The Crime Report

MARCH 16, 2022

Our jails and pris­ons are closed insti­tu­tions, which makes it diffi­cult for those who don’t live or work there to have a true sense of what the condi­tions behind bars are like. Few visit­ors gain access to the nation’s correctional facilities, even though they house people for months, years, decades, and, some­times, entire life­times. As Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in his 2015 concur­rence to the Court’s opin­ion in Davis v.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 14, 2022

Share [Editor’s note: Cameras remain prohibited during sessions of the Supreme Court, but some lawmakers and advocates want to change that. We invited experts on each side to weigh in on the current state of the debate. The other piece in this series can be found here.]. Jeffrey A. Rosen is a nonresident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

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LegalReader

MARCH 14, 2022

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is likely to cause food shortfalls in a world that has already pushed the boundaries of its carrying capacity to feed everyone.

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EvidenceProf Blog

MARCH 15, 2022

Today, Judge Melissa M. Phinn granted the Joint Petition for Post Conviction DNA Testing in the Adnan Syed case. Here is the judge's order: So, let's break that down. First, the order requires the Baltimore Police to overnight the named.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MARCH 18, 2022

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Above The Law

MARCH 18, 2022

The cases Judge Jackson decided, the people involved, and how her decisions fared on appeal. . The post Just The Stats: Ketanji Brown Jackson As A District Court Judge appeared first on Above the Law.

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Patently O

MARCH 12, 2022

by Dennis Crouch. I recently posted a chart showing that there is a significant difference in technology focus of patents tied to US-Inventors as compared with Non-US-inventors. The following chart looks at the file histories of U.S. patents and asks what percentage received a rejection prior to issuance (blue) and what percentage received a Section 101 rejection prior to issuance (issued patents 2015-2020).

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The Crime Report

MARCH 18, 2022

A handful of high-profile cases has sparked a larger public debate about the impact of self-defense laws. The acquittal of teenager Kyle Rittenhouse of homicide charges stemming from his killing of two people who allegedly threatened him during a protest, and the conviction of three men for murdering Ahmaud Arbery because they believed he was a robber, have fueled fears that certain states’ gun-use and self-defense laws effectively invite malicious individuals — “including vigilantes and white

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JURIST

MARCH 12, 2022

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) Friday confirmed that 549 Ukrainian civilians have been killed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The OHCHR said in a press statement that, among those who have been killed, 41 were children. A further 957 individuals have sustained injuries. The conflict that broke out on February 24 has subjected Ukrainian civilians to explosions and military fighting.

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Above The Law

MARCH 17, 2022

Excellent use of taxpayer dollars. Well done, fellas. The post GA Cops Pay $1M For A Single Ounce Of Weed After Charging 64 People With Possessing It appeared first on Above the Law.

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ABA Journal

MARCH 17, 2022

Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel in Arizona has said she takes full responsibility for 180 misdemeanor cases that were dropped because prosecutors failed to file…

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The Crime Report

MARCH 17, 2022

Returning citizens in white rural communities face the same high barriers to finding a job as African Americans in urban areas, according to a Texas Southern University study. Both groups are also similarly at high risk for recidivism as a result, the study adds. “This is not a Black issue or a White issue nor an urban issue or a rural issue,” wrote researchers in the paper published by the Center for Justice Research at Texas Southern.

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JURIST

MARCH 17, 2022

Environmental law organization ClientEarth Tuesday announced legal action against the Board of Directors of Shell over the company’s failure to adopt and implement a climate strategy plan. ClientEarth, as a shareholder, seeks to hold the company’s 13 directors personally liable for breaching their duties under the UK Companies Act by arguing that the Board has failed to adopt and implement an adequate climate strategy.

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Above The Law

MARCH 15, 2022

Stay tuned to see which schools have been affected by these changes. The post Changes To U.S. News Law School Rankings Methodology Could Result In T14 Shake-Up appeared first on Above the Law.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 15, 2022

Share On Saturday, March 19, at 1 p.m. EDT, Duke Law School and O’Melveny & Myers LLP will co-host a virtual memorial service for Walter Dellinger and his wife, Anne Dellinger. The event is open to all. Walter Dellinger, a constitutional scholar who argued 24 cases at the Supreme Court, died on Feb. 16, 2022. He was 80. Friends, colleagues, and former students wrote tributes to his life and work shortly after his death.

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Patently O

MARCH 17, 2022

Congratulations and hearty welcome to Judge Leonard P. Stark who was sworn in today as #40. The 40th Judge appointed to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The court is now back up to its full complement of 12 circuit court judges along with 7 judges on senior status. The court released a photo showing Chief Judge Kimberly Moore administering the oath of office.

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JURIST

MARCH 17, 2022

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an order Wednesday demanding that Russia “immediately suspend” its military actions in Ukraine. Ukraine filed a request for provisional measures last month. Provisional measures are emergency actions that bind and “create international legal obligations” for any parties involved in a dispute.

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Above The Law

MARCH 15, 2022

The United States swiftly granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Ukraine and that is commendable. Yet, it is not enough. The post Ukraine: Why TPS Alone Is Not Enough appeared first on Above the Law.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 18, 2022

A revamped police reform program, dubbed the Collaborative Reform Initiative, will invite local law enforcement agencies to voluntarily accept federal help in reducing officer-involved shootings and excessive-force incidents by implementing new policies and better training with a budget of $5 million, reports the Washington Post. Police reform experts said the initiative, expected to be announced Friday by Attorney General Merrick Garland, could help local police improve their relationship with

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Patently O

MARCH 14, 2022

by Dennis Crouch. Almirall, LLC v. Amneal Pharmas LLC ( Fed. Cir. 2022 ). The court here affirms a PTAB conclusion cancelling claims 1-8 of Almirall’s U.S. Patent 9,517,219 as obvious. The patent claims a method of treating acne/rosacea using a particular formulation: Active Ingredient : about 7.5% dapsone; Solvent : about 30% to about 40% diethylene glycol monoethyl ether; Gelling Agent : about 2% to about 6% of A/SA; and. water; [note – I edited these for compactness].

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JURIST

MARCH 18, 2022

The Supreme Court of Canada Thursday rejected the federal government’s appeal to stop a class-action lawsuit against the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). This was the government’s second attempt to halt the proceeding of the case addressing systemic harassment, intimidation, and bullying in the RCMP. The lawsuit , seeking more than $1.1 billion in damages, alleges that RCMP was negligent in failing to provide a workplace free of harassment.

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Above The Law

MARCH 14, 2022

That is not how any of this goes. The post Florida’s Lt Gov Is Very Confused About The First Amendment. Just Like Her Boss. appeared first on Above the Law.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 15, 2022

Two former inmates, Teresa Beatty and Michael Llorens, are challenging a Connecticut law that has, since 1997, allowed the state to impose a debt of $249 a day, or $90,885 annually, on inmates for each day of their incarceration, alleging it traps people like them in an oppressive debt cycle from which there is no escape, reports the Courthouse News Service.

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Patently O

MARCH 13, 2022

by Dennis Crouch. Coffey v. OK Foods , 2:21-CV-02200, 2022 WL 738072 ( W.D. Ark. Mar. 10, 2022 ). Coffey applied for a job with large poultry producer OK Foods (owned by Bachoco). The online application required her to provide substantial personally identifiable information (PII), including her name, SSN, birthdate, etc. She got the job. At some point a few years later OK Foods computer system was hacked and Coffey’s information was exposed (along with that of thousands of other employee

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JURIST

MARCH 17, 2022

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul reviews several broad concerns about the new Taliban government that have arisen nationally and internationally since August. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our Correspondent’s name.

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