JURIST

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Meeting in Vienna and Riga, the Core Group, comprising representatives from various countries, welcomed Ukraine’s ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, which includes the Kampala Amendment on the crime of aggression.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 1, 2024

This represents a significant change from the 2019 Raise the Age law , which allowed most 16- and 17-year-olds to remain under juvenile court jurisdiction regardless of the severity of the charges. For youth ages 13 to 15, serious felony cases may also be moved from adult criminal court back to the juvenile system.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Armenia officially became the 124th State Party to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday after Ambassador Mher Margaryan deposited Armenia’s accession documents in a ceremony held at the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs, where Margaryan presented the instrument of ratification to the Director of the Treaty Section.

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JURIST

JUNE 20, 2021

The US Supreme Court on Thursday reversed a ruling that allowed several individuals to sue food corporations Nestlé USA and Cargill over child slavery claims, limiting corporate liability under the Alien Tort Statute. The case which the Supreme Court decided was Nestlé USA, Inc. Doe I, consolidated with Cargill, Inc.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 31, 2022

Managing an increasing volume of cases and court deadlines– sometimes in multiple jurisdictions – is one of the biggest time management challenges for law firms. . The statute of limitations ran out due to his forgetting the deadline. A Tennessee lawyer was suspended and put on probation after failing to file a personal injury case.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a group of Virginia drivers challenging a state motor vehicle law was not entitled to reimbursement of their attorneys fees even though a federal district court issued an order in their favor that temporarily prohibited the state from enforcing the law and the states legislature repealed the law.

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Above The Law

MARCH 5, 2025

(Photo by Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images) One of the quickest lessons you pick up in law school is that the path to knowing the law doesn’t end at finding a line in the Constitution or a statute and reading it aloud to anyone who would hear it. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Alana C.

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JURIST

JANUARY 17, 2023

The US Supreme Court Tuesday heard oral arguments in Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. United States , a case which will determine if US district courts have subject matter jurisdiction over criminal prosecutions of foreign sovereigns and their instrumentalities.

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JURIST

JUNE 23, 2021

After six months of deliberation, a panel of 12 independent legal experts from across the globe on Tuesday unveiled a working definition of “ecocide” that they hope will be adopted by the International Criminal Court (ICC).

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JURIST

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Accordingly, Krasner invites the court to issue an injunction to restrain the petition. ” At this time, the civil lawsuit is in its early stages, but Krasner is planning to litigate the issue in court. The petition invites people to sign on in support of the First and Second Amendments.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed a lower court’s ruling that a state law violated the youth plaintiffs’ right to a clean and healthful environment under the state constitution. ” The court also ruled against the state’s argument that the plaintiffs lacked standing in the case.

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JURIST

APRIL 22, 2025

The US Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge Monday to the appellate court decision that struck down Minnesota law prohibiting adults aged 18-20 from obtaining a permit to own guns and carry them in public. The court supported its decision by a 2022 US Supreme Court decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc.

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JURIST

JANUARY 24, 2024

The US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Tuesday a lower court order and ruled against a trailer park in a case involving the application of the Fair Housing Act (FHA). The court found that the policy had a disproportionate impact on Latino residents.

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JURIST

MARCH 31, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled Monday that Missouri is not barred from enforcing a state law that criminalizes misleading advertisements of vegan food products as containing meat. The companies alleged that the statute violated their First Amendment and due process rights, as well as the Dormant Commerce Clause.

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JURIST

MAY 12, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit found Tuesday that a racist slur used by a former military officer was protected speech under the First Amendment. The Virginia Supreme Court has narrowly interpreted Virginia Code § 18.2-416 Because of this, the court reversed the conviction.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 31, 2025

High Court Rejects Challenge to Statute Shielding Gun Companies From Civil Suit”: Aleeza Furman of The Legal Intelligencer has this report on a unanimous ruling that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued today.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

According to the statement, Israel submitted two legal briefs to the ICC. According to the statement, Israel submitted two legal briefs to the ICC. Beyond contesting the court’s jurisdiction, Israel contended that the request for arrest warrants violates the Rome Statute of the ICC and the principle of complementarity.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 22, 2021

For a recent Reinventing Professionals podcast, I talked with Jacqueline Schafer, the founder and CEO of Clearbrief , a platform that uses AI to improve the accuracy of legal writing by identifying how well a writer’s sentence is supported by the source document. Legal writing has really specific requirements. seed round.

