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NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Human Rights Watch accused Friday the corporate sponsors of the Beijing 2020 Winter Olympics of ignoring China’s crimes against humanity in its far western region of Xinjiang, thus “squandering the opportunity” to pressure China to address its “appalling human rights record.”. Coca-Cola, Intel, and Airbnb are among the 13 Olympic Partners who were accused by name of ignoring China’s genocide against the ethnic Uyghurs and members of Muslim minority groups, as well as the repression of free spe

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NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Similar to its federal counterpart, Mississippi Rule of Evidence 804(b)(2) provides an exception to the rule against hearsay In a prosecution for homicide or in a civil case, [for] a statement that the declarant, while believing the declarant’s death to.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

An African newspaper, The Continent, reported Saturday that Facebook’s internal documents reveal that the company knew that its platform was being used to proliferate hate speech in Ethiopia and did not take steps to protect its users living “outside the English-speaking Western world.” The Continent is the first African publication to obtain access to thousands of documents leaked by Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2021

“Virginia check for $2.4 million received by Courthouse News; A campaign over First Amendment access to new court filings has brought a win in Virginia and multi-million-dollar check to Courthouse News for its attorney fees”: Bill Girdner of Courthouse News Service has this report.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

A criminal complaint was registered Friday against Indian politician and former union minister Salman Khurshid over statements made in his recent book ‘Sunrise over Ayodhya-Nationhood in our times.’ The complaint has been filed under Sections 153 and 295A of the Indian Penal Code on the grounds of hurting religious sentiments. The complaint was filed by a lawyer, Bharat Sharma, at a Jaipur police station and alleged that Khurshid had hurt religious sentiments of Hindus by comparing

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

The North Dakota House of Representatives Thursday passed a bill that would ban state-level government-ordered COVID vaccine mandates. The bill would not apply to jails, state hospitals, or higher education institutions but to all other state entities. The bill would prohibit those entities from requiring proof of vaccination, proof of the presence of COVID antibodies, or proof of recovery status before allowing access to property, funds, or services from the state.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2021

“What Barrett’s rise has meant for the Supreme Court”: Online at The Washington Post, Julie Cohen has this review of Linda Greenhouse’s new book, “ Justice on the Brink: The Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Rise of Amy Coney Barrett, and Twelve Months That Transformed the Supreme Court.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

The Delhi High Court on Friday awarded interim relief in a trademark infringement suit to Bacardi and Company Ltd , for its alcoholic beverage called BREEZER by prohibiting the defendant-company Bahety Overseas Pvt Ltd from using the mark called FREEZMIX. Bahety Overseas is a manufacturer of non-alcoholic beverages. It applied for the registration of the mark “FREEZ” in July 2015, but the application failed.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2021

“The 5th Circuit sets its sights on the vaccine-and-testing mandate — and much more than that”: Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2021

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NOVEMBER 13, 2021

“Uncertainty after Third Circuit Oral Argument”: KC Johnson has this post at his “Academic Wonderland” blog.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2021

AsAmNews has published a wide-ranging conversation with Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye. The Chief Justice was interviewed by Eric Chang, a California Deputy Attorney General, in advance of tonight’s ceremony at which she will be one of ten inducted into the Asian Hall of Fame. During the interview, which appears in a section of the AsAmNews website called “Bad Ass Asians,” Cantil-Sakauye was asked about challenges facing the Asian American legal community.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2021

“Setting the Record Straight on Katie Couric’s Comments Regarding Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg”: Bryant Johnson has this post online at Medium.

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Mondaq

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

The government has introduced a new company director tracking system, the Director Identification Number (DIN).

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NOVEMBER 13, 2021

“More turn to abortion pills by mail, with legality uncertain”: John Hanna of The Associated Press has this report.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Employers must balance a range of different obligations and considerations around public health orders and vaccination.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2021

“The Spurious Constitutional Issues in the OSHA Vaccine Mandate Litigation”: Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

The United States government Friday imposed sanctions on four Eritrean entities and two individuals in connection with the increasingly dire humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia due to the ongoing military conflict. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a statement condemning Eritrean interference in the Ethiopian fighting.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2021

“DOJ says it will ‘vigorously defend’ Biden OSHA COVID-19 vaccine mandate in court; An appeals court has blocked the OSHA vaccine mandate from taking effect”: Caitlin McFall of Fox News has this report.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Danny Fenster, an American journalist, was sentenced Friday to 11 years in prison by a military-controlled court in Myanmar. He was first detained by Myanmar’s military junta on May 24, 2021, and has now spent over five months at Insein Prison in Yangon. Fenster is sentenced to three years in prison for incitement for allegedly spreading false information under Section 505A of the Myanmar Penal Code , an additional three years for contacting illegal organizations under Section 17(1) of the Unlaw

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NOVEMBER 13, 2021

“U.S. sentencing panel’s last member Breyer urges Biden to revive commission”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has released a Joint Resolution on Friday which seeks to block President Biden’s $650 million arms deal with Saudi Arabia. This will be the first major arms sale to Saudi Arabia since Biden took office in January 2021. The deal has been widely criticized as the President going against his campaign promise to reform foreign policy.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

I recently wrote a column on the legal challenges to President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate issued through OSHA. Not only is the use of OSHA regulations unprecedented for imposing a national vaccine mandate, I noted that Chief of Staff Ron Klain went to Twitter to herald the use of OSHA as a “work around” the constitutional limitations placed on President Biden.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

A Federal Grand Jury has indicted former Trump chief strategist Steve Bannon with two charges of contempt of Congress. The indictment stemmed from Bannon’s failure to comply with a House Select Committee subpoena regarding the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Bannon is charged under Title 2 Chapter 6 Section 192 of the U.S. Code , under Congressional and committee procedures, for failing to appear for a deposition and refusing to provide the necessary documents subpoenaed by the Janua

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

C-Span/YouTube Screenshot. Michael Cohen has lost his lawsuit against Donald Trump. Cohen was suing Trump for his litigation costs but his case depended on his own legal judgment as former counsel to the former president. A convicted felon, Cohen was always more of a legal thug than a competent lawyer. His case collapsed when the court refused to take his word for an oral contract and noted that he signed a contract directly refuting such oral contract claims.

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