JURIST

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced Monday that it recovered over $56 million and that over 6,000 workers were offered reinstatement during the 2021 fiscal year, which was a dramatic increase from the previous fiscal year. This total consisted of nearly $54 million in backpay and just under $3 million in fees, dues, and fines.

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MARCH 31, 2025

To fulfill Apple’s legal obligation under the governing provisions, a second consent pop-up is required. In fining Apple, the Autorit took into account the duration of the infringement (between April 2021 and July 2023) and Apples economic power. ATT was released in April 2021 on IOS 14.5, iPadOS 14.5, and tvOS 14.5.

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JANUARY 31, 2022

Professional human translators have always been the go-to way of translating documents for legal proceedings. However, machine translation (MT) has become a viable alternative for some types of legal content due to faster turnaround and lower cost while retaining a high level of actionability. What data is relevant to a case?

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OCTOBER 1, 2021

Members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) adopted Thursday the committee’s recommendations on the Digital Services Act. Proposed Article 8 would allow one member state to order the removal of content legally published in another state. IMCO plans to finalize the text before the end of 2021.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) published a report on Tuesday highlighting the worsening condition of press freedom in Afghanistan, with journalists encountering increasing limitations, arbitrary detentions, and a widespread atmosphere of fear and self-censorship, since the Taliban seized power in August 2021.

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MARCH 16, 2025

Amnesty International on Friday welcomed the acquittal of 45 Saturday Mothers members, ending their seven-year-long legal ordeal. ” The acquittal marks the conclusion of a prolonged legal battle that could have resulted in up to three years of imprisonment for each defendant. ” The trial began in 2021.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Twenty-six countries expressed on Thursday their support for a legal initiative to hold the Taliban accountable at the International Court of Justice for systematic human rights violations against women and girls in Afghanistan.

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JURIST

JANUARY 19, 2025

CNN reached a legal settlement with a security contractor on Friday after the Florida First District Court of Appeal ruled the network liable for defamation. Young filed a lawsuit against CNN for defamation and trade libel following a video segment that aired on November 11, 2021.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Huascar brings over a decade of progressive experience across diverse legal functions and practice areas. With a solid foundation in legal operations and a profound comprehension of the intricacies of the industry. Tony’s dedication to mentoring and inspiring the next generation of legal professionals is genuinely admirable.

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JANUARY 9, 2025

Vulnerable groups, particularly migrant workers, face disproportionate impacts from this exploitation, encountering heightened risks due to insufficient legal protections, discrimination, and language barriers. According to the WEF, addressing forced labor is an ethical obligation and presents tangible benefits for companies.

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APRIL 3, 2025

Amnesty International welcomed on Wednesday the decision of Lithuania’s Supreme Administrative Court to accept a class action lawsuit from 24 asylum seekers who were arbitrarily detained by Lithuanian authorities between 2021 and 2022.

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OCTOBER 29, 2021

So, we had lawyers appearing as cats in court proceedings, legal commentators losing their gigs due to inappropriate behavior online, kids and pets making guest appearances in virtual hearings, and other misadventures. a digital forensics, legal technology and cybersecurity firm based in Fairfax, Va. The challenge is preparation.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2025

The case was initiated in 2019 by the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK ( BROUK ) and its president, Tun Khin, with legal representation from former UN Special Rapporteur Toms Ojea Quintana. Provided Myanmars political climate, however, domestic authorities are unlikely to comply with the order.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

The IAEA’s resolution calls for Iran to provide credible explanations regarding uranium particles discovered at two undeclared sites and urges the country to fulfil its legal obligations under international agreements.

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DECEMBER 29, 2024

Additionally, the court emphasized that it had paused enforcement of the law “to preserve the constitutional status quo” while the merits panel reviewed the substantive legal arguments raised in the appeal.

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JURIST

AUGUST 1, 2024

The Supreme Court of Nepal has ruled that Rukshana Kapali, a transgender woman, should be legally recognised on all documents as a woman without having to submit to medical verification according to a Wednesday report by HRW.

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DECEMBER 29, 2024

Russian authorities arrested Marc Fogel in August 2021 for drug trafficking. The government also may not pay for a wrongfully detained person’s medical or legal expenses. Fogel’s attorney revealed that the Department of State made the designation in October. This formal designation is promising for Fogel and his family.

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JUNE 15, 2024

The legal team for a former top Nagorno-Karabakh official alleged in a Friday letter addressed to the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture that their client, former Nagorno-Karabakh Minister of State Ruben Vardanyan, and an unnamed Armenian business leader had been tortured while in custody in Azerbaijan for engaging in a hunger strike.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The rejected rule was inspired by the July 2021 disclosure of attorney Michael Avenatti’s financial filings in an embezzlement case. The Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules is a committee of federal judges, practicing lawyers, law professors, state chief justices and officials from federal legal organizations.

