JURIST

JULY 31, 2024

A UK High Court ruled Monday that a ban on puberty blockers issued in May 2024 in the UK was lawful. The claim failed on all three of its grounds, with the court concluding that the secondary legislation banning puberty blockers for under eighteens was in fact, lawful. risks and no or very limited clear benefits.”

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Tunisia’s Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) rejected on Monday a decision of the country’s Administrative Court reinstating three candidates for its presidential election on October 6. The upcoming 2024 Tunisian presidential elections are scheduled to be held on October 6.

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JURIST

JULY 7, 2024

The US Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled on Friday to reinstate the use of secure ballot drop boxes for the 2024 elections, reversing a prior ruling from 2022 by the court’s then-conservative majority that had banned this method for returning absentee ballots.

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JURIST

MARCH 23, 2025

Various rule of law and human rights concerns have emerged during Noboa’s presidency. In May 2024, President Noboa issued a new, localized, 60-day state of emergency even though the Constitutional Court ruled that the previous one was unconstitutional.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The Supreme Court of Wisconsin ruled 4-3 that the state legislature’s assembly district maps are unconstitutional under the Wisconsin Constitution on Wednesday and ordered new remedial maps to be drawn for the 2024 elections. Karofsky authored the majority opinion of the court. Justice Jill J.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 24, 2025

Share It was not clear at oral arguments on Monday how the Supreme Court will rule on a challenge to Louisianas latest redistricting plan. And with Republicans holding only a slim majority in the House of Representatives, the courts decision could affect the balance of power there.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, following years of temporary rule under the UN administration, which followed the Kosovo war in 1998-1999. In June 2024, the attempts by the government of Kosovo to open the Ibar Bridge in Mitrovica reignited tensions, leading to protests from ethnic Serbs within Kosovo.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 24, 2025

Share The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon added three more cases two of which will be argued together to its docket for the 2024-25 term. Drummond , the Oklahoma Supreme Court agreed with the states attorney general, Gentner Drummond, that the charter school board violated state law, the Oklahoma Constitution, and the U.S.

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JURIST

MAY 7, 2025

The jury found that “NSO engaged in malice, oppression, or fraud in violating the California Comprehensive Data Access and Fraud Act” WhatsApp brought its complaint against NSO , an Israeli cybersecurity company, on October 29, 2019, in the District Court for the Northern District of California.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Prominent Ugandan political activist and lawyer Norbert Mao announced on Monday that the case concerning prominent Ugandan opposition politician, Kizza Besigye, is in the course of transfer from the Ugandan Court Martial to the High Court. In this case, the Supreme Court ruled that civilians are not subject to military tribunals.

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JURIST

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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JURIST

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

WhatsApp Ireland Ltd has appealed a €225 million ($236 million) fine to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on Tuesday, the European Union’s highest court of appeal. WhatsApp took this step after its 2022 challenge of the decision was rejected by the General Court of the CJEU. billion fine in May 2024.

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JURIST

MARCH 8, 2025

The Seoul Central District Court ordered the release of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol from detention on Friday, citing procedural violations by prosecutors during Yoon’s arrest. This ruling allows President Yoon to await his impeachment trial and criminal proceedings from home.

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JURIST

MARCH 24, 2025

The South Korean Constitutional Court ruled on Monday that the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo was Illegitimate as his conduct, while partially unconstitutional, did not constitute a “betrayal of public trust” The decision effectively reinstates Duck-soo as acting president.

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JURIST

JANUARY 10, 2024

Recent developments in Pakistan’s upper house (Senate) have spurred a wave of uncertainty about the general elections scheduled for February 8, 2024. This debate has proven to be grist for the mill of the news industry, echoing in Court Room no 1 of Pakistan’s apex court. They file this dispatch from Lahore.

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JURIST

MARCH 6, 2025

The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal unanimously quashed on Thursday the convictions of opposition activists Chow Hang-tung, Tang Ngok-kwan and Tsui Hon-kwong of failing to comply with notice to provide information under Article 43 of the China-imposed National Security Law (NSL). The assembly in question was the vigil held on June 4, 2021.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The Swedish Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that climate activist Greta Thunberg’s legal challenge against the state for insufficient climate action is inadmissible. According to the Supreme Court press release, the case was assessed in stages.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 22, 2023

“Wisconsin Supreme Court rules legislative maps unconstitutional, orders new boundaries for 2024 vote”: Molly Beck and Jessie Opoien of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel have this report.

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APRIL 11, 2025

“North Carolina justices cast state Supreme Court election result into doubt; Democratic Justice Allison Riggs won her November election by 734 votes, but the court put into play enough votes to possibly hand the seat to her Republican challenger”: Patrick Marley of The Washington Post has this report.

