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Justice Mahmud Jamal becomes first person of color to sit on Canada Supreme Court

JURIST

Preceding Jamal’s appointment, the Liberal government formed a non-partisan advisory board led by former Progressive Conservative Prime Minister Kim Campbell. Jamal previously taught constitutional law at McGill University in Montreal, Quebéc, and administrative law at Osgoode Hall in Toronto.

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New York sues New Jersey over compact governing Port of New York and New Jersey

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Share This week we highlight cert petitions (and one original action ) that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether New Jersey can withdraw from its Waterfront Commission Compact with New York concerning governance and law enforcement over the Port of New York and New Jersey. In New York v. Oakland Raiders.

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What To Do When You Receive a DEA Order to Show Cause

FDA Law Blog

The first is to request a hearing before one of DEAs administrative law judges (ALJs). To preserve your right to a hearing, you must file a request for a hearing with DEAs Office of Administrative Law Judges within thirty (30) days of service of the Order to Show Cause. Are You Allowed to Have an Attorney Represent You?

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“Government employees are not available to accept private clients”

Patently O

Correll is also a patent attorney and during that time Correll ran his own small firm. Government employees are not available to accept private clients or to represent clients other than their agency before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.” Why is this a problem — at least according to the USPTO “ U.S.

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Israel dispatch: Knesset vote to curtail ‘reasonableness doctrine’ would limit judiciary’s power to constrain arbitrary executive decisions

JURIST

This decision came as part of the attempted judicial reform that the current coalition government has been trying to pass. It sparked mass protests in January , due to fears that the proposed bills will limit judicial oversight of government decisions and weaken judicial independence.

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Justices Told SEC, FTC Challenges 'Waste' Courts' Resources

Law 360

Congress never intended federal district courts to hear constitutional challenges to administrative law proceedings like those before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Trade Commission, and allowing those courts to do so would be a waste of judicial resources, government attorneys told the U.S.

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Law Prohibits All Federal Employees from Representing Private Clients before the USPTO

Patently O

Kevin Correll worked for the US Navy as an engineer, but also moonlighted for years as a solo patent attorney (prosecuting 211 patent applications). That complaint was then decided against Correll an Administrative Law Judge and issued a 5-year suspension from practice. The key rule: 18 U.S.C. § distinguishing Van Ee v.

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