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MARCH 30, 2021

The Arkansas Senate on Monday approved a bill that would ban access to gender-affirming care for transgender minors. Titled the “Arkansas Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act,” the legislation specifically prohibits “gender transition procedures for minors.” The bill would make it unlawful for any physician or other healthcare professional to “provide [or refer] gender transition procedures to any individual under eighteen (18) years of age.” The b

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MARCH 30, 2021

Professor Katie Kronick (American University Washington College of Law) has posted "Forensic Science and the Judicial Conformity Problem" (Seton Hall Law Review, forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Almost a quarter of known wrongful convictions have involved faulty forensic.

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JURIST

MARCH 30, 2021

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday dismissed two judges from the country’s constitutional court, terming their actions a threat to national security. The move deepens the political crisis that emerged in October after the constitutional court canceled provisions of certain anti-corruption reform laws touted by Zelenskyy’s government.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 30, 2021

This weekend the National Collegiate Athletic Association will host its storied “Final Four” to determine the champions of the men’s and women’s Division I basketball tournaments. But first the NCAA will be in a different high court on Wednesday: the U.S. Supreme Court, which will. The post Amid March Madness, antitrust dispute over college athlete compensation comes to the court appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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JURIST

MARCH 30, 2021

A court in Crimea sentenced a Jehovah’s Witness to 6.5 years in a penal colony Monday for violation of Russian law on membership in an extremist organization. The accused, Viktor Stashevskiy, was tried in the Gagarinsky District Court of the City of Sevastopol for continuing activities and promoting the ideas of Jehovah’s Witnesses, holding meetings and carrying out religious performances.

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JURIST

MARCH 30, 2021

Thousands of tribal people protesting the alleged killings of four teenagers broke through a police blockade Sunday in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province (North-West Frontier) of Pakistan. The protesters were attempting to march to the capital Islamabad through the city of Bannu in order to demand a government probe into the deaths. They were carrying the bodies of the four teenagers that were discovered a week ago in a shallow grave in Janikhel, outside Bannu.

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MARCH 30, 2021

“Oklahoma City loses bid to have U.S. Supreme Court revive panhandling ordinance, taxpayers’ bill could exceed $1 million”: William Crum of The Oklahoman has this report.

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JURIST

MARCH 30, 2021

The murder trial of Derek Chauvin—the white former Minneapolis police officer accused of killing George Floyd—began on Monday, 10 months following Floyd’s death and the ensuing protests it sparked across the nation. In May, Chauvin, along with two other police officers, arrested Floyd for allegedly using a counterfeit bill in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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MARCH 30, 2021

“The Supreme Court’s Conservatives May Have Found a Tool to Restrict Abortion; The justices agreed to hear a Kentucky case that will be the first related to abortion since Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation”: Matt Ford of The New Republic has this report.

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MARCH 30, 2021

The US Supreme Court released an unsigned opinion Monday in Mays v. Hines , summarily reversing a lower court decision that had ordered a new trial for a Tennessee death row inmate. In the opinion , the Supreme Court held that the evidence for conviction was straightforward. Anthony Hines was accused and found guilty of murdering Katherine Jenkins at a motel.

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MARCH 30, 2021

“Supreme Court Looks at Consequences of Falsely Calling Someone a Terrorist; Case involves class-action lawsuit against credit reporting agency TransUnion, which erroneously listed 8,000 consumers as being potential terrorists”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report. Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “ U.S. Supreme Court weighs TransUnion bid to nix ‘terrorist list’ lawsuit.” Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “ High Court W

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LawTechnologyToday

MARCH 30, 2021

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MARCH 30, 2021

“Court: It’s too hard for independents to make Mich. ballot.” David Eggert of The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued yesterday.

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MARCH 30, 2021

Although numerous scholarships are available in various sizes and shapes to suit the largest section of students' requirements, the demand for scholarships is growing every day.

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MARCH 30, 2021

“7th Circuit ponders winery’s right to prohibit pro-union ‘Cellar Lives Matter’ vest”: Daniel Wiessner of Reuters had this report (subscription required for full access) back in January 2021. Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued this ruling on the case.

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LegalReader

MARCH 30, 2021

Maddin, Hauser, Roth & Heller, P.C., is pleased to announce that Harvey R. Heller has been recognized in Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s Hall of Fame Class of 2021. This award recognizes Michigan legal leaders who are over the age of 60, or who have practiced law for 30 years or more, for their successful careers and.

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MARCH 30, 2021

“Tofurky Maker Loses Bid to Block Missouri Law on Food Labels; A federal appeals court sided against a producer of vegan meat alternatives that is challenging Missouri’s rules for labeling meat substitutes”: Rox Laird of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued yesterday.

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MARCH 30, 2021

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MARCH 30, 2021

“Officers Avoid Suit by Man Who Recorded Them Roughing Up Suspect”: Bernie Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued yesterday.

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MARCH 30, 2021

These tested outreach tools can change your business for the better in 2021 and give you the result you have always wanted. So, choose wisely and plan every move beforehand.

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MARCH 30, 2021

“Police Avoid Liability to Drunk Dad Whose Daughter Called Them”: Bernie Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has a report (subscription required for full access) that begins, “A University of Wisconsin-Madison dad, whose daughter called the police when he got drunk after attending a football game and wouldn’t give her the keys to his truck, failed to convince the Seventh Circuit that the police who responded falsely arrested him or used excessive force.” You can access yest

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 30, 2021

The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed to favor a middle-ground approach in a dispute over the rules that limit when consumers can bring class-action lawsuits against corporations. Some justices suggested that an 8,000-member class action against TransUnion, one of the country’s three major credit-reporting companies, The post Justices appear inclined to curb standing in credit-reporting class action appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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MARCH 30, 2021

“Pronouns and the Philosophy Professor: A Christian teacher, a transgender student, and two years in court.” The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

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MARCH 30, 2021

By Vikram Subramanian. The COVID-19 pandemic has created a housing and property crisis for businesses and individuals in the United States. While some government protections for housing and commercial buildings are due to expire soon, other extensions offer much-needed support. Expiring federal protections . The current eviction ban will expire on March 31, 2021.

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MARCH 30, 2021

“Libby Baird ’19 To Clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett”: Mike Fox of the University of Virginia School of Law has this report.

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