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JURIST

MARCH 26, 2025

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday over a challenge to Louisiana’s recently redrawn voting map and its two Black-majority districts. But this has became life as usual for the states under this Court’s voting cases.” It is unclear how the court will rule in the case.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

The Criminal Code Amendment (Hate Crimes) Bill 2024 targets the most extreme types of damaging hate speech, which include supporting and threatening the use of force or violence against a group or a member of a group, as well as against a religious institution. .”

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The Georgia Supreme Court ruled on Monday that approximately 3,200 delayed mail-in ballots in Cobb County mail-in must be received by 7PM on Tuesday to be counted in the US election. The Cobb County Board of Elections expects the case to be appealed to the US Supreme Court which will render the final decision.

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JURIST

JUNE 11, 2022

The Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court’s First Judicial Department Friday declared the New York State Assembly’s redistricting map adopted in February as unconstitutional and void. The New York County Supreme Court will determine the process to redraw the assembly map for the 2024 elections.

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MARCH 4, 2025

A Nigerian government official on Sunday addressed the Supreme Court’s annulment of local elections, after months of silence, with the view that while he disagreed with the decision, he would respect the court’s ruling.The Supreme Court of Nigeria nullified the local government elections in the Rivers State on October 5, 2024.

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JURIST

JANUARY 6, 2025

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy appeared in court on Monday over allegations of receiving illegal funding from former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi for his 2007 presidential campaign. Following investigations and legal battles, the court ruled the claim admissible in 2013.

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JURIST

JULY 12, 2024

The Wisconsin Court of Appeals on Thursday mostly upheld a lower court’s decision that prevents the rejection of absentee ballots with address variations for upcoming elections. Last week, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that absentee ballot drop boxes could be used ahead of the November general election.

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Supreme Court”: Mike Cason of Alabama Media Group has this report. ” Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “ Federal Court Throws Out Alabama’s Revised Congressional District Map; Legislature’s redrawn map flouts Supreme Court ruling, judges say.”

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MAY 13, 2024

“Supreme Court rules on petition effort against A’s ballpark public financing bill”: Mick Akers of The Las Vegas Review-Journal has this report. And John Shea of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “ Nevada Supreme Court thwarts 2024 ballot challenge to A’s $380 million stadium handout.”

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JURIST

MAY 12, 2024

3 , issued by the Superior Court of Bogota, detailed the terms of his release, stating that Mancuso was granted a non-custodial alternative in the form of a commitment agreement, effectively ending his detainment under pretrial detention security measures within the jurisdiction. Document of Freedom No.

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Day on Torts

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The Tennessee Supreme Court has affirmed that the filing of a TPPA petition to dismiss by a defendant does not bar a plaintiff from voluntarily dismissing a case. 9, 2024), plaintiff filed suit against several defendants asserting claims for libel, intentional interference with business, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

El Salvador’s Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice ruled Friday that the country’s president can serve two consecutive terms. . The ruling was made by judges who were appointed by lawmakers in May from incumbent President Nayib Bukele’s party.

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2024

The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal of a controversy between Hungary and Holocaust survivors over Hungary’s confiscation of their property during World War II. This will be the second time the US Supreme Court is hearing this case. The Supreme Court ruled in the 2021 case Federal Republic of Germany v.

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JURIST

AUGUST 15, 2024

The Federal Administrative Court of Germany ruled on Wednesday to suspend the ban imposed by the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community (BMI) on COMPACT-Magazin GmbH, which is classified as a right-wing extremist company.

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JURIST

JUNE 26, 2023

The US Supreme Court removed a stay Monday in Ardoin v. Robinson , unblocking a lower court order requiring Louisiana to redraw its congressional map to include a second majority-Black district. Robinson had previously been stayed while the Supreme Court deliberated in a similar case regarding Alabama, Allen v.

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Law 360

JULY 30, 2024

Two potentially sweeping Massachusetts high court rulings and a long-awaited employment bill lingering in the State House are among the issues Bay State attorneys say they are monitoring closely heading into the latter half of 2024.

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JURIST

JULY 28, 2024

A Thailand court imposed Thursday an additional four-year imprisonment on an activist and human rights lawyer Arnon Nampa for defaming the Thai royal family and violating the Computer Crime Act through two social media posts made between January and April 2021.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MARCH 16, 2025

I had one of these in 2024, and it was such a hit! I needed information about an out-of-state subpoena, so I called the clerk of court. Double-check court rules, confirm filing requirements, and when in doubt, ask someone with authority and expertise. So go read the rules, and then let’s talk.”

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