) significantly changed the Part D benefit. As part of this change, the Coverage Gap Discount Program (CGDP), a program that has existed since 2011, will sunset on December 31, 2024, and be replaced by the Medicare Part D Manufacturer Discount Program (the “Discount Program”).

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2023

There’s that really old saying that negates the value of hyperfocus, wherein some one person critiques another by saying that they ‘ can’t see the forest for the trees ’. Basically, it means that you can’t see the big picture. And, of course, seeing ‘the big picture ’ , in the sense that you have a vision for your business , is important. But, you can also get lost in the big picture, too.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Share Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy deal, which will reach the Supreme Court for oral argument on Monday , is just one of many examples of recent unorthodox civil procedure maneuvers in public harms litigation. From the Catholic Diocese and Boy Scouts in their respective abuse cases to Johnson & Johnson’s talc litigation, 3M’s earplug case, and Revlon’s hair straightener case, corporations are turning to bankruptcy court over the traditional civil litigation process.

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LLRX

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 3, 2023

“Some Republicans Were Willing to Compromise on Abortion Ban Exceptions. Activists Made Sure They Didn’t. ProPublica reviewed 12 of the nation’s strictest abortion bans. Few changed in 2023, as state lawmakers caved to pressure from anti-abortion groups opposing exceptions for rape, incest and health risks.” Kavitha Surana of ProPublica has this report.

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