JURIST

APRIL 10, 2024

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the finalization of new drinking water standards Wednesday that aim to reduce the amount of harmful chemicals legally allowed in water in the United States. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are synthetical chemicals that have been used in commercial products since the 1950s.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 24, 2023

US President Joe Biden reduced eleven non-violent drug prison terms and pardoned potentially thousands of marijuana possession offenses under federal law or in Washington, DC on Friday. Biden used his pardon power authority under Article II of the US Constitution to pardon the offenders.

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Patently O

APRIL 17, 2024

by Dennis Crouch The Federal Circuit is set to consider the use of terms like “patented,” “proprietary,” and “exclusive” in commercial advertising can be actionable under § 43(a)(1)(B) of the Lanham Act when their use is not entirely accurate. Crocs largely prevailed in those actions.

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JURIST

AUGUST 31, 2023

Specifically, the executive order defines the terms sex, female, male, woman, girl, man, boy, mother and father for use by state agencies. Additionally, the terms woman, mother, and girl refer to a human female, while the terms man, father and boy refer to a human male.

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JURIST

JANUARY 16, 2024

A court in Iran has handed an additional 15-month prison term to the convicted Nobel laureate and human rights activist Narges Mohammadi, according to a Monday Instagram post from the activist’s family. The additional jail term was given to Mohammadi for allegedly “spreading propaganda” against the Islamic Republic.

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JURIST

APRIL 14, 2024

The members of Nizkiz have faced opposition from Belarusian authorities since 2020, when protests erupted in Belarus after President Alexander Lukashenko secured his sixth term in office. Authorities under Lukashenko used violence against protestors in response and arrested thousands of individuals for their actions.

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

“In New Term, Supreme Court Set to Tackle Case on School Board Members’ Social Media Use; These are the cases educators will want to watch during the court’s new term”: Mark Walsh of Education Week has this report.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The terms of the visa are broken far more easily than most normal visas. The terms include jail sentences for anyone found to be in violation of those terms. The new legislation implements strict requirements that set out how the released migrants are to be monitored by Australian officials.

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

“Donald Trump’s Insurrection Act Gambit; In a second term, he could use the law’s overbroad language to curtail liberties”: Columnist William A. The post “Donald Trump’s Insurrection Act Gambit; In a second term, he could use the law’s overbroad language to curtail liberties” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

MARCH 15, 2024

The Mississippi House of Representatives passed on Wednesday a bill that seeks to define sex in strictly binary terms, impacting the recognition of transgender individuals’ identities within the state. ” The ACLU of Mississippi, however, condemned the bill’s effort to narrowly define sex-based terms. .”

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

APRIL 19, 2024

Well, now – at least in terms of video marketing: you sort of can. AI video generators can capture your ‘avatar’ (your image, and speech patterns), and use it to generate videos that you don’t actually have to record. How many times have you said to yourself, in seeking more time: ‘I wish I could clone myself ’.

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JURIST

APRIL 12, 2024

The Alabama House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that would define biological sex in binary terms based on individuals’ reproductive systems rather than their gender identity. She stated, “Women need to have, in some cases, safe spaces,” and that this bill would allow the legislature to protect such spaces.

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JURIST

MARCH 30, 2022

Union Pacific Railroad Company, the Court will decide whether the term “use” applies to locomotives that are stationary or to locomotives that are briefly stationary under the Locomotive Inspection Act. The post US Supreme Court hears oral arguments in employment cases appeared first on JURIST - News. In LeDure v.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Can we end the confusion with the use of the legal assistant vs. paralegal job title? The Definition of a Paralegal Back when NALA was the National Association of Legal Assistants, the ABA’s definition of a paralegal and their commentary was that the terms legal assistant and paralegal were used interchangeably. Probably not.

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JURIST

JANUARY 24, 2024

Iran executed Tuesday Mohammad Ghobadlou, a protester with a long-term psychosocial disability, for the alleged murder of a police officer during the 2022 Mahsa Amini protests. The post Iran executes Mahsa Amini protestor with a long-term disability appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

MARCH 15, 2024

The US Department of State imposed arms restrictions Thursday on the import or export of US-origin weapons and services from or to Nicaragua. The restrictions, which included amendments to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), represent an escalation in US foreign policy against Ortega.

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JURIST

JANUARY 22, 2024

Also Thursday, the Parliament also adopted its yearly fundamental rights report which points out Hungary’s use of spyware like Pegasus and oppression of the LBTQI+ community. The Parliament’s resolution comes as an outcry against the European Commission’s decision to lift €10.2 billion of frozen EU budget to Hungary.

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LawSites

MARCH 9, 2023

Zuva , the company that spun off from Kira Systems after Kira was acquired by Litera in 2021, is offering a completely free version of its AI-powered contract review technology, which can be used by anyone just by uploading contracts to Zuva’s website. This is free.” You can access the tool directly from the Zuva home page.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Speaking in Philadelphia, Shapiro shared that his view of the use of the death penalty has changed over the years, specifically after speaking with families who lost loved ones in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting that killed 11 people. Shapiro’s announcement comes only a month into his first term as governor.