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JURIST

MARCH 11, 2025

According to the Philippines Presidential Communication Office, INTERPOL Manila arrested Duterte at the airport upon his arrival from Hong Kong, after receiving the arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the same day. The arrest has also triggered protests at the airport from his supporters.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit by landlords challenging part of New York’s eviction moratorium statute. Five landlords and a real estate industry trade group in New York sued the state court administration and county sheriffs on May 6.

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JURIST

AUGUST 7, 2024

23 states have either renewed or amended their declarations of intervention in the ongoing International Court of Justice (ICJ) case brought by Ukraine against Russia concerning allegations of genocide in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, according to a Tuesday ICJ press release.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

There is a “very credible case” that the Chinese government has committed acts against the Uighur population in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) that constitute genocide and crimes against humanity, according to a 105-page legal opinion published Monday.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The Oklahoma Supreme Court reversed Tuesday a $465 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) for public nuisance through its prescription opioid marketing campaign in the state. The Court applies the nuisance statutes to unlawful conduct that annoys, injures, or endangers the comfort, repose, health, or safety of others.

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JURIST

MAY 25, 2021

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday against a non-US citizen who was contesting his indictment for unlawful re-entry into the country. In that case, it was held that under the relevant federal statute, DUI convictions such as that of Palomar-Santiago’s are not aggravated felonies. The case, US v.

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JURIST

JUNE 15, 2021

The US Supreme Court declined Monday to take up an appeal by a group of oil companies challenging a California state court ruling permitting two California cities to sue for damages related to climate change, meaning the case will be heard in state court.

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JURIST

JANUARY 9, 2025

In a decision last year, Haddon-Cave, a judge in the Court of Appeal, had said unequivocally that his investigation will provide open copies of exhibits and witness statements with the required redactions, together with summaries of oral testimony provided during closed hearings.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The Nebraska Supreme Court ordered the state’s Secretary of State to implement Legislative Bill (LB) 20 on Wednesday, providing for the automatic restoration of voting rights for felons in Nebraska upon completion of their sentence.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The US Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 opinion Thursday that mistakes of law—and not only mistakes of fact—could protect parties from losing their copyrights on grounds of inaccurate registration. Unicolors, a fabric design company, sued fashion giant Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) for copyright infringement in 2020.

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JURIST

APRIL 30, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit concluded Thursday that Kentucky may enforce price gouging laws against sellers on Amazon, overturning a district court preliminary injunction. ” Additionally, a second relevant statute in this case prohibits misleading trade conduct. .”

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JURIST

APRIL 14, 2023

The US Supreme Court Friday issued a 9-0 opinion in Axon Enterprise, Inc. Federal Trade Commission , holding that separate legal challenges to the structure of the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) may proceed in federal court.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The Supreme Court on Monday denied an appeal by Johnson & Johnson seeking to halt lawsuits alleging that the company failed to warn consumers of the dangers posed by talcum powder in their products. The Justices did not comment when they denied the petition for a writ of certiorari , which is customary.

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JURIST

JUNE 5, 2021

In a 6-3 decision on Thursday, the US Supreme Court held that a former police sergeant did not violate the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) when he used his patrol car computer to access a police database for personal purposes.

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JURIST

AUGUST 22, 2021

” The statute for apprehension and detention of non-citizen immigrants, 8 U.S. ” The statute for apprehension and detention of non-citizen immigrants, 8 U.S. The government appealed, hoping that the appeals court would rule in its favor that requiring the burden of proof to be placed on the immigrant satisfied due process.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

The United States and the Kingdom of Sweden Thursday filed declarations of intervention in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the case of Ukraine v. Under Article 63 of the Statute of the Court , states may intervene in the proceedings if the outcome will bind them. Russian Federation.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Dewberry Engineers is whether a federal court calculating the defendants profits in a trademark infringement lawsuit can include all the profits of related entities in the same corporate group. The problem, though, Kagan explained, is that this is not a tenable take on the decisions below, which never considered that portion of the statute.

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JURIST

MARCH 31, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Monday denied the federal government’s motion to stay a district court decision striking down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) eviction moratorium. In response to COVID-19, the CDC ordered a nationwide moratorium on residential evictions last fall.

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JURIST

MARCH 7, 2022

The District Court of Stockholm convicted a woman Friday for failing to prevent her 12-year-old son from being used as a child soldier in the Syrian civil war. The district court’s judgment rested on the finding of a crime by omission. The court sentenced the woman to 6 years in prison.

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