JURIST

APRIL 8, 2024

US Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and US Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) announced on Sunday draft legislation to “establish a national data privacy and security standard.” Currently, there is no federal data privacy law protecting consumers or a law that outlines an enforcement mechanism for data breaches.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

She is a Ukrainian law student at the Riga Graduate School of Law in Riga, Latvia. On Tuesday, September 5, the situation in Latvia regarding the new Latvian Immigration Law took a significant turn. These amendments have been drafted, and the committee within the Saeima [Latvian legislature] is expediting their submission.

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Mondaq

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology ("MeitY") released the draft National Data Governance Framework Policy (the "Policy") on 26th May 2022, inviting the public to provide feedback and comments on the same.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Russian law enforcement detained at least two dozen people Saturday at a protest in Moscow, as wives and relatives of Russian service members fighting in Ukraine advocated for their return. Wives and relatives of the reservists mobilised in 2022 have been campaigning for them to be discharged and replaced with contract soldiers.

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JURIST

JUNE 12, 2023

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed a first-of-its-kind bill into law on Monday which eliminates book bans, requiring public libraries in the state to ensure they offer a diverse range of materials. ” The post Illinois governor signs law prohibiting book bans in public libraries appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

APRIL 29, 2024

Freedom of Russia is a legion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, formed in March 2022 from former members of the Russian Armed Forces and other Russians—and some Belarusians—who defected to Ukraine to protect it from Russian invasion during the Russian-Ukrainian war. ” The draft law proposes to regulate Telegram within Ukraine.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The Belgium document automation company ClauseBase has launched a major expansion of its product to add new capabilities for clause extraction, AI-powered document review, and automated proofreading, all with the goal of providing an all-in-one platform, within Microsoft Word, for contract drafting, reviewing and negotiating.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed three bills into law on Tuesday, which collectively aim to regulate election-related content generated by artificial intelligence (AI). If a platform does not comply with this law, state officials can seek injunctive relief. These three laws build off AB 730 and other existing laws.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Thailand’s progressive opposition party, the Move Forward Party submitted on Thursday a draft bill to Parliament. The draft bill presented to Parliament aims to extend amnesty coverage to all political demonstrations held since 2006, encompassing a period marked by intermittent turbulence.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Thursday signed into law the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Act, 2022, thereby amending the Computer Misuse Act, of 2011. The Act of Parliament, passed on September 8, 2022, has been criticized for targeting critical voices online.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Lawyers and legal professionals using the AI-powered document drafting tool Clearbrief to create a legal brief or document will now be able to seamlessly view any case law they cite thanks to a partnership with the legal research and intelligence company Fastcase , the companies announced today. million seed round. .

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JURIST

JULY 25, 2023

Human Rights Watch (HRW), along with 13 other human rights organizations such as Access Now and the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR), called on the Jordanian government on Monday to withdraw a proposed cybercrime law currently under discussion in Parliament. Article 24 increases online censorship and hinders free expression.

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JURIST

AUGUST 21, 2024

Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the Ukrainian parliament, approved the Law on Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on the Activities of Religious Organizations in Ukraine (No. Ukraine has been working to cut down Russia’s influence since it invaded Crimea in 2014 and Ukraine on February 24, 2022.

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JURIST

MARCH 9, 2023

Ever since the withdrawal of previous draft laws on domestic violence three years ago, the inadequacies in the remedial measures in this area are being attempted to be corrected by two new draft laws that offer greater protections to women. However, there is no mention of domestic violence as a standalone offense.

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JURIST

APRIL 16, 2023

A group of human rights organizations on Saturday, wrote an open letter urging top Armenian officals to oppose a proposed law that would restrict access to internet services, thus limiting the population’s freedom of expression.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Gustavo Cerqueira and Hugues Fulchiron have recently edited a new volume (in French) on the appliation of foreign law in the draft code of French private international law (Le droit étranger dans le projet de code de droit international privé – Connaissance et applicationdroit).

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The Estrin Report

MARCH 25, 2024

Estrin I had lunch last week with a friend who is the Director of Administration at a top, major law firm. When I first received their search, the hiring requirements included 5-10 years of litigation paralegal experience, actual trial experience, ability to handle legal research, drafting and a whole host of other higher-level assignments.

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JURIST

AUGUST 5, 2023

The last iteration of the bill, known as the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 , was withdrawn by Parliament in August 2022, possibly because a Joint Parliamentary Committee Report suggested 81 amendments to the previous bill. A draft of the current bill was shared for consultation in December 2022.

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JURIST

JANUARY 1, 2023

Ukraine’s State Border Service Friday reported 12,000 men have tried to illegally leave the country with 15 casualties following the imposition of martial law and general mobilization orders in response to the Russian invasion. 950 people have been charged with falsification of documents, evasion of the draft and illegal transportation.

