JURIST

JANUARY 22, 2024

After the law passed France’s parliament by a wide margin in October of 2023 (349 – 186), a group of four parties from the National Assembly filed a “last resort” action with France’s Constitutional Council seeking to invalidate up to 20 provisions within the newly-passed law.

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JURIST

JANUARY 18, 2024

In July 2023, a coalition of Texas bookstores, national booksellers, authors, and publishers filed a legal challenge in a Texas district court. The post US appeals court rules Texas law censoring ‘sexually explicit’ school books likely unconstitutional appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

MARCH 23, 2025

February 9th’s presidential election resulted in a tie between President Daniel Noboa, who has held office since November 2023, and Luisa Gonzlez. Various rule of law and human rights concerns have emerged during Noboa’s presidency.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The UK Supreme Court unanimously ruled Wednesday that an “inventor” under the Patents Act 1977 must be a “natural person” and not artificial intelligence (AI). In early December 2023, the EU reached a provisional agreement for the AI Act, the world’s first artificial intelligence regulation.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Judge Coleen McMahon, presiding over the case, found that the plaintiffs failed to establish Article III standing—a prerequisite to bringing their claims to federal court. The court ruled that the plaintiffs did not demonstrate a “concrete injury-in-fact” to pursue damages or injunctive relief under the DMCA.

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JURIST

JANUARY 10, 2024

The year 2023 will be remembered as a year of constitutional crisis in Pakistan’s history. The Supreme Court, in March 2023, while deciding that due to a delay in the announcement of a date it was not feasible to conduct elections on 9th April, ordered the ECP to propose another date.

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JURIST

JANUARY 21, 2024

However, following this court ruling, personal proceedings against Adams can go ahead. This claim was issued shortly before the introduction of the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 under which a “relevant Troubles-related civil action” may not be brought.

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JURIST

JULY 4, 2023

COURT RULES the creation of 50 Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) positions did not comply with the Constitution. As it currently stands, on Tuesday, Attorney General (AG) Justin Muturi has filed a notice of appeal against Monday’s High Court ruling that invalidated the CAS appointment.

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JURIST

MAY 13, 2024

The High Court of Northern Ireland delivered a setback to UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda deportation policy by ruling that substantial sections of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 (IMA) violate human rights laws and should not be enforced in Northern Ireland.

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JURIST

JANUARY 19, 2024

The operation occupies the same land as traditional reindeer herding grounds, despite a 2021 Norwegian Supreme Court ruling calling for an end to the turbines operation, according to a statement from the Saami activists’ attorneys.

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JURIST

APRIL 30, 2024

The report recommends that the UK repeal the controversial new Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 , which is set to come into force on May 1. Previously the Northern Ireland High Court ruled that the Legacy Act 2023 is incompatible with the ECHR, to which the UK lodged an appeal.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Since Arvalo took office in January, these actions include attempts to strip the president of his immunity and a controversial court ruling that canceled the legal registration of Arvalo’s political party Movimiento Semilla.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The district court confirmed the revenue sharing award in November 2019, finding the Seneca Nation did not show the Secretary’s approval governed the agreement and that the renewal was not an amendment to the compact requiring new approval in either case.

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JURIST

JANUARY 31, 2024

The ruling creates the potential for political bans on the party and its members if found in violation of the law. The case stems from a petition that alleged the MFP violated the “lèse-majesté” law during the country’s 2023 elections.

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JURIST

MARCH 13, 2024

A federal district judge found the city of Flint, Michigan in contempt Wednesday for its failure to finish the replacement of lead-contaminated pipes in the city’s water supply system according to a timeline laid out in a 2023 court order. While the city was found in contempt, Flint Mayor Sheldon Neely escaped sanction.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 6, 2024

This also comes in the wake of authorities investigating the government in January 2023 for the government’s decision to open protected green belt lands to housing developments. Further, a challenge began in September for the government’s More Beds, Better Care Act.

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JURIST

APRIL 9, 2024

The court highlighted the fines as unnecessary and disproportionate reactions to the protests. Eighteen Indigenous Sami activists participated in demonstrations in February and March 2023 in opposition to the operation of wind turbines in the Fosen region. The demonstrators blocked entrances to governmental buildings and were arrested.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 24, 2025

Several of the courts conservative justices expressed skepticism about the map and about whether the 2022 ruling on which Louisiana relied to justify the creation of a second majority-Black district in the state was actually correct, but it was unclear whether those concerns would be enough to uphold the lower courts ruling.

