JURIST
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
The European Parliament Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) voted to approve the Digital Markets Act (DMA) Tuesday, imposing stricter restrictions on large social media platforms. The proposed legislation would hold social media companies, or platforms with more than 45 million monthly end users, accountable for unfair business practices.
EvidenceProf Blog
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
On September 28, 2017, Nikki Addimando fatally shot her boyfriend Christopher Grover. There is significant evidence that Chris was physically and sexually abusing Nikki and that she feared for her life when she fatally shot him: In 2017, Addimando was.
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JURIST
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
The President of the Afghanistan Independent Bar Association , Rohullah Qarizada, went on Twitter Wednesday appealing for international assistance after armed Taliban took over the Association’s offices in Kabul. He said “fifty armed Taliban came in AIBA and forcibly took over Bar.” The incursion occurred Tuesday in the wake of a Taliban cabinet directive authorizing the Ministry of Justice to strip the AIBA of its lawyer licensing authority and vest that instead in the Ministr
The Crime Report
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
A jury has convicted three men of murder in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, rejecting claims that they acted in self-defense, reports The Chicago Tribune. The case attracted national attention after claims that the men, all white, were motivated by racism when they accosted Arbery while he was jogging down a suburban street in Brunswick, GA. Defense attorneys said the men had reason to believe he was a burglar who had been operating in the neighborhood and shot him after he tried to wrench their gun
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JURIST
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
The Noyb-European Center for Digital Rights has filed a corruption complaint against the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) for procedural blackmail in relation to its case against Facebook (now Meta) for violating the General Data Protection Regulation’s (GDPR) consent requirements. Noyb filed the complaint on Tuesday in the Austrian Office for the Prosecution of Corruption under Section 305 of the Austrian Criminal Code.
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JURIST
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
A former employee of Sony Interactive Entertainment has filed a lawsuit against her former employer alleging that female employees were paid less than male counterparts and denied promotions. The class action lawsuit was filed on Tuesday on behalf of all female and female-identifying employees who were employed by Sony in California at any time since November 2017.
HowAppealing
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
“Fourth Circuit Judge Rescinds Plans to Give Up Active Role”: Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law has a report that begins, “Judge Robert B. King on Wednesday rescinded plans to step down from active service on the Virginia-based federal appeals court where he’s served for more than two decades.
JURIST
NOVEMBER 24, 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 the potential legalization of hashish production in the country. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our Correspondent’s name. The text has been only lightly edited to respect the author’s voice.
HowAppealing
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
“Troutman, a Buffalo judge, named to state Court of Appeals”: Robert J. McCarthy of The Buffalo News has an article that begins, “Shirley Troutman, a Western New York judge for more than three decades, has been appointed by Gov. Kathy Hochul to a vacancy on New York’s highest court — the Court of Appeals.
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JURIST
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
According to the Indian Parliament’s legislative agenda announced on Tuesday, the Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021, will be introduced during Winter Session beginning on November 29. The bill was originally supposed to be introduced during the budget session in February 2021 but was tabled. The bill seeks to prohibit all private cryptocurrencies in India, according to the list of businesses.
ABA Journal
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
The average starting salary for prosecutors in 31 larger cities was $68,506 at the start of 2020, according to a survey by a Lafayette College…
JURIST
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Roblox, an online game platform, sued content creator Benjamin Robert Simon on Tuesday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California for encouraging “unlawful acts designed to injure Roblox and its users.” Roblox alleges that Simon lead a “cybermob” and posted false and misleading threats to deter users from participating in the platform’s in-person and online events.
The Crime Report
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Young people are all too often left out of discussions about policing practices, the law and the relationship between their communities and law enforcement. What if we started listening to them? With the help of Strategies for Youth , a nonprofit that advocates for better police-youth relations, we are organizing a nationwide competition that offers young people an opportunity to express their views on the relationship between policing and democracy in a unique and creative way.
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ABA Journal
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Lawyers defending three white men accused of murder in the death of Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery failed in their citizen’s arrest and self-defense arguments when…
The Crime Report
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Age-based restrictions on obtaining a firearm are not conclusive in reducing injury and death of young people, according to a of panel of Duke University researchers. Barring access to a firearm following a juvenile conviction doesn’t mean that the individual as a young adult can’t get their hands on illegal firearms, or recidivate, the panel added.
ABA Journal
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Federal jurors in Cleveland on Tuesday found that CVS, Walgreens and Walmart are liable for contributing to the opioid epidemic in two Ohio counties. U.S.
HowAppealing
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
“Private SCOTUS files that could reveal what happened in Bush v. Gore remain locked up”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.
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The Crime Report
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
As the holiday shopping season approaches, a string of “smash-and-grab” robberies have hit luxury retailers in California and Illinois, leaving authorities shocked by the brazen nature of the thefts that have involved sometimes dozens of people at a time, reports Reuters. Videos from the chaotic burglaries have flooded social media in recent days, showing masked figures breaking into stores, running out with bags of merchandise, and fleeing in cars idling outside.
Attorney at Work
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Cyber Monday 2021 is coming up fast. I’ve thought long and hard about the annual edition of Analog Attorney’s Cyber Monday gift guide. So, because I want you to take full advantage of this insane sale day, this year’s guide highlights an Analog Attorney favorite: Levenger. Levenger’s Cyber Monday 2021 Sale Is Storewide. My unnatural love for all things Baron Fig is only eclipsed by my even greater love for all things Levenger.
Above The Law
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
* Man exonerated after wrongfully serving 43 years will not be given any compensation for his time served. Now that's criminal. [ NYT ] * Living in Iowa? A judge just ruled that Medicaid refusing to help you with gender affirming care is unlawful. Woop Woop! [ NBC News ] * Company that's known for basically selling decaf cigarettes to children has to pay out $14.5M over a lawsuit that accused them of.marketing decaf cigarettes to children.
ABA Journal
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
A Kansas City, Missouri, man who spent 43 years in prison for a triple murder has been released after a judge ruled Tuesday that he…
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Above The Law
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
What?! We can’t just gun down black men in broad daylight anymore? I thought this was America?
LawTechnologyToday
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
The Practice Management report is sponsored by MyCase. The ABA TechReport combines data from the annual ABA Legal Technology Survey Report with expert analysis, observations, and predictions from leaders in the legal technology field. Every Wednesday, we’ll be posting a new report from one of our experts, so stay tuned! Technology continues to change and morph the legal industry, and these adaptations have only been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The IP Law Blog
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
In Mobility Workx, LLC v. Unified Patents, LLC, (Fed. Cir. 2021), the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals addressed challenges to the constitutionality of the structure of the Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Mobility owned a patent for a wireless communication system. Mobility sued T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless for patent infringement in the Eastern District of Texas in 2017.
Law 360
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Thanksgiving is a time of reflection on what one is grateful for, and for those with insurance policies, that might include coverage for the risks associated with the holiday. Here, Law360 takes a look at some lawsuits between policyholders and insurers from years past that involve Thanksgiving.
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