JURIST

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Sharareh Abdolhoseinzadeh is a PhD in Political Sociology and a political researcher in Tehran. . Saturday was International Human Rights Day, but the situation in Iran is extremely anti-human. Serious decisions and executions of youths arrested in protests have started, and thousands of detainees live in limbo. Iran is sad. Everyone is shocked. People came to the streets without any weapons and defense to get the most basic human rights and human dignity and chanted, but they have faced direct

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DECEMBER 11, 2022

by Dennis Crouch. I like to think of collateral estoppel alongside binding precedent. Both involve a set of (at least) two separate cases, and the question is always whether some conclusion drawn in the earlier action forecloses relitigation of same (or similar) issue in the latter action. Precedent is broader because it applies across-the-board regardless of the parties involved.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake Friday filed a lawsuit against Arizona election officials challenging the certification of November 8 election results naming Katie Hobbs the Governor-elect. Lake’s lawsuit expressly names Hobbs, Stephen Richer of the Maricopa County Recorder and other officials in Maricopa County as defendants.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 11, 2022

“A question to conservative Christians on gay marriage: Why draw the line here?” Columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. has this essay online at The Washington Post. The post “A question to conservative Christians on gay marriage: Why draw the line here?” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Scotland’s Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service told the BBC on Sunday that Libyan national Abu Agela Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi is in US custody. Al-Marimi was allegedly involved in making the bomb that destroyed Pan Am flight 103 over the town of Lockerbie, Scotland, in December 1988. A spokesperson said the Crown Office has informed the families of those killed in the Lockerbie bombing of the update.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Law students and law graduates in Pakistan are reporting for JURIST on events in that country impacting its legal system. Rabia Shuja holds an LLM in International Human Rights Law from Griffith College, Dublin and is Chief Correspondent for JURIST in Pakistan. She reports from Islamabad. In March of 2013, masked gunmen fatally shot renowned Pakistani social activist and Orangi Pilot Project (OPP) director Perween Rahman.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 11, 2022

“Doctors and Lawyers Debate Meaning of Death as Families Challenge Practices; Changing the determination of brain death potentially affects organ donation”: Amy Dockser Marcus of The Wall Street Journal has this report. The post “Doctors and Lawyers Debate Meaning of Death as Families Challenge Practices; Changing the determination of brain death potentially affects organ donation” appeared first on How Appealing.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Health benefit costs increased 3.2% in 2022, but employers are expecting costs to jump even higher in 2023, a Mercer report showed. Employers’ top priorities right now are providing benefits that attract and retain employees and boosting mental health support.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 11, 2022

“There is a path to save the Supreme Court from itself”: Columnist Jennifer Rubin has this essay online at The Washington Post. The post “There is a path to save the Supreme Court from itself” appeared first on How Appealing.

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DECEMBER 11, 2022

It’s December 2022, and we’ve finished evaluating OpenAI and come to the conclusion AI is much further along than we’ve anticipated. When we’re comparing OpenAI versus Lawyers, Lawyers have the.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 11, 2022

“The New Landscape of the Abortion Fight; After the midterm elections, abortion rights advocates hope to harness public support for the long term, while abortion foes look to advance new laws in sympathetic courts and legislatures”: Kate Zernike has this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times. The post “The New Landscape of the Abortion Fight; After the midterm elections, abortion rights advocates hope to harness public support for the long term, whil

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InHouseBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2022

As we wind down 2022, many are eager to put this year and those that preceded it in the rear view mirror and look forward to 2023 and beyond. The pandemic has had a deep impact on the labor market and the individuals who propel it forward. The psychology of work, and the view of work, has changed for many. As we look to 2023, there is plenty of time for introspection and examination of our work environment and how we would like to change it based on lessons learned during the prior tumultuous ye

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Broadcast Law Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. The FCC has sent an e-mail, apparently to all broadcasters, regarding the cybersecurity of broadcast stations that use the DASDEC EAS encoder/decoder device sold by Digital Alert Systems (formerly Monroe Electronics), using software prior to version 4.1.

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LegalReader

DECEMBER 11, 2022

In her latest lawsuit alleging unproven voter fraud, Lake has effectively asked the court to declare her the winner of an election that she lost by tens of thousands of votes.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 11, 2022

I have previously written of my pride as an alumni of The University of Chicago in how the school has led the fight for free speech in higher education. It is also ranked as the number one free speech school in the country. The “Chicago statement” has become the rallying point for schools resisting the anti-free speech movement sweeping over our university and college campuses.

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NewmanFerraraLLP

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Will This Case Have Much Weight? In early October, a complaint was filed in a Delaware federal court against fitness equipment brand iFIT Health and Fitness Inc., claiming that their failure to correct their products’ performance and streaming connectivity defects violated implied/express warranties, was a misrepresentation, wrongful concealment and unjust enrichment.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Japan’s House of Councillors Saturday passed a law to tighten restrictions on the solicitation of donations by religious and secular groups. The legislation is intended to prevent Japan’s controversial Unification Church, or the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, from using emotional manipulation to garner donations. Under the law, organizations also cannot ask potential benefactors to sell real estate or other assets in order to donate.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 11, 2022

C-Span. Below is my column in Fox.com on the potential criminal liability for Twitter executives, particularly Jack Dorsey, after the release of the Twitter files. While more material is being released, the files appear to contradict denials of Dorsey that there was no censorship or shadow banning targeting conservatives. As I note below, there are obvious defenses and much must still be learned about the underlying facts.

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