JURIST

MARCH 8, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Myanmar security forces surrounded and cut off hundreds of student protesters in the Sanchaung Township district of Yangon Monday, provoking solidarity demonstrations across the country and prompting Western embassies and the UN Mission in Myanmar to issue urgent and rare calls for de-escalation of the situation and appeals for restraint.

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MARCH 8, 2021

Kay Levine and I have co-authored a chapter, "The Strategic Use of Alibi Defenses," which will appear in the book, Alibis and Corroborators: Psychological, Criminological, and Legal Perspectives. We have posted a draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In.

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JURIST

MARCH 8, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday denied a request for an emergency injunction seeking to stop the transfer of sacred Western Apache land to a private copper mining company. However, the land transfer is halted indefinitely pending the government’s release of a new final environmental impact survey (FEIS). Oak Flat, known to the Apache as Chi’chil Bi?

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

MARCH 8, 2021

What happens when you don’t convert a lead? For most law firms, the answer is a resounding: absolutely nothing. But, just because a potential client doesn’t convert immediately, that doesn’t mean that you’ve lost that opportunity forever. Legal consumers who reach out to law firms aren’t always ready to sign up right away, for a number of reasons. That doesn’t mean that those folks will never want to use your legal services -- even if most attorneys treat that as a final answer.

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JURIST

MARCH 8, 2021

The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Monday in Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski in favor of a former Georgia college student in a campus free speech case. In 2016, Chike Uzuegbunam, an Evangelical Christian, attempted to express and share his faith on the Georgia Gwinnett College Campus by standing near the campus library and passing out literature. Shortly after, he was approached by campus officials and informed he could not continue his activities.

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JURIST

MARCH 8, 2021

Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the government of the Philippines to investigate “the use of lethal force” in police raids on Sunday. Nine activists died in the raids, and another six were arrested. Local activist groups report that the police executed search warrants issued by Jose Lorenzo de la Rosa, the judge who presides over the Metro Manila Branch 4.

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MARCH 8, 2021

Enco Systems, Inc. v. DaVincia, LLC (Fed. Cir. 2021) [ ENCO ]. Judge Stephen Limbaugh (E.D. Mo.) sided with the accused infringer DaVincia– holding that the claims of ENCO’s U.S. Patent No. 7,047,191 are invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101 as directed to an abstract idea. On appeal, the Federal Circuit has affirmed. U.S. Patent No. 7,047,191 claims a method of providing captioning in an audio-visual signal using speech-to-text processing.

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JURIST

MARCH 8, 2021

US President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Sunday aimed at promoting access to voting. It was passed on the 56th anniversary of a famous march known as “Bloody Sunday,” during which “state troopers beat and tear-gassed hundreds of peaceful protesters crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. The protesters were seeking justice and to ensure their right to vote would not be denied.” The executive order explains the importance of promoting voter access:

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HowAppealing

MARCH 8, 2021

“Get to the Punchline”: You can access today’s new installment of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast, featuring law professors Kate Shaw and Leah Litman , via this link.

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JURIST

MARCH 8, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled Friday that Missouri’s requirements for parents to opt out of their children being vaccinated to attend school do not violate their rights to religious freedom. In Missouri, children must be properly vaccinated and submit their vaccination records before they can attend school. However, there are exemptions.

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MARCH 8, 2021

“Supreme Court Backs Georgia College Student’s Free Speech Suit; The 8-to-1 ruling said courts may hear suits seeking only nominal damages; Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., dissenting, said the majority had turned judges into advice columnists”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “ Roberts alone in dissent as Supreme Court backs student in religious-speech case.” Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journ

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JURIST

MARCH 8, 2021

Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Magistrates’ Court granted bail Thursday to 15 of the 47 opposition figures charged with subversion under the region’s controversial national security law after organizing and participating in an unofficial primary election last July. A challenge from the prosecutors, however, meant that all 15 were kept in custody.

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MARCH 8, 2021

“Arizona High Court Revives Suit Over Pharmacist Joke About Erectile Dysfunction; Was the witty banter between a Costco pharmacist and a man’s ex-wife in good faith? The man will get a chance to prove it wasn’t.” Brad Poole of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Arizona issued today.

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CourtTechBulletin

MARCH 8, 2021

Published by press release on March 4, 2021, in US Courts News "Even as vaccines begin to protect the public from the coronavirus (COVID-19), one of the Judiciary’s biggest priorities is ensuring that the air inside courtrooms and hallways remains safe as courts schedule more in-person legal proceedings. Read more ».

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MARCH 8, 2021

“The Supreme Court Might Kill Voting Rights—Quietly; Conservative justices seem poised to use complex, technical doctrines that will likely sanction all manner of state voter-suppression measures”: David H. Gans has this essay online at The Atlantic.

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LawTechnologyToday

MARCH 8, 2021

The Legal Technology Resource Center ’s Women of Legal Tech initiative is intended to encourage diversity and celebrate women in legal technology. This initiative launched in 2015 with a list of innovators and leaders in legal technology and with this year’s additions, that list now includes 132 talented and influential women leaders. Every Monday and Wednesday, we will be featuring a woman from our class of 2021.

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MARCH 8, 2021

“No Stay of Execution on a Money Judgment? No Problem, Court Panel Holds.” Tomorrow’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers, will contain this month’s installment of my “Upon Further Review” column, discussing this recent ruling of the Pa. Superior Court.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 8, 2021

The Supreme Court on Monday issued a major ruling in a dispute over free speech on the grounds of a public college. By a vote of 8-1 in Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski, the justices agreed that a lawsuit by a Georgia student who alleges that his. The post Court revives lawsuit from student seeking nominal damages for free-speech violation at public college appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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MARCH 8, 2021

“Cracks in a Legal Shield for Officers’ Misconduct; The Supreme Court has hinted that it is ready to trim the doctrine of qualified immunity, which makes it difficult to sue government officials for violence and cruelty”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

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MARCH 8, 2021

Recent Headlines in the IP World: Aaron Searle: Vivint Sues ADT for Patent Infringement (Source: Business Wire). Lindsey Paris: Disney Files Patent to Turn Any Resort Room Into a Show (Source: Inside the Magic). Luke Tyson: Morocco Third in Africa for Most Patents Filed in 2020 (Source: Morocco World News). Cho Mu-Hyun: LG Wins Patent Lawsuit Against TCL in Germany (Source: ZDNet.com).

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HowAppealing

MARCH 8, 2021

Access today’s ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in an argued case: Justice Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court in Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski , No. 19-968. Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh issued a concurring opinion. And Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. issued a dissenting opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 8, 2021

The Supreme Court on Monday added one new case to its argument calendar for the fall, taking up the case of a Brooklyn man who is seeking to sue New York Police Department officers for malicious prosecution after he was jailed for two days on. The post Justices to take up “favorable termination” rule appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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MARCH 8, 2021

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court : At this link. The Court granted review in one new case.

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LegalReader

MARCH 8, 2021

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JURIST

MARCH 8, 2021

A public referendum in Switzerland Sunday came out in favor of banning face coverings in public. Swiss voters voted in two other referendums at the ballot box, voting against the introduction of electronic identification services and voting in favor of a free trade agreement with Indonesia. In all, 1,427,626 people, 51.2 percent of voters , voted for nationwide the face covering ban in the referendum.

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