JURIST

DECEMBER 12, 2021

The Hungarian Constitutional Court ruled against a petition from Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government Friday, seeking to challenge a ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union that held Hungary’s asylum policies broke European law. The Constitutional Court held that while Hungary was able to exercise authority over its territorial integrity and population as a matter of sovereignty, Hungary was only able to exercise its interpretations of asylum law when such interpretations were

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DECEMBER 12, 2021

“Court Reform Is Dead! Long Live Court Reform! The Commission on the Supreme Court’s findings may end up helping to set reform in motion, rather than stopping it in its tracks.” Law professors Ryan D. Doerfler and Samuel Moyn have this essay online at The Atlantic.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 12, 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 comments on recent Taliban statements indicating that girls secondary and high school will remain closed for the time being. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our Correspondent’s name.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 12, 2021

“We served on the Supreme Court commission. Term limits and court-packing are bad ideas.” Thomas B. Griffith and David F. Levi have this essay online at The Washington Post.

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DECEMBER 12, 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 comments on Taliban moves to form a permanent police and security force within 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.

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Mondaq

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Riding an electric scooter (e-scooter) is currently illegal unless on private property in New South Wales.

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DECEMBER 12, 2021

“Supreme Court sets date with Oklahoma to respond to 40-plus McGirt appeals”: Curtis Killman of The Tulsa World has this report.

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Mondaq

DECEMBER 12, 2021

The current regulatory regime for Value Added Tax (VAT) in Nigeria is made up of a number of laws and regulations including the VAT Act of 1993 (as amended in 1996, 1999 and 2007).

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DECEMBER 12, 2021

Comparative Procedural Law and Justice (CPLJ) is a global project of the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law, with the support of the Luxembourg National Research Fund (019/13946847), involving more than one hundred scholars from all over the world. CPLJ is envisioned as a comprehensive study of comparative civil procedural law and civil dispute resolution schemes in the contemporary world.

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Mondaq

DECEMBER 12, 2021

5. Yargı Paketi kapsamında İcra ve İflas Kanunu'nda ("İİK") yapılan değişiklikler uygulamadaki sorunlara teknolojiden de yararlanmak suretiyle çözümler getirmeyi hedeflemektedir. Bu kapsamda değişikler icranın geri bırakılması sürecinden, hacizli malın satışına kadar geniş bir konu yelpazesini ele almaktadır.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Thanks to Ilaria Pretelli for the tip-off. . The XXIInd volume of the Yearbook of Private International Law (2020/2021) has been released. It contains articles on the most important innovations in multilateral and national private international law by authors from all over the world. The readers will find an analysis on cross-border mobility of union citizens and continuity of civil status by Johan Meeusen as well as how to cope with the obstacles to mobility due to the pandemics (Bernard Hafte

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Mondaq

DECEMBER 12, 2021

The ACT parliament is likely to remove criminal sanctions for the personal possession and use of illicit substances.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 12, 2021

The White House released a joint statement Friday announcing a partnership with Australia, Denmark, and Norway to try to curb the use of technologies by authoritarian governments that use the products for repression and surveillance. The partnership is named the Export Controls and Human Rights Initiative. The governments of Australia, Denmark, and Norway signed the statement released by the White House Friday, and Canada, France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom have expressed support of

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Mondaq

DECEMBER 12, 2021

But Syed Rahman of financial crime specialists Rahman Ravelli is concerned the move may have the opposite effect.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 12, 2021

US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Jr denied a request Thursday to block the current federal mask mandate for US airports and domestic air travel amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Michael Seklecki filed the lawsuit in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit for himself and his son, who is autistic. Seklecki alleged that he “can’t tolerate wearing a face covering” due to his generalized anxiety disorder and that his son “can’t wear a mask and

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Mondaq

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Der Beitrag befasst sich mit den aktuellen Entwicklungen im Bereich Climate Change Litigation. Dargestellt werden Klimaklagen gegen Staaten (Urgenda, Bundesverfassungsgerichtsurteil.

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DECEMBER 12, 2021

California Gov. Gavin Newsom thrilled many this weekend by saying that his administration will model a new law on Texas’ abortion ban that would let private citizens sue anyone who makes or sells assault weapons or ghost guns. It won’t work. Legally, that is. It will be hugely successful politically, but not without costs to the state and potential litigants.

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Mondaq

DECEMBER 12, 2021

The Law amends Law No. 97/IX/2020 of 23 July 2020, which establishes the exceptional and temporary measures for the protection of jobs in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Broadcast Law Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel was confirmed by the Senate to serve a new, five-year term. ( Rosenworcel Statement ) She will continue to lead an agency split along partisan lines with two Commissioners from each party until a third Democratic Commissioner is confirmed.

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Mondaq

DECEMBER 12, 2021

As the most populous African nation, Nigeria continues to attract an increasing number of foreign investments annually. In 2020, the United Nations reported that Nigeria's inflow.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 12, 2021

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday overturned a decision allowing the United States Justice Department to withhold records concerning former Acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates’ 2017 refusal to defend former President Donald Trump’s travel ban targeting seven Muslim-majority nations. As one of his firsts acts as president, Trump signed Executive Order No. 13769 (EO-1), which suspended entry for 90 days of foreign nationals from seven countri

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DECEMBER 12, 2021

The fifth chapter of the reforms in field of Turkish judiciary has recently introduced a wide spectrum of amendments to Enforcement and Insolvency Law ("EIL") varying from staying judgment's enforcement to public auction of debtor's seized assets.

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DECEMBER 12, 2021

Guest Post by Samuel F. Ernst , Professor of Law, Golden Gate University School of Law. Can you register a famous person’s name as your trademark without their consent? The Lanham Act seems to say no, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office interprets this to mean no, never, no matter what. 15 U.S.C. § 1052(c) provides, in pertinent part, that the PTO must deny federal registration to a trademark if it “[c]onsists of or comprises a name, portrait, or signature identifying a particular individua

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Mondaq

DECEMBER 12, 2021

On December 2, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) announced new final rules implementing the submission and disclosure requirements of the Holding Foreign Companies

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Mondaq

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Last week, the SEC announced the adoption of Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 120 (SAB 120), which provides guidance for companies as to how they should recognize and disclose the cost of providing "spring-loaded" awards to executives.

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