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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The Administrative Court of Paris on Wednesday held that the French state is “responsible” for failing to take sufficient measures to halt climate change and for failing to meet its greenhouse gas emission targets. This judgment is a result of an application to the Administrative Court of Paris from four non-governmental organizations (NGOs), namely Oxfam France, Notre Affaire à tous, Fondation pour la Nature et l’Homme and Greenpeace France, in May 2019.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas Texas Tech University School of Law invites applications from exceptional individuals to fill a visiting faculty position for the 2021-22 academic year (Requisition 22902BR/Visiting Professor). It is anticipated that the law school.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The lower house of Indian parliament, the Lok Sabha, will introduce “The Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021,” according to a legislative agenda released by the government last week. The bill, which seeks to prohibit all private cryptocurrencies in the country, will be introduced during the budget session that began on Friday.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

“ Five Stars is Not Enough. ” T.D. It would be difficult to fully describe how effective and talented Diane is. She took my exceptionally (some would say ridiculously) complex case and made sense of it. I’d had a very negative experience with my former counsel and from Day One the difference of working with her and Jay was like night and day. There’s a reason she is so well regarded and respected in the field and you couldn’t make a better selection for your representation.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The trial of Sierra Leone national Gibril Massaquoi, accused of committing serious war crimes during Liberia’s second civil war between 1999 and 2003, began Monday in Findland’s Tampere District Court, where the state prosecution outlined the extent of the accused’s suspected crimes. Having lived in the Tampere region for the past 10 years as a registered Finnish resident, 51-year-old Massaquoi was detained by the Finnish police last March.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Tuesday that Amazon has agreed to settle charges that it withheld driver tips for $61.7 million. With Amazon Flex, independent workers use their own vehicles to deliver packages for Amazon. The FTC charged in an administrative complaint against Amazon and its subsidiary, Amazon Logistics, that Amazon failed to pay Amazon Flex drivers the full amount of tips they received from customers over two-and-a-half years.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

“7th Circuit certifies 2 med-mal questions to Indiana Supreme Court”: Katie Stancombe of The Indiana Lawyer has this post about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued today.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The US Supreme Court on Monday lifted an order that would have required Michigan prosecutors to retry a 2007 murder case by May 2021 or release the defendant after state officials cited COVID-19-prompted trial delays. Michigan state prosecutors filed for a stay in December, pending the outcome of a petition for a writ of certiorari. Without the stay granted, the state claimed they would have had to take “extraordinary steps to retry [the defendant] for a 2007 murder in a western Michigan c

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

“Iowa legislator seeks oversight of Iowa Supreme Court; Bill would have allowed lawmakers to question justices, override rulings”: James Q. Lynch of The Gazette of Cedar Rapids has this report.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation Tuesday that repeals a section of the New York penal law that led to arbitrary and discriminatory policing of transgender women and cisgender women of color. Section 240.37 of the New York penal law, sometimes known as the “walking while trans” ban, prohibited loitering “for the purpose of engaging in a prostitution offense.” The law was originally passed in 1976.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

“The Wall Street Journal Misreads Section 230 and the First Amendment”: Berin Szóka and Ari Cohn have this post at the “Lawfare” blog about a law professor’s op-ed that The Wall Street Journal published last week.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Canada formally added far-right extremist group the Proud Boys to its list of terrorist entities on Wednesday, according to a news release from Public Safety Canada. The Proud Boys were among 13 new groups placed on Canada’s Criminal Code list of terrorist entities, including al-Qaeda, ISIS and al-Shabab affiliates. Under Canada’s Anti-Terrorism Act , it is a crime to “knowingly deal with the assets” of a designated terrorist entity.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

“U.S. Supreme Court will hear PennEast Pipeline appeal of N.J. eminent-domain dispute”: Andrew Maykuth of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report. Michael Sol Warren of NJ Advance Media reports that “ Future of controversial $1B PennEast pipeline taken up by U.S. Supreme Court.” And Jack Rodgers of Courthouse News Service reports that “ Pipeline That Locked Horns With New Jersey Will Get High Court Audience.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The High Court for the state of Madhya Pradesh has issued a notice to the state government on the public interest litigation (PIL) petition challenging the constitutional validity of the newly promulgated Dharma Swatantrya (Religious Freedom) Ordinance, 2020. The law prohibits religious conversion “by misrepresentation, allurement, use of threat or force, undue influence, coercion, marriage, or any fraudulent means.” The petition was filed by Amratansh Nema, a law student at Campus L

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

“Justices Find Courts Can Hear Disputes Over Railroad Disability Benefits; The nation’s highest court ruled 5-4 that federal courts can review an administrative board’s refusal to reopen a case in which it denied disability benefits to a railroad worker”: Erika Williams and Alexandra Jones of Courthouse News Service have this report.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

New York State Senator Samra Brouk on Monday introduced legislation that would ban police use of “any chemical agent … against any minor in any circumstance.” The bill is in response to the local police’s use of pepper spray against a nine-year-old girl last Friday. The police arrived on the scene following a family distress call and determined that the young victim was a danger to herself or others.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

“Originalism Is Dead. Long Live Catholic Natural Law. On the ‘postliberal’ future of the federal courts.” Peter Hammond Schwartz has this article online at The New Republic.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

We’ve never met, but I know who you are. You spend 90% of your day either in meetings or answering emails, so you’re incredibly short on time. You’re a big believer in “ moving fast and breaking things ” but over-regulation, cyber threats, obsoletion, and the availability of key skills keeps you awake at night. You check in with Twitter and Reddit daily to stay in-the-loop, and you’re a keen consumer of content that’s quick and easy to digest, from reputable sources, and provides cle

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

“Clarence Thomas’ wife apologizes to his former clerks for divide that developed amid fallout over Capitol riot”: Devan Cole and Ariane de Vogue of CNN have this report.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

What is Identity Theft? What identity theft comes down to is that your personal and confidential information ends up in the wrong hands and gets used without your permission for purchases and all kinds of fraudulent activities. The scary part is that most of us willingly make our personal information available online, and it is easy for cybercriminals to steal it.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

“U.S. Supreme Court to hear pipeline company’s bid to seize New Jersey land”: Jan Wolfe of Reuters has this report. And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “ PennEast Pipeline Gets High Court Hearing on Land-Use Rights.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Family lawyers who are hired for years certainly feel like part of your family after a while. They are with you through some of the best and worst moments of your lives and can often become a confidante for many.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

“Missouri’s second female Supreme Court judge retiring”: Summer Ballentine of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Missouri Supreme Court Judge Laura Denvir Stith on Tuesday announced she’s retiring from the state’s high court.

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ALPS

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

These days, most lawyers are taking appropriate steps to see that all work-related servers, computers, mobile devices, and cloud-based apps are properly secured. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said about all their personal devices and accounts. Admittedly, while more than a few give it the old college try, one personal device that is often overlooked is the wireless router in their homes.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

“Nativity scene OK in front of Jackson County Courthouse, federal appeals court rules”: Johnny Magdaleno of The Indianapolis Star has this report. Justine Coleman of The Hill reports that “ Court rules Indiana courthouse can display nativity scene.” And David Wells of Courthouse News Service reports that “ Seventh Circuit Rules Nativity Scene Can Be Placed on Courthouse Grounds; A nativity scene displayed outside of an Indiana courthouse has secular significance, a

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