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ECOWAS court rules Nigeria violated human rights during October 2020 protests

JURIST

The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ruled on Wednesday that Nigeria violated the provisions of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) in its response to the protests that took place in October 2020, according to a statement published by the court.

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Justice Samuel Alito Is All Buddy Buddy With Law School Dean That Worked To Overturn The Results Of The 2020 Election

Above The Law

The post Justice Samuel Alito Is All Buddy Buddy With Law School Dean That Worked To Overturn The Results Of The 2020 Election appeared first on Above the Law. You can judge a justice by whom they choose to associate themselves with.

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Ohio police officer convicted of murder for 2020 death of unarmed Black man

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On December 22, 2020, Coy had arrived at Oberlin Drive after receiving a call about someone sitting in a running SUV. The post Ohio police officer convicted of murder for 2020 death of unarmed Black man appeared first on JURIST - News. Andre Hill’s family have also been paid $10 million by the city after a civil lawsuit.

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Once-liberal lawyer said to be ‘brains’ behind 2020 election-interference scheme suspended from practice

ABA Journal

A New York appeals court has ordered the interim suspension of lawyer Kenneth Chesebro following his guilty plea in Georgia’s 2020 election-interference case. Chesebro was…

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Getting Automated: An End-to-End Guide to Law Firm Automation

Today, automation-based solutions are widespread practice — nearly half of firms were using them in 2020. From fears that technology would eliminate human jobs to concerns about keeping client privacy, lawyers were right to ask a few questions before jumping into the deep end. But law firms often don't use automation to its full potential.

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“Gorsuch Stays Quiet at High Court Transgender Rights Argument; Case tests Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors; Gorsuch authored court’s 2020 landmark LGBTQ+ ruling”

HowAppealing

“Gorsuch Stays Quiet at High Court Transgender Rights Argument; Case tests Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors; Gorsuch authored court’s 2020 landmark LGBTQ+ ruling”: Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg Law has this report.

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Texas governor pardons former US Army sergeant convicted of murdering armed BLM protester

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott pardoned former US Army Sergeant Daniel Perry on Thursday after the Texas Parole Board unanimously recommended a pardon for the ex-soldier who was convicted of killing armed protester Garrett Foster at an Austin Black Lives Matter demonstration in 2020. Our right to self-defense is enshrined in the Constitution.

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Recovering from a Cyber Attack

Speaker: Mike Cramer, Director of HIPAA & Data Security at The Word & Brown Companies

IBM reported that the total damage from data breaches in 2021 was 4.24M USD (up from 3.86M USD in 2020), easily the highest aggregated amount on record. If your organization stores data and is connected to the Internet, it is not a matter of “if” a cyber-security incident will happen, but “when.”