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JURIST

APRIL 22, 2024

According to the report, the Australian Human Rights Commission conducted inspections, interviews and consultations throughout 2023 to ensure compliance with international obligations as part of its ongoing monitoring efforts on immigration detention.

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JURIST

JANUARY 29, 2024

SFFA, the same group behind the 2023 Supreme Court ruling that effectively barred race in admissions, finding it to be unconstitutional, has since sued West Point and the Naval Academy for their race-based exception, arguing a violation of the Equal Protection Clause in the US Constitution.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The latest order from the panel enjoins the state of Alabama from using the 2023 map, finding that it continues to perpetuate the same Section 2 violations that the panel identified during previous litigation. The case has not only been before the same judicial panel once before, it has also made its way to the US Supreme Court.

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JURIST

APRIL 22, 2024

California , the Supreme Court ruled that it’s unconstitutional for a state to punish someone for being a drug addict (a status) rather than for committing a specific act such as selling drugs (conduct). In 2020, the district court ruled that the city’s homelessness-related ordinances were unconstitutional.

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JURIST

JANUARY 13, 2024

Starbucks then appealed the case to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, arguing that the lower court should have applied the traditional four-factor preliminary injunction test rather than the lenient NLRB test. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) also went on strike in 2023, ending a month before the SAG-AFTRA strike.

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JURIST

APRIL 11, 2024

The General Court of the EU revoked on Wednesday the restrictive measures imposed on Mikhail Fridman and Petr Aven, two Russian billionaires, between February 2022 and March 2023. The court ruled that the provided reasons in the initial acts were insufficiently substantiated.

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JURIST

JANUARY 27, 2024

A Moscow court ruled on Friday to extend the sentence of imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich by two months. Gershkovich, a US citizen, has been detained in Moscow since March 29, 2023 on espionage charges. This is the fourth extension of his sentence.

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JURIST

MARCH 6, 2025

Quashing the convictions, the court ruled that the prosecution must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the subject person or organization was a “foreign agent.” The issue is whether the prosecution can rely on a heavily redacted investigation report to prove the offense.

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JURIST

MARCH 29, 2024

The UN Committee on Human Rights called on the UK on Thursday to withdraw the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill and certain provisions of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 due to human rights concerns. The Committee urged the UK to uphold such a principle “in both law and practice.”

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JURIST

AUGUST 7, 2024

The Constitutional Court ruled that this proposal violated the Thai constitution, which mandates protection for the monarchy. In the 2023 general elections, the MFP won the most seats in the House of Representatives.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Japan’s Okayama Family Court Tsuyama Branch ruled in favor of Tacaquito Usui , allowing him to legally change his gender to male without having to undergo sterilization surgery, a controversial requirement struck down in 2023 as unconstitutional by Japan’s Supreme Court.

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Law 360

DECEMBER 15, 2023

During a busy 2023, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court upheld a strict fiduciary rule for Robinhood in a landmark decision, said a handshake can't save a $19 million Wynn Resorts land deal, and affirmed the right to be a total jerk at public meetings.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Friday partially reinstated 2023 laws in Hawaii and California banning the carry of firearms in certain “sensitive places.” One reason for the different outcomes in Hawaii and California is that the 2022 US Supreme Court ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

To combat the social and political upheaval, the UN launched in later 2023 a one-year multinational mission led by Kenya to help Haiti through its humanitarian crisis. However, this multinational mission has been plagued by social and political challenges.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Both petitions appear to be in response to the Thai Constitutional Court ruling last Wednesday against the MFP, giving unequivocal protection to the country’s lese-majeste law. The court also added that the “Move Forward Party must cease all attempts to amend the lese-majeste law.”

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JURIST

AUGUST 22, 2024

The appellate division of the Seoul Central District Court ordered on Thursday that the Japanese corporation Nippon Steel pay 100 million won to the four children of a Korean citizen who was a victim of forced labor in Japan during the Second World War, local media reported. They previously demanded 200 million won.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 17, 2024

“Share of Black Harvard Law Students Drops in First Class After Affirmative Action Ruling”: Akshaya Ravi of The Harvard Crimson has this report.

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The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

21, 2023) (Hector Gonzalez), the District Court for the Eastern District of New York granted the plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment regarding the validity of its copyright. In JBrick, LLC v. Chazak Kinder, Inc. et al , 1-21-cv-02883 (EDNY Sep.

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JURIST

MAY 18, 2021

Critics of both Mnangagwa’s move to extend Malaba’s term and of Amendment 2 argue that the executive is thereby vested with more power ahead of the country’s next presidential elections scheduled for 2023. The High Court on Saturday held that Amendment 2 must first be put to a referendum before its enactment.

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