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LawSites

AUGUST 22, 2024

Spellbook, the company that introduced the first generative AI copilot for contract drafting and review in 2022, today launched what it says is the first AI agent for law, capable of planning and executing complex, multi-step workflows.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Pending the creation of the new law, Sri Lanka has created the Secretariat for the Truth and Reconciliation Mechanism to push to ensure the commission is successfully established. The move came after the Parliament appointed a sub-committee to oversee the matter in October 2022.

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JURIST

JULY 4, 2024

Australia’s Human Rights Law Centre published a report on Wednesday finding that the ability to protest in Australia has been eroded by anti-protest legislation over the last two decades. Laws which do burden this freedom may still be constitutionally valid if they are proportionate to achieving a legitimate legislative objective.

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JURIST

JULY 2, 2024

Laws criminalizing coercive control came into force in New South Wales (NSW), Australia on Monday. Section 54D of the NSW’s Crimes Act 1900 criminalizes coercive conduct and abusive behavior against intimate partners by attaching a maximum penalty of seven years imprisonment upon conviction.

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JURIST

APRIL 11, 2023

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) Tuesday released a draft law detailing new regulations for providers of artificial intelligence (AI) products. These legal provisions follow a recent increase in use of AI chatbots and image generators such as ChatGPT, a widely used chatbot created by Open-AI in November 2022.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The new regulations titled “ Measures for the Administration of Internet Religious Information Services ” were jointly drafted by five departments within the Chinese government and will be effective as of March 1, 2022.

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

The FCC has released a draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), available here , proposing to update the FCC’s rules for full power TV and Class A TV stations. The FCC still has the option of petitioning by October 11, 2022 the Supreme Court to review the D.C. For more details about this case, see our Broadcast Law Blog here.

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The IP Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2022

24, 2022) the Court considered the permissible extent of attorney participation in the preparation of an expert report. Rather, Munchkin says TOMY’s counsel drafted the opinion and Darley signed it. In Munchkin, Inc. Tomy International, Inc., 1-18-cv-06337 (NDIL May.

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JURIST

MARCH 8, 2022

The Council of Ministers of Poland adopted a draft law Monday to provide z?8 ” The law also includes provisions for refugee access to healthcare, work, family benefits, and education. 8 billion (US $1.75 billion) to Ukrainian refugees. The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) reported Tuesday that approximately 2.2

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 12, 2023

As part of the UNIDROIT Project on Digital Assets and Private Law , UNIDROIT has launched a Public Consultation to solicit comments and feedback on a set of Draft Principles and Commentary which have been prepared by its Working Group over the course of 7 sessions between 2020-2022.

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Customs & International Trade Law

APRIL 29, 2022

Here is a recap of the latest customs and international trade law news: FDA. Beginning July 24, 2022, the FDA will end its temporary policy of permitting use of the entity identification code “UNK.” On April 28, 2022, The U.S. The 2022 Special 301 Report can be viewed here. On April 26, 2022, U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Beginning in early January of this year, he began to send threatening messages to the justices and their family members, who are not identified in the 11-page indictment (h/t Jacqueline Thomson of Bloomberg Law) by name. In the wake of the May 2022 leak of the draft opinion in Dobbs v.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Australian law students are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting Australia. Gwendolyn Devoy is a law student at Newcastle University. In 2021, the Federal Court approved another settlement, this time of a class action brought by Melbourne law firm Gordon Legal. The settlement was worth $1.8

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Broadcast Law Blog

MAY 22, 2022

The FCC issued a draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to be considered at its required monthly open meeting on June 8 that asks for public comment on its proposal to authorize LPTV stations operating on TV channel 6 to continue to provide an analog audio stream that can be received on FM radios at 87.7.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The report also mentioned a nearly 50 percent decrease in civilian casualties compared to the same period in 2022. A draft law would set out a procedure for dissolving any religious organization with ties to the Russian Federation.

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Customs & International Trade Law

APRIL 22, 2022

Here is a recap of the latest customs and international trade law news: AD/CVD. Interested parties are invited to submit comments on these preliminary results of review by May 19, 2022. In April 2022, U.S. On April 19, 2022, U.S. Period 3: August 7, 2022 to November 6, 2022 – 300,000 units without rollover.

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LawTechnologyToday

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The 2022 ABA Legal Technology Survey Report is published in five volumes: Online Research, Technology Basics & Security , Law Office Technology , Marketing & Communication Technology, Litigation Technology & E-Discovery. Continuing innovation in legal technology provides better and easier ways to practice law.

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JURIST

MARCH 16, 2023

A set of amendments currently under consideration before a State Duma legislative panel would strip Russian citizenship in cases where an individual from another country gained Russian citizenship, and then violated the law.

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