JURIST

OCTOBER 1, 2024

In 2001, the court found Aldo Zuccolillo guilty and sentenced him to the payment of a fine, to which he appealed. The Appeals court changed the sentence in 2002 and sentenced Zuccolillo to a heavier fine. At the end of its press release, the IACHR recommended five redress measures for the State of Paraguay.

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JURIST

JULY 2, 2024

Fraser Ellis , an independent MP representing the Narungga electoral district in the South Australian House of Assembly, was found guilty of four counts of deception in breach of s 139 of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act (SA) , for fraudulent use of the Parliamentary Country Members Accommodation Allowance.

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JURIST

APRIL 23, 2021

The court, presided by Judge Min Seong-cheol, ruled that the Japanese government enjoys sovereign immunity under customary international law, by which principle it is exempt from the jurisdiction of courts in other countries. It stated that seizing the assets could amount to a violation of international law.

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JURIST

MARCH 29, 2021

The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that keeping people in jail based solely on their inability to post bail is unconstitutional. The purpose of bail is to protect the public interest and to assure that those who are released from jail will return to court.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

This deviation from the standard 12-person jury was permitted by the 1970 US Supreme Court ruling in Williams v. Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh dissented to the court’s denial.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 24, 2021

The Court on Friday concluded that email services are different from conventional telecommunication providers in Switzerland, and thus, should not be subject to the same kinds of data storage requirements.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 11, 2021

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that prior convictions for crimes of reckless violence aren’t sufficient to trigger additional years of imprisonment for felons convicted of gun possession, reports the Wall Street Journal. Lower courts rejected his argument, and he was sentenced under the career-criminal law.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 20, 2024

In Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist , a court informs the irascible character of Mr. Bumble that it assumes a level of control of his wife’s conduct. Mr. Bumble responds that “if the law supposes that, the law is a ass – a idiot.” Village of Egg Harbor that a sidewalk is not a “pedestrian way.” In Regina v.

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JURIST

APRIL 5, 2022

Dwyer separately initiated a civil action in Ireland’s High Court challenging a 2011 Irish data law on the basis that it violated EU law. The High Court ruled for Dwyer, and prosecutors appealed to the Irish Supreme Court. The Irish Supreme Court then referred the question to the Court of Justice.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 30, 2021

Since Foster v Driscoll [1929] 1 KB 470, common law courts have recognised that contracts made with the intention to commit a criminal offence in a foreign state are unenforceable, even if the contract contemplated an alternative mode or place of performance.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

If you’re a paralegal and you’ve asked yourself, where do I want to take my career from here or if you’ve ever questioned if the skills that you’re obtaining as a paralegal working in a law firm could eventually transfer to a career that’s outside the typical law firm this interview will give you great insights.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

New York Democrats continue to pass laws that are virtually guaranteed to be struck down and further reinforce Second Amendment rights. The latest provision involves the possible criminal prosecution for possessing a gun on private property if owner has not approved such possession on the premises. Bruen, 142 S. in Christian v.

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MyCase

AUGUST 1, 2022

Time Management Software for Law Firms . Capturing hours that previously went unbilled is among the greatest benefits of time management software for law firms. Time-consuming invoice creation is one of the biggest challenges facing law firms. As per our research, 52% of law firm respondents struggle with it.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 28, 2022

The opinion is a victory for physicians prescribing innovative treatments that they believe serve legitimate medical purposes, and it should assuage concerns about a ruling that could have chilled more doctors from prescribing needed pain treatments. The case, Ruan v. Referencing a “a longstanding presumption, traceable.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Michael Kimberly, arguing for Denezpi, opened by stating that the law-making and law-enforcing aspects of sovereignty are equally important to determining whether expressions of sovereign power are separate. Kimberly responded that those issues might arise in future cases but are not before the court in Denezpi.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

In covering the motions hearing last week in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, I noted a surprising comment from Judge Bruce Schroeder that he had “spent hours” with the Wisconsin gun law and could not state with certainty what it means in this case. Criminal laws are supposed to be interpreted narrowly.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 8, 2022

Jay Inslee called for the criminalization of “lies” about election results. Such a law would threaten political speech and create a chilling effect for those who want to raise such concerns in contested elections. We have seen other Democratic leaders use the criminal process in similarly reckless fashions.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 17, 2022

This is a guest post by Izaak Weaver-Herrera, JD student at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Supreme Court held that § 1782 discovery may be ordered only if the assembled “foreign or international tribunal” is a body which has been conferred governmental or intergovernmental authority.

