JURIST

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a lawyer in Kabul provides JURIST with a rough English translation of a new Taliban warning to human rights activists and civil society workers in Panjshir province, which has supported resistance to Taliban rule. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our translator’s name.

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

“Fewer patients, smaller staff, an uncertain future: abortion providers await court decision on Texas law; For two months, providers have had to work in a sort of limbo as they wait to see if the new law passes the Supreme Court’s review.” Karen Brooks Harper and Eleanor Klibanoff of The Texas Tribune have this report.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul offers his observations on a new announcement by the Taliban Ministry of Justice concerning future departmental hiring. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our Correspondent’s name.

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

“A Supreme Court Reform We Can All Support: The justices changed their approach to oral arguments this term, to the benefit of everyone; But will they return to the dark ages once the pandemic subsides?” Matt Ford has this essay online at The New Republic.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a lawyer in Kabul gives JURIST an exclusive eyewitness account of Tuesday’s invasion and takeover of the offices of the Afghanistan Independent Bar Association by armed Taliban fighters. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our source’s name.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2021

The metaverse is appearing more frequently in companies’ branding efforts, with companies like Nike launching an experience of its own within the Roblox metaverse, Balenciaga offering up products to wear in the Fortnite metaverse, and Tokens.com’s Metaverse Group subsidiary paid $2.4 million – in crypto – in what is being called one of “the largest ever land acquisitions in the metaverse.” But what does the emergence of the metaverse and the increase in virtual reality platform

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

“Native Americans are winning at the Supreme Court — with help from Justice Gorsuch”: John Fritze of USA Today has this report.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Data annotation or labeling plays a vital part in transforming content into recognizable formats for machines. In other words, tagging or labeling facilitates a system to transform data into more intelligent outputs/insights. It means raw data becomes intelligence using data annotation. And, this is what enables machine learning (ML) models to decipher and distinguish between various content inputs and convert them into meaningful output.

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Mondaq

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

In Africa, inventions can be protected by patents through a direct filing in the country of interest using the Paris Convention or through a sole filing in a regional office.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2021

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Mondaq

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

The Proceeds of Crime and Anti-money Laundering Bill (the "Bill") gazetted on 03 September 2021 seeks to amend the current Proceeds of Crime and Anti-money Laundering Act, 2009.

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LawInSport

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Fans defacing player murals, sexist comments from coaches, racist locker-room remarks: discrimination in sport can, unfortunately, take many forms. The difficult task of reducing and, in a perfect world, eliminating negative discrimination bears to rest, in part, on the shoulders of giants – namely sports organisations and clubs. The unfolding developments between Azeem Rafiq and Yorkshire County Cricket Club ( YCCC ) is an apt example of the importance of tackling potential discrimination issue

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Mondaq

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Secondary strikes must be "proportionate" in order to be "reasonable". This is the central finding of the majority decision of the Constitutional Court in Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union.

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At the Lectern

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

There is a vacancy on the Supreme Court because of Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar’s retirement last month. Until a replacement is appointed, confirmed, and sworn in, the court will enlist Court of Appeal justices to sit pro tem. The court today announced the pro tems — assigned on a mostly alphabetical basis — for the December calendar (linked post includes descriptions of the cases’ issues).

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Mondaq

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) recently issued an updated version of its Advisory on Ransomware and the Use of the Financial System to Facilitate Ransom Payments (the Advisory).

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

The German Federal Bar Association (Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer – BRAK ) and the German Israeli Lawyer’s Association ( DIJV ) will host a comparative, English-language workshop on legal tech in legal education. Confirmed Speakers are Professor Ruth Janal (University of Bayreuth), Dr. Aviv Gaon (Harry Radzyner Law School, Reichman University, IDC Herzliya) and Professor Christian Wolf (Leibniz University, Hanover).

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Mondaq

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

On November 18, 2021, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law a statute that severely limits private-sector employers from requiring that their employees be vaccinated against COVID-19.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Author: Noyonika Nair is a graduate from NLU Jodhpur. She specialises in Corporate Laws. She had worked with Khaitan & Co, Mumbai in the past. The concept of ‘ fit and proper ’ in corporate laws are just as alluding as the qualifying authority of ‘ reasonableness ’ in constitutional and administrative laws. The phrase ‘fit and proper’ as an epithet has been employed across commercial laws to provide regulatory oversight and assessment criteria for evaluating inter alia directors and key mana

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Mondaq

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

ENSafrica IP Executive Waldo Steyn and expert local tour guide Kirsten Keun take you on a virtual tour of the gardens and provide fascinating insights into the unique natural and cultural heritage of the Cape.

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Under Article 32(2) of the Regulation No 1346/2000 (the “old” Insolvency Regulation, now repealed by the Regulation 2015/848), “the liquidators in the main and any secondary proceedings shall lodge in other proceedings claims which have already been lodged in the proceedings for which they were appointed, provided that the interests of creditors in the latter proceedings are served thereby, subject to the right of creditors to oppose that or to withdraw the lodgement of their claims where the la

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Mondaq

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

It was interesting to read that NATO recently set out its Artificial Intelligence (AI) strategy.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Is vaping a better option than cigarette smoking? Experts warn about the dangers to youth.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2021

On November 4, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released its much-anticipated mandate-or-test workplace vaccine emergency rule.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Aduhelm causes brain swelling and bleeding. Yet, patients are using it.

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Mondaq

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

After years of attempts with varying success to regulate methane emissions from new oil and gas wells, the Biden administration has shifted strategy in proposing a regulatory program covering both new and.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. We started the day with our annual Turley Turkey Bowl — running over 50 years of unbroken tradition. I have two turkeys cooking: a 24-pounder on the grill being smoked and a 27-pounder in the oven. We are, of course, watching the Bears play the Lions. Our own Turkey bowl always features the Bears against Washington.

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Mondaq

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

"Alan Levine was schmoozing with friends at the Conservative Synagogue of the Hamptons in the summer of 2017, two weeks after the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville,

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NOVEMBER 25, 2021

MJBB–Mental Responsibility.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2021

In accordance with the Law "On amendments and additions to some legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan" No.ЗРУ-726 dated September 29, 2021 (the "Law No.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

The South Dakota Supreme Court Wednesday ruled that a state constitutional amendment legalizing recreational marijuana is unconstitutional. In 2020, South Dakota voters passed a ballot measure to legalize medical marijuana for qualifying patients. They also passed a constitutional amendment , Amendment A, to legalize the recreational use of marijuana for individuals 21 years or older.

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