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MAY 21, 2024

The opinion, a response to inquiries by Antigua, Barbuda, Tuvalu, and the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change ( COSIS ), asserts that nations are legally bound to curb emissions to safeguard the marine environment. ITLOS emphasized the imperative to limit global temperature rise to no more than 1.5

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

UK charity Public Law Project (PLP) announced Monday they have written a letter to Lord Chancellor Alex Chalk claiming he is in breach of his duty to make legal aid available to asylum seekers in England and Wales, which he is obligated to do under s.1 1 (1) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.

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AUGUST 7, 2023

A UK Association of Prison Lawyers (APL) survey published Monday reveals that prison lawyers are at risk of quitting if legal fees are not raised. The report asserts that prison law legal aid work is ‘no longer sustainable’ due to the ‘exhausting and poorly paid work’ undertaken by lawyers.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

SOS Humanity, a charitable search and rescue organization, Sunday announced that it is taking legal action against the Italian government for failing to allow 35 migrants aboard an SOS Humanity rescue vessel to disembark. ” In May 2021, Salvini escaped trial for the decision to block 119 from disembarking onto Italian shores in 2019.

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JANUARY 3, 2025

The legal requirements are mainly in connection to the registration requirements of digital platforms, further entailing penalties for individuals and organizations found to operate digital platforms without renewing their registration.

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JUNE 25, 2024

The EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell announced Monday during the Foreign Affairs Council that EU ministers agreed on a “legal framework” to increase its military support to Ukraine and bypass Hungary’s opposition to the project.

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JURIST

JANUARY 31, 2023

Starbucks employees have increased their efforts to unionize since 2021, when baristas in Buffalo formed the first Starbucks union in the US. The post Filings reveal Starbucks paid over $11M to former legal chief amid unionization efforts appeared first on JURIST - News. Laxman Narasimhan was hired as CEO in September 2022.

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JANUARY 4, 2022

What We Learned in 2021. In December 2021, Dave Ries, a frequent co-presenter with the authors, wrote an excellent summary of the cybersecurity portion of the ABA’s 2021 Legal Technology Survey Report. ABA Formal Opinion 498, “Virtual Practice” (February 2021). Who’s In Charge of Cybersecurity? Ries here.).

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AUGUST 25, 2023

The Nicaraguan Ministry of Interior ordered on Wednesday cancellation of the legal status of the Jesuit religious community, a Catholic congregation, and confiscation of all its property for failure to report its financial statements with breakdowns during the fiscal periods 2020, 2021 and 2022.

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JURIST

MARCH 12, 2025

The project faced resistance from the local population, who had environmental and health concerns, and was eventually stopped by a governmental ban on uranium mining in 2021, because of which the ETM is currently in a legal battle with the government.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

The appeal arose from a petition filed in 2021, challenging the jurisdiction of the General Court Martial to try civilians under the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) Act , alleging violations of constitutional provisions. This was because these courts were neither independent nor impartial.

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MARCH 31, 2025

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called for the release of imprisoned Uyghur activist Valijon Kalonov on Monday, who has been forcibly detained in a Uzbekistan psychiatric hospital since 2021. Kalonov was initially detained on charges of using social media in a way that threatens public safety, and publicly insulting the President of Uzbekistan.

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JURIST

JANUARY 13, 2024

In 2021, Los Angeles’ Mayor Eric Garcetti signed an anti-camping ordinance into law. The post US Supreme Court to hear arguments on legality of banning encampments on public land appeared first on JURIST - News. City of Boise. There was also a 7 percent increase in veterans experiencing homelessness since 2022.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The European Commission argued that legislative changes to Poland’s judicial system, specifically those adopted in December 2019, contravened foundational EU principles, prompting legal proceedings. This method of recovery totaled approximately 320 million for penalties accrued from July 2022 to June 2023.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The Independent has coverage: Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has accepted nearly $300,000 in donations toward his legal defense, according to the fund. Best of luck when it comes to paying the strongest legal representation available, Luigi!

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JURIST

JANUARY 28, 2022

Hundreds of current and former UN officials, human rights and legal experts, international NGOs, and academic institutions have signed an open letter to the UN Human Rights Council calling for an international investigation into the 1988 massacre of thousands of political prisoners in Iran.

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OCTOBER 4, 2023

Hot Off the Presses: Meta AI Chatbot Trained with User Posts and ChatGPT Is Not Limited to September 2021 Data. The post ChatGPT Is a Lot More Valuable to Lawyers Now appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Zuva, the company that spun off from AI contract review pioneer Kira when it was acquired by Litera in 2021, today released its own AI contract review tool, Zuva Analyze, which it says will enable in-house legal teams to review contracts 2-3 times faster than reviewing them manually.

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