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JURIST

APRIL 21, 2024

The statement published by the Met read: The use of the term “openly Jewish” by one our officers is hugely regrettable. ” Falter was wearing a kippah and the officer said he was “worried about the reaction to your presence.” ” The group was also told they would be arrested if they failed to leave.

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JURIST

MAY 25, 2021

This comes following an array of judgements contemplating whether the term protected persons under the Act on Criminal Responsibility for Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes covers dead persons. The post Sweden top court deems posing with dead bodies a war crime appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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JURIST

APRIL 14, 2021

German regulators in Hamburg announced on Tuesday that they are seeking an order preventing Facebook from enforcing its new terms of service. This change would expand the use of customers’ data to marketing and direct advertising. That order was challenged by Facebook, but upheld in trial and appellate court.

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JURIST

JULY 6, 2023

A court in El Salvador sentenced former Salvadoran president Mauricio Funes, to a term of six years in prison Wednesday on charges of tax evasion. Funes is also alleged to have involvement with criminal syndicates within El Salvador, leading to his indictment and subsequent conviction with a prison term of 14 years.

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JURIST

MARCH 13, 2024

The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a bill that could ban TikTok in the US. or any successor or subsidiary if such is owned by “foreign adversaries” — a term the bill’s drafters use to refer to “non-allied foreign nations” as defined in 10 U.S. Code § 4872.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 4, 2023

He emphasized the importance of punishing those who commit “heinous” crimes, and stated that his government “will legislate for sexual and sadistic murders to carry a full life term with no prospect of release.” ” These newest reforms build on previous plans announced by UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in August.

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Law 360

APRIL 25, 2024

Beyond getting experience thinking on my feet and tackling stressful situations, the skills I've gained from horseback riding have considerable overlap with the skills used to practice law, particularly in terms of team building, continuing education, and making an effort to reset and recharge, says Kerry Irwin at Moore & Van Allen.

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JURIST

MARCH 19, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled Wednesday that Uber Technologies, Inc. Uber argued that even though the plaintiffs never accepted Uber’s Terms of Use, they were still bound by the arbitration clause in that agreement. Uber) cannot force plaintiffs to arbitrate their disability discrimination claims.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The US Supreme Court kicked off its Fall 2023 term Monday by hearing oral arguments in a statutory interpretation case examining federal sentencing laws. Conversely, the United States contends that “and” is used to join (a), (b), and (c) by distributing the phrase “does not have.” 3553(f)(1). .”

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

” This follows a Norweigan lawsuit from September, which found that Meta had used user data such as location and browser history for behavioral advertising. .” ” This follows a Norweigan lawsuit from September, which found that Meta had used user data such as location and browser history for behavioral advertising.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

APRIL 7, 2024

The problem with that approach is that, in the modern world, ‘high touch’ is often equated with other, less palatable terms: like ‘annoying’ or ‘ obnoxious’. Exasperating.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 15, 2024

The justices did not add any new cases to their docket for the 2024-25 term. The court currently has only two cases slated for argument in the upcoming term – less than half of what they had granted at this time last year for the 2023-24 term. The court’s denial of review in Mckesson v. In 2019, the U.S.

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JURIST

JANUARY 6, 2024

” Moody also asserts that the proposed amendment fails to define key terms such as “viability” and “patient’s health.” ” Moody also asserts that the proposed amendment fails to define key terms such as “viability” and “patient’s health.”

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JURIST

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The conditions in terms of respect for human rights are disastrous. The conditions in terms of respect for human rights are disastrous. Only a few internal sites can be used without a filter breaker. The government uses children from poor and marginalized families as forces of repression by paying them money and supplies.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 8, 2023

They alleged that the law’s use of “explicit gender term” such as “sex” and “gender” showed the intent to discriminate against individuals of a certain “sex” or “gender.” The plaintiffs challenged the law, SB 613 , on several constitutional grounds.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Proponents of fracking cited the additional energy resources as a short-term price fix for consumers. They also emphasized long-term energy independence, particularly reduced reliance on Russia. ” Since the ban, technology used to predict well site tremors has not significantly improved.

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JURIST

JANUARY 1, 2024

Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, said on Sunday in an interview with the Russian state-owned RIA news agency that the Russian courts have issued long-term prison sentences for more than 200 members of Ukrainian armed groups for alleged crimes. Russian authorities have denied these allegations.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

A pistol that was not for military use was seized by the police at one of the security checkpoints at Marqués de Urquijo Street, where all individuals attending the protest were searched by the police. Spanish media reported that the man arrested is a second lieutenant stationed at the Zaragoza Military Academy training base.

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