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Following a weekend shooting at Chicago’s Millennium Park, Mayor Lori Lightfoot has reinstituted a city-wide curfew of 10PM on weekends, reports ABC 12. Critics of curfews say they unfairly target minorities who are more likely to live in urban areas where restrictions are put in place and their effectiveness is a subject of ongoing debate. “It’s a poor use of resources and there’s scant evidence that it would even be helpful,” said Jason Johnson, president of the Law Enforcement Le

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MAY 18, 2022

A sole claimant Tuesday filed a representative action suit against Google and its artificial intelligence (AI) subsidiary DeepMind Technologies in the High Court of Justice of England and Wales for misuse of private information. The misuse arose from a data-sharing arrangement between DeepMind and the Royal Free London National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust.

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MAY 18, 2022

“Ross Guberman on Conversational — Rather Than Tweet-Worthy — Legal Writing”: You can access the new episode of “The California Appellate Law Podcast,” hosted by Tim Kowal and Jeff Lewis , via this link. One of the first pieces of mail that arrived at my new office location earlier this month was an invite from Jeff Lewis to appear as a guest on this podcast, so perhaps I will be linking to my own appearance on the show in the not too distant future.

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MAY 18, 2022

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Monday signed House Bill 1571 into law, which prohibits protestors from demonstrating outside of private residences. Protestors now face second degree misdemeanor charges with the possible punishment of 60 days in jail and fines of up to $500. The Florida House of Representatives first introduced the bill in January. It then passed in March.

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MAY 18, 2022

“Texas fires back at tech industry in new Supreme Court filing; Texas attorney general Ken Paxton argues social media platforms are the ‘twenty-first century descendants of telegraph and telephone companies’ and should be regulated as ‘common carriers,’ subject to government regulation”: Cat Zakrzewski of The Washington Post has this report.

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MAY 18, 2022

“70 N.Y. Judges Went on a Montauk Retreat. 20 Came Down With the Virus. A judicial gathering at a seaside resort, with karaoke included, became a superspreader event.” Jonah E. Bromwich of The New York Times has this report.

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MAY 18, 2022

A group of defendants in criminal cases Monday filed against the State of Oregon alleging that the state violated criminal defendants’ constitutional right to legal counsel and a speedy trial. The lawsuit seeks to become a class action lawsuit. The complaint argues the state made a “clear violation of basic standards of justice” by depriving the plaintiffs of their rights that are under the US and Oregon constitutions.

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MAY 18, 2022

“Justice Dept. Employees Urge Administration to Grant Leave for Out-of-State Abortions; The request for federal employees to be granted time off to travel out of state for the procedure comes as large companies are starting to make accommodations in the area”: Katie Benner of The New York Times has this report. And in commentary, online at The Washington Post, Allison Gill has an essay titled “ Overturning Roe would be disastrous for the U.S. military.

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MAY 18, 2022

Taliban authorities in Afghanistan announced Monday that the country’s Human Rights Commission will be dissolved, calling it “unnecessary.” The commission was backed by the US government and sought to ensure that human rights were protected in Afghanistan. Along with the Commission, four other departments were dissolved. The Taliban faces a $500 million budget deficit, and the dissolution of these agencies was deemed necessary to avert a financial disaster.

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MAY 18, 2022

“US Supreme Court Justices to Get Around-the-Clock Home Security; Extra protection ordered by DOJ after leaked draft opinion; Garland criticizes ‘risk of violence’ against public officials”: Chris Strohm of Bloomberg News has this report.

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JURIST

MAY 18, 2022

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison Wednesday announced former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for his role in the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020. Attorney General Keith Ellison issued the following statement: Today my thoughts are once again with the victims, George Floyd and his family. Nothing will bring Floyd back.

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MAY 18, 2022

“Do insurers have duty to question possibly ‘abusive’ annuity cashouts?” Barbara Grzincic of Reuters has this report on a per curiam decision that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued yesterday certifying a question to the New York Court of Appeals , that state’s highest court.

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JURIST

MAY 18, 2022

Law students and young lawyers in Ukraine are filing for JURIST on developments and issues arising as the country defends itself against Russian invasion. This report is from JURIST Ukraine Chief Correspondent Anna Tymoshenko, a law student at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. The trial of the first Russian military serviceman accused of murdering a Ukrainian civilian resumed today in Kyiv.

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MAY 18, 2022

“Scoop: DHS preparing for violence following abortion ruling.” Sophia Cai and Stef W. Kight of Axios have this report. Julia Ainsley of NBC News reports that “ Internal DHS memo warns about threats from extremists on both sides of abortion issue after Roe v. Wade leak; Since the Supreme Court draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade was published May 2, at least 25 violent threats on social media have been referred to law enforcement.” And Whitney Wild of CNN reports that &#

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JURIST

MAY 18, 2022

New York Governor Kathy Hochul Wednesday announced the New York State Division of Human Rights filed a discrimination complaint against Amazon, Inc. (Amazon). The discrimination complaint alleges Amazon discriminated against both “ pregnant workers and workers with disabilities by denying them reasonable accommodations.” Additionally, the complaint “alleges that Amazon has policies that force pregnant workers and workers with disabilities to take an unpaid leave of absence rath

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MAY 18, 2022

“Samuel Alito: One Angry Man; The conservative Supreme Court justice is furious with the pace of social change — and poised to do something about it on Roe and much more.” Law professor Aziz Huq has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

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JURIST

MAY 18, 2022

A Russian soldier Wednesday pleaded guilty to killing an unarmed 62-year-old Ukrainian man. The plea came during proceedings in the Solomianskyi District Court of Kyiv. During the Battle of Sumy, in Ukraine’s east, Vadim Shishimarim shot and killed the man, who was riding a bicycle, “a few meters from [the man’s] home” in the town of Chupakhovka.

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MAY 18, 2022

“How Conservative Law Professors Are Creating a Roadmap For Stealing an Election; Somehow, this absurdly warped reading of the 12th Amendment is nowhere near John Yoo’s worst idea”: James LaRock has this post at Balls and Strikes.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 18, 2022

Making meetings effective and productive is no easy feat — especially in the age of Zoom. To be effective, meetings need to engage the talents of the people involved, work to achieve the group’s specific goals for the moment — and do so in a way that’s contextually sensitive to the world around it. Many leaders fall back on arbitrary blanket rules that no one really follows — like the leader who declared all meetings in the company could last no more than 20 minutes.

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MAY 18, 2022

“The Myth That Roe Broke America: The debate over abortion is an important part of the story of polarization in American politics, but it is not its genesis.” Adam Serwer has this article online at The Atlantic.

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The Crime Report

MAY 18, 2022

Yusuf Dahl. It wasn’t the best time to make a move, considering the housing market crunch with its spiking prices, low inventory, bidding wars, and seller-friendly closing conditions, but a job transition made it necessary. After a three-month search, I found an apartment in a private development in Allentown, PA. It offered the amenities we wanted: a good neighborhood, a reasonable market rate, and proximity to high-performing schools.

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MAY 18, 2022

“As a Matter of First Impression, Should Free Speech Protect the Right to Protest at Homes?” Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.

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The Process Street

MAY 18, 2022

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MAY 18, 2022

“Do teens really have a Second Amendment right to buy assault rifles?” Columnist Charles Lane has this essay online at The Washington Post.

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Above The Law

MAY 18, 2022

What makes a ‘modern lawyer’? The data might surprise you. The post How Technology, Mobile Devices, And AI Are Shaping The Legal Industry appeared first on Above the Law.

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