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LegalTalkNetwork

JULY 3, 2019

All in all our convention coverage spanned 15 episode with 26 participants including Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles T Canady, Florida Bar President-Elect Dori Foster-Morales, and return guests like Denis deVlaming and Kevin Johnson. Florida Bar Annual Convention 2019: Employment Law Updates.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The post Canada Supreme Court rules mandatory minimum sentencing for child luring unconstitutional appeared first on JURIST - News. She iterated that Parliament has the autonomy to prioritise denunciation and deterrence, as long as it does not completely exclude rehabilitation.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 13, 2021

The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. The Court sought to create “breathing space” for the media by articulating that standard that now applies to both public officials and public figures.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 13, 2021

Courts have upheld the right of citizens to insult police, which is an unfortunate aspect of policing. Thus, in 2015, the Washington Supreme Court ruled that police could not arrest a 17-year-old who called them “pigs.”

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 6, 2023

The court ruled that “mere epithets” directed at a law enforcement officer are not exempt from First Amendment protections as fighting words. The Supreme Court has routinely ruled that the First Amendment protects profanity. In 1971, the Court ruled in Cohen v. California , 403 U.S.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 12, 2021

.” The language of the statute in my view is unconstitutional due to its sweeping criminalization of any “curse or abuse” that could “provoke a breach of the peace.” ” However, the appellate panel corrected noted that such laws are narrowly construed in light of controlling precedent.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Despite this history, a new decision out of the High Court is still shocking in its implications for further attacks on free speech. The court ruled that newspapers and television stations that post articles on social media sites like Facebook are liable for other third party comments on those posts. Craigslist, Inc. ,

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 3, 2023

The EU Sustainability Directive and Jurisdiction The Draft for a Corporate Sustainable Due Diligence Directive currently contains no rules on jurisdiction. It not only introduces corporate responsibility for human rights violations and environmental damage – as already found in some national laws (e.g. 22 (5) CSDDD.

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JURIST

AUGUST 7, 2024

The resolution was proposed by the International Law Section (ILS) of the ABA and received unanimous support from the delegates at the meeting. Sara Sandford, Attorney and former Chair of the ILS, stated that “the American Bar Association stood up for the rule of law and protection of human rights” by adopting the resolution.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The US Supreme Court Wednesday granted a request by death row inmate John Cruz for post conviction relief from his 2005 death sentence. In an opinion by Justice Sotomayor, the court ruled that the Arizona Supreme Court incorrectly held that the 2016 case Lynch v.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Written by Hadrien Pauchard (assistant researcher at Sciences Po Law School) In the Lafarge case (Cass. The decision addresses several key aspects of private international law in transnational criminal lawsuits and labour law.

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JURIST

APRIL 21, 2022

In a 6-3 decision, the US Supreme Court Thursday ruled that a state prisoner must satisfy the court precedents and federal law to receive habeas relief in Brown v. The decision impacts the standard federal courts use when deciding whether state trial courts’ constitutional errors are harmless.

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JURIST

APRIL 9, 2024

Arizona’s Supreme Court found on Tuesday that a 159-year-old law banning abortion is enforceable following the US Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn abortion rights case Roe v Wade, sending a 52-year-old case back to trial court. The 2022 ruling Dobbs v. The case, Planned Parenthood v.

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JURIST

APRIL 30, 2024

Law students and law graduates in Pakistan are reporting for JURIST on events in that country impacting its legal system. Abu Bakar Khan is a final year law student at University Law College, University of the Punjab. ” Finally, in 1972, the Supreme Court concluded that Yahya Khan (r. Government of Punjab.”

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 19, 2024

Share The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday in the case of a 76-year-old Texas woman , Sylvia Gonzalez, who was arrested on charges that she had violated a state law that prohibits tampering with government records. Senior U.S.

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JURIST

APRIL 25, 2022

” The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that the such a statutory scheme constitutes “compelled submission to general jurisdiction by legislative command” and violates the Constitution. Mallory appealed to the Supreme Court for review.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 7, 2021

The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) showed Kelley as eligible to buy such firearms despite his 2012 conviction by a general court martial of domestic assault on his wife and child. The court ruled that. That should have made him ineligible.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 14, 2022

Instead, he filed a lawsuit in federal district court, arguing that the school district had violated his First Amendment rights and federal civil rights laws. Kennedy came to the Supreme Court in 2018 seeking to get his job back while litigation continued. A panel of the U.S.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 15, 2021

As pointed out by Deborah Davis and Richard Leo, in a 2012 article for the New England Law Review , “Many, and perhaps most, of the interrogations in the (DNA exoneration) cases…. The court found that these “baby killer” statements were threats of physical violence that case law has reasonably found to be indicative of improper coercion.

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