The Crime Report

DECEMBER 21, 2021

In the coming new year, the Hawaiian state legislature will take another look at the Hawaii Law Enforcement Officer Independent Review Board, one of the few commissions in the U.S. to review cases on a statewide level, after bills that would make the board permanent and give it additional powers to investigate police misconduct never got hearings in the 2021 session, reports the Honolulu Civil Beat.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Ukrainian authorities Monday placed former president Petro Poroshenko under formal investigation for high treason. Poroshenko is accused of facilitating the financing of separatist forces in eastern Ukraine. Poroshenko served as Ukraine’s fifth president from 2014 to 2019. During that time, a conflict between Russian-backed separatist forces and Ukraine broke out in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine.

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DECEMBER 21, 2021

eDiscovery is advancing beyond the linear litigation concept in the Electronic Discovery Reference Model. Learn how legal experts are rethinking the EDRM to reflect today's dynamic data.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Meta Platforms Inc. (formerly Facebook) Monday filed a lawsuit in federal court against Social Data Trading Ltd, a Hong Kong-based social media analytics company, for allegedly scrapping account profiles of more than 91 million Instagram users and selling the scraped data as “demographics and insights about influencers and their audiences.” The social media giant accused Social Data of operating an unlawful service since September 2020 designed to scrape account profiles from various

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The hardest thing about sticking to a law firm marketing strategy is. well, sticking to it. It’s all about consistency; and, most law firms will fail in that regard – instead producing content in fits and starts, without ever getting into a groove. With the sheer volume of business information everyone (both potential clients and referral sources) is exposed to everyday, lawyers must keep a consistent flow of content outgoing from their law firms, if they hope to compete in content marketing.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Jamala Taylor. Photo courtesy IGP. Jamala Taylor didn’t grow up a gardener. “Inner cities have more liquor stores than trees,” he quips. So there is some irony in the fact that his introduction to gardening came in a place that few would associate with greenery: California State Prison in Los Angeles County. Taylor, who spent 31 years shuttling through maximum security prisons?

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JURIST

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Meta Platforms (previously Facebook) Monday filed a lawsuit in a federal district court in California against unknown defendants operating more than 39,000 websites impersonating the login pages of Meta’s services like Facebook, Messenger and WhatsApp to deceive users and steal their login credentials. In its filings, Meta claims that since 2019 the bad actors used free services of the cloud company Ngrok, Inc. to repeatedly relay internet traffic towards their phishing websites while conc

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 21, 2021

A law professor who used abbreviated versions of the N-word and the B-word on a final exam must undergo diversity training “to facilitate his return…

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JURIST

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Devlyn Thompson of Seattle, Washington was sentenced Monday by a federal district court in Washington, DC for assaulting a police officer in a tunnel during the January 6 breach of the US Capitol. District Court Senior Judge Royce C. Lamberth sentenced Thompson to 46 months in prison. Thompson pleaded guilty on August 6 to assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers while using a dangerous weapon.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 21, 2021

It's just like all the other Jan. 6 LOLsuits, but LOUDER. The post Alex Jones Sues Jan. 6 Committee Citing Compelling Legal Theory Of YOU AIN’T MY DADDY! appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The UK Supreme Court Monday allowed an appeal by Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó in a dispute over whether he or President Nicolás Maduro has control over more than US $1 billion of Venezuela’s international gold reserves held by the Bank of England. The dispute is centered on whether the UK Government has recognized Guaidó as Venezuela’s president.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 21, 2021

More than 67 percent of individuals sent to federal prison found jobs after their release, says a new study by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). The study, based on a sample of 51,500 inmates released in 2010, found that individuals convicted of federal drug offenses were more likely to find employment during the four years after release from prison than those convicted of other crimes.

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DECEMBER 21, 2021

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Monday announced the extradition of a Russian national, Vladislav Klyushin, to the US from Switzerland to face charges in a multimillion-dollar scheme to trade on non-public, insider information stolen from US computer networks. The authorities have charged four other Russian nationals in the scheme who have not yet been apprehended.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 21, 2021

In many ways, 2021 felt like the year that would never end. The pandemic dragged on, and new variants popped up like whack-a-moles.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 21, 2021

An Egyptian court Monday sentenced activist Alaa Abd El Fattah to five years in prison after he was tried on charges of “spreading false news undermining national security.” Alongside Abd El Fattah, the New Cairo Emergency State Security Misdemeanour Court also sentenced human rights lawyer Mohamed El-Baqer and blogger Mohammed Ibrahim “Oxygen” to four years each in Case 1228/2021. .

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 21, 2021

“University of North Carolina and civil rights advocates ask Supreme Court to sidestep affirmative action challenge”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report. You can view the University of North Carolina’s Brief in Opposition at this link.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Student who wrote about #FreeBritney movement in his law school personal statement gets accepted. The post Who Would’ve Guessed That Britney Spears Could Get You Into Law School? appeared first on Above the Law.

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DECEMBER 21, 2021

“Court rules against victims’ rights measure voters supported”: Mark Scolforo of The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued today. The ruling consists of a majority opinion and a dissenting opinion.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 21, 2021

It's recommended that you consider your long-range and short-term career goals. The post Things To Do Before You Quit Your Job In The New Year appeared first on Above the Law.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 21, 2021

“Dallas lawyer Linda Coffee launched landmark Roe vs. Wade abortion rights case with a $15 filing fee; The attorney, now retired at 78 and living in Mineola, east of Dallas, also filed a case named Doe vs. Wade on the same day in 1970 and is watching the challenges that could overturn the milestone ruling”: BeLynn Hollers of The Dallas Morning News has this report.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Will your law firm be adjusting its course due to the new viral variant? The post Biglaw Firms Delay Reopenings Due To Omicron Variant, Setting Returns For April (And Beyond) appeared first on Above the Law.

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DECEMBER 21, 2021

“The most dangerous conservative judges aren’t on the Supreme Court”: Columnist Perry Bacon Jr. has this essay online at The Washington Post.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The Pentagon has issued new guidelines regarding social media usage and online behavior as a way to root out extremism in the U.S. military, noting that “liking” content related to white nationalism and extremist content and its likeness could result in disciplinary action, according to the New York Times. . The announcement comes nearly a year after the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, which saw dozens of current and former military personnel participate.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 21, 2021

“Constitutional sheriffs” contend that their authority goes beyond enforcing the law to determining what the law is.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Most law enforcement departments lack the training or resources needed to effectively manage mental health or substance use crisis situations. Because of this ill-preparedness, many situations end in less than desirable results, with individuals spending time in jail or going to an overburdened emergency room — evidence of a missed opportunity to deliver care in low safety risk situations. .

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