JURIST

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Brazil’s national electoral authority Thursday approved rules to limit online disinformation, targeting “the systematic production of misinformation, characterized by the persistent publication of false or decontextualized information about the electoral process.” The Superior Electoral Court (TSE) unanimously approved rules to maintain the integrity of the upcoming electoral process by fighting against the spread of misinformation that may compromise the fierce presidential campaig

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OCTOBER 22, 2022

Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, 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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JURIST

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Indian law students are reporting for JURIST on law-related developments in and affecting India. This dispatch is from Nakul Rai Khurana, a law student at Jindal Global Law School. Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi spoke about the need for reformation of the Indian judicial system in a virtual address at the inauguration of the All-India Conference of Law Ministers and Secretaries last Saturday, 15 October, 2022.

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OCTOBER 22, 2022

Lack of law firm website ROI is a common frustration among attorneys. Most know there’s an issue but can’t quite diagnose the cause. Every month, you make a payment for your firm’s website, but you’re not quite sure what you’re getting out of it. Sound familiar? We routinely speak with attorneys frustrated by a lack of ROI from their websites. Having reviewed thousands of legal websites over the past 15 years, we find the overwhelming majority of ineffective sites suffer from a) poor visibility,

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JURIST

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Georgia sheriff Victor Hill defended himself Thursday at his US federal trial where he has been charged with violating four detainee’s civil rights. Hill was indicted in 2021 for depriving liberty without due process of the law which includes the right to be free from use of unreasonable force by law enforcement officers. Hill worked for the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO), which was were responsible for staffing, maintaining, and running the Clayton County Jail.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Law students from the European Union are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting the European Union and its member states. Panagiotis Lampropoulos is a recent graduate of the University of Bristol Law School (UK). He is currently doing a year of required military service in Greece. . On September 17, 2013, Pavlos Fyssas, a Greek hip-hop artist famous for his left-wing, anti-fascist ideology was murdered in the streets of Athens by Giorgos Roupakias.

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OCTOBER 22, 2022

Professor Constance Kassor at Lawrence University in Wisconsin is reporting that her course has the highest enrollment in the university. She said that “this should tell us something about the current state of college students.” Indeed it does. Students have changed little. Kassor’s course “Doing nothing” gives credit pass/fail in a course that requires literally nothing beyond showing up: no paper, no assignments, no exam.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 22, 2022

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Arkansas Thursday filed a petition with the US Supreme Court challenging an Arkansas law requiring state contractors to sign a pledges stating they will not boycott Israel. The ACLU filed the lawsuit on behalf of the Arkansas Times arguing that the law violates their First Amendment right to boycott.

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OCTOBER 22, 2022

“Biden’s Student-Loan Forgiveness Program Temporarily Halted by Appeals Court; Millions of borrowers have applied for the program, which would grant up to $20,000 in loan forgiveness for eligible applicants”: Andrew Restuccia and Jacob Gershman of The Wall Street Journal have this report. You can view yesterday’s order of the U.S.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 22, 2022

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Friday barred former Prime Minister Imran Khan from Parliament following accusations of corruption. Under the Elections Act of 2017 , members of parliament are required to submit full statements of their assets and liabilities. Failure to do so means article 63(1)(p) of the Constitution may be invoked, forcing members to vacate their position in parliament.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 22, 2022

After the sentencing of Trump strategist Steve Bannon to four months behind bars, obvious comparisons were raised with the slew of contempt cases that the Justice Department refused to even submit to grand juries during prior Administrations. The most cited was the contempt case against former Attorney General Eric Holder. That has led to various pundits insisting that there is no such comparison and nothing to see there.

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