EvidenceProf Blog
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
I have posted a draft of my new article, License to Kill?: A New Test for the New Crime Exception, on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Imagine that a police officer racially profiles and forcibly arrests an African American man.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
New York joined the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and a bipartisan coalition of 26 states on Tuesday in filing a federal suit against precious metals company Safeguard Metals LLC and its owner and manager, Jeffrey Santulan, for allegedly deceiving investors across New York and the US. The Complaint was filed at the US District Court for the Central District of California alleging that Safeguard Metals defrauded more than 450 individuals across the nation by luring them to invest
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CourtTechBulletin
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
As most of you already know much of the "big technology news" for the first part of 2022 has been the announcements around "the metaverse" While it is fun in many gaming situations, I think there is also a possibility of using it effectively in courtroom evidence presentations in the future. We discuss below how some versions might be useful in the courtroom.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday that Kazakh security forces have arbitrarily detained protestors , and tortured some detainees and interfered with their access to their lawyers. The arrests were related to nationwide protests last month, which began because of a rise in energy prices but quickly focused on broader economic and political issues.
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HowAppealing
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
“How Elite Lawyers Took Over the Supreme Court’s Docket: The legal system is supposed to be open to everyone; In reality, it’s open mostly to those who can afford to pay top dollar to a Supreme Court bar superstar.” Yvette Borja has this post at Balls and Strikes.
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HowAppealing
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
“Tom Goldstein: The Art of Supreme Court Advocacy.” Tom Goldstein is the guest on the current episode of the “World of DaaS” podcast, hosted by Auren Hoffman.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Human rights activists and organizations urged Thailand Tuesday against the deportation of activist Khoukham Keomanivong , founding member of pro-democracy group, Free Lao, back to his native Laos. According to Radio Free Asia (RFA), Keomanivong was brought to Don Mueang Kwaeng District Court in Bangkok on Monday and convicted of overstaying his visa.
Patently O
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
I posted some statistics on references cited in recently issued patents. That raised some discussion in the comments regarding third-party prior art submissions. The chart below puts some numbers on the result that everyone likely expected–third party submissions are quite rare. Out of every 1,000 issued patents, only about 14 include prior art submissions from third parties.
HowAppealing
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
“The lessons of an avoidably unseemly Supreme Court retirement”: Columnist Charles Lane has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Washington Post.
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Above The Law
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
WashU students should update their criminal outlines to include Res Ipsa 'I feared for my life'-itor. The post Missouri’s Bill 666 May Be A Deal With The Devil appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
“It’s Harder Than Ever To Confirm A Supreme Court Justice”: Geoffrey Skelley has this post at FiveThirtyEight.
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Discharging student debt in bankruptcy is almost impossible. The Biden administration is fighting to keep it that way. The post Biden Administration Fights To Keep Student Debt An Inescapable Nightmare appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
“Leondra Kruger: California Supreme Court judge breaking barriers in the Golden State.” Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis.
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Above The Law
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
The horrible feeling of not getting a job far surpasses any benefit of securing an interview. The post Law Firms Should Not Grant Mercy Interviews appeared first on Above the Law.
The Crime Report
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
A third bomb threat in just over a month at Howard University marks a wave of threats that have targeted historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) this year, with at least eight HBCUs being threatened on Jan. 4, followed by four more on Feb. 2, reports the Washington Post. No bombs were found and law enforcement agencies have identified no possible motives for the most recent threats, but that did not stop at least 16 universities from closing or sweeping their campuses, while more th
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Justice Gorsuch speech closed to the press, making the whole thing just that little bit more shady! The post Can You Make A Speech At A FedSoc Event Look More Inappropriate? It Turns Out You Can! appeared first on Above the Law.
NCBA
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
By Amanda Owens On March 17, 2022, the Paralegal Division will be hosting the next Driver’s License Restoration Project Virtual Clinic. This clinic will further the efforts of the Driver’s License Restoration Pro Bono Project, which launched in 2017, to address the crisis-level license suspension rate in North Carolina. I volunteered for the virtual clinic […].
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Above The Law
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
We would already be using blockchain technology instead of traditional title searches if it was really a whole lot better. The post Will Blockchain Technology Really Ever Supplant The Humble Title Search? appeared first on Above the Law.
SCOTUSBlog
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. To suggest a piece for us to consider, email us at roundup@scotusblog.com. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Michelle Childs: South Carolina judge touted for the educational diversity she’d bring to the Supreme Court (Tierney Sneed, CNN).
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Flores claims that he was ostracized and ultimately fired, labeled by Dolphins brass as someone who was difficult to work with. The post Flores Drops Bombshell Lawsuit Against NFL appeared first on Above the Law.
Law 360
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
A federal jury in New York on Wednesday convicted former Rochester Drug Co-Operative Inc. CEO Laurence Doud of narcotics conspiracy, endorsing a novel case that sought to hold a corporate leader accountable for allegedly fueling the nation's opioid crisis.
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Above The Law
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
The higher cost of legal weed is so significant that most users are continuing to buy from illegal sources. The post Illegal Cannabis Market Continues To Thrive Because Of High Taxes On Legal Weed appeared first on Above the Law.
Law 360
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
TikTok has nabbed a former Panasonic executive and ex-senior attorney with Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP as its head of legal compliance, the legal pro confirmed Wednesday, as the controversial social networking giant builds up its legal and compliance roster amid ever-present regulatory scrutiny.
The Crime Report
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
San Francisco Superior Court Judge Richard Ulmer has taken arguments under submission from attorneys representing civil liberties and privacy groups that believe the SFPD violated a city ordinance banning the use of facial recognition technology when it tapped into a network of private surveillance cameras to spy on Black Lives Matter protesters in 2020, reports the Courthouse News Service.
LegalReader
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Cooperate with your accountant or financial adviser and look for ways you can organize your business activities in a way to increase deductions from taxes.
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The Crime Report
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
The nation’s three major drug distributors and Johnson & Johnson have agreed to settle opioid claims for up to $665 million with Native American tribes who have claimed they were harmed by decades of exposure to highly addictive painkillers, reports the Washington Post. . Under the deal, which marks a first for Native American tribes that are often relegated to the sidelines in mass tort litigation, the country’s three major drug distributors–McKesson, Cardinal Health and Ameris
ABA Journal
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
A judge in Crawford County, Georgia, will receive a 30-day unpaid suspension and a reprimand for pushing a cursing, shackled defendant into a wall after…
The Crime Report
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
A study from the Rice University Texas Policy Lab has found that the Harris County, Tx., juvenile justice system disproportionately punishes a small group of Black and brown kids with multiple referrals more harshly than others, with young Black boys specifically more likely to receive harsher punishments, even though their offenses didn’t increase in severity, reports Houston Public Media.
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