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India government releases draft bill of country’s first mediation law

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India’s Ministry of Law and Justice released Friday the Draft Mediation Bill, 2021 , inviting comments and suggestions from all stakeholders. As of date, in the absence of a separate statute, Section 89 of the Civil Procedure Code , as well as the rules framed by several high courts under that section, govern mediation in India.

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Invention of a Slave: 2021 Redux

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20-1396 (Supreme Court 2021). New Jersey has a statute on point: “Every person who has reached the age of majority. The courts found that this non-statutory administrative rule was sufficient to limit the state statute — superseding his right to file a lawsuit in his personal capacity. by Dennis Crouch. 2A:15-1 (2013).

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The 10 Legal Tech Trends that Defined 2021

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Whereas 2020 ended with a newfound sense of the possible, 2021 ends with us still not knowing what is ahead, and therefore which way to turn. Whereas 2020 ended with great promise for regulatory reform, 2021 ends with little further progress on that front – and even retreats to some extent. I should be more optimistic.

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Minnesota Supreme Court upholds felony disenfranchisement law

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Justice Thissen’s opinion also held that the statute did not create the racially disparate impact of felony disenfranchisement. However, Justice Natalie Hudson said in her dissent that the statute creates racial disparities and is, therefore, unconstitutional.

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TechReport 2021: Practice Management

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The ABA 2021 Legal Technology Survey Report analyzes hardware firms are currently using, the utilization of e-books by firms, and provides a multitude of analyses around software. In 2021, 53% of respondents responded that their laptop was their primary work device, compared to 44% reporting that a desktop computer was their primary device.

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Supreme Court on Patent Law for April 2021

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” Argued : On March 1, 2021, the court heard oral arguments in US v. An inferior officer decision will interpret the statute as providing the PTO director with substantial authority; a principal officer decision will downplay the role of the PTO director. Decision should be released by Mid-June 2021. 20-1420; WPEM, LLC v.

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Environmental Rights in State Constitutions

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Commonwealth , which used the state constitution’s Environmental Rights Amendment to invalidate a state statute that had prevented municipalities from barring hydraulic fracturing. On August 4, 2021, the Montana First Judicial District Court denied defendants’ motion to dismiss in Held v.

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