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OCTOBER 25, 2024

The next week has the potential to bring important developments for international governance of marine carbon dioxide removal (CDR). It is still in draft form and much of the wording is in square brackets, indicating that it has not yet been agreed amongst the parties. seaweed) for carbon storage. Countries, like the U.S.,

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OCTOBER 20, 2024

They raised serious concerns about McKinsey’s ties to the Chinese government and state-owned enterprises and questioned whether the firm should continue to be eligible for Department of Defense contracts. This push for scrutiny comes as McKinsey is reportedly restructuring its operations in China to minimize potential risks.

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JANUARY 27, 2025

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami launched the UCC alongside an official online portal , marking a significant milestone in Indias legal landscape. The UCC governs the registration of marriages, divorces, and live-in relationships. The 740-page draft was presented in February 2024 and passed by the state assembly shortly thereafter.

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JUNE 8, 2021

The US Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a second case involving the scope of the government’s ability to invoke state secret privilege and declined to hear a case challenging the male-only military draft on the basis of gender discrimination. When the court last reviewed the male-only draft rule in the 1981 decision Rostker v.

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DECEMBER 17, 2024

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the Egyptian government on Tuesday to revise the draft of the new asylum bill, known as the Law Regarding the Asylum of Foreigners (LRAF), and urged the government to consult with civil society and the United Nations (UN) Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to ensure that the bill aligns with international standards.

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JANUARY 3, 2025

Myanmar’s military government officially enacted a cybersecurity law on Wednesday that regulates digital communication and penalizes various cyber crimes, according to a local newspaper that has publishedthe first two sections of the law. The legislation, dubbed Cybersecurity Law No.

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APRIL 16, 2023

The groups cited numerous instances where the government of Armenia improperly restricted the use of social media sites like Tik Tok. The coalition also condemned the government’s decision to legitimize internet shutdowns, particularly given the state’s security threats from Azerbaijan.

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JANUARY 6, 2022

The Cybersecurity Administration of China (CAC) Wednesday published a draft of amendments to the Administrative Regulations on the Management of Mobile Internet Application Information Services issued in 2016. The draft contains 27 articles and places emphasis on data security, user privacy, and national security.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2025

The draft broadens the restrictions on freedom of expression. In a joint statement from Pakistani media organizations, the PFUJ condemned the government for enacting the legislation without consulting media and journalist groups. He stated that he would decide on the plea once the parties had presented their stance.

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OCTOBER 30, 2021

The Victorian government introduced a bill that would give pandemic management discretion to the state’s premier and health minister. The state never gave the Victoria Bar a draft, which is the traditional procedure. The bill would give the premier nearly full authority to declare a pandemic, with no limits to the duration.

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AUGUST 5, 2023

The Government of India introduced a new digital privacy bill in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India’s Parliament, on Thursday after withdrawing a similar privacy bill last year. A draft of the current bill was shared for consultation in December 2022.

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The Estrin Report

DECEMBER 26, 2024

The Legal Profession Can Be a Journey to Bigger and Better Opportunities By Chere B. Now, youve started circling Indeed and LinkedIn, reached out to legal recruiters and are quietly scanning job listings. Now, youve started circling Indeed and LinkedIn, reached out to legal recruiters and are quietly scanning job listings.

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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). “Ecocide” would be the first new crime to be adopted into international criminal law since 1945.

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MARCH 9, 2024

The Hong Kong government released the new national security bill on Friday and sent it to the Legislative Council (LegCo) for deliberation. While the government has repeatedly emphasized that the bill has received support from the vast majority, controversies and disputes have followed the bill’s introduction.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

After the closing of the third block of hearings of the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme earlier this month, it has been revealed that the Australian Government received numerous warnings that the Scheme was unlawful. The firm completed a draft report but was purportedly told by the Department that the report was no longer needed.

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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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DECEMBER 2, 2021

Afghanistan’s Taliban government has said that they are working on new Procedures to regulate salaries of civil servant employees in the country. This new Procedure designates salaries of the prime minister, his deputies, the intelligence department head, the administrative office of the prime minister, and other government officials.

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OCTOBER 27, 2022

The Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules is a committee of federal judges, practicing lawyers, law professors, state chief justices and officials from federal legal organizations. The US Supreme Court established the committee to help draft federal rules of procedure, which govern court proceedings in US federal courts.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The complaint comes one year after the legal destruction of historically and culturally significant rock shelters by the mining company Rio Tinto in the Pilbara region of Western Australia (WA) that sparked protests across the nation. The state government had given approval to the mining company to detonate explosives on the site in 2013.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MARCH 16, 2025

Government agencies have a different pace than in-house corporate legal departments. Attorneys are already carrying the legal responsibility and pressure of the case. I’ll never forget walking into his office with a draft motion and asking him a question about it. Small firms function differently than large firms.

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JUNE 24, 2021

The Indian government on Wednesday has proposed a new set of amendments to Consumer Protection (E-commerce) Rules, 2020 in response to complaints of unfair trade practices in the Indian e-commerce ecosystem. The draft of new amendments is now open to public comments for 15 days.

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JANUARY 12, 2021

The Greek government submitted a bill to the country’s Hellenic Parliament Friday in an attempt to increase its territorial waters. The bill must now be passed by the Hellenic Parliament and will come into force upon publication in the government gazette. ” The Convention was created in 1982 and ratified by Greece in 1995.

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DECEMBER 8, 2021

The government has other options for land ownership reform. The government is currently drafting a land distribution act that will regulate land distribution in urban and semi-urban areas, as well as a communal act that promises to give security of tenure to those living in areas controlled by traditional leaders.

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OCTOBER 23, 2021

They found that governments in Africa are abusing new technology and surveillance laws to violate citizens’ privacy rights. The report is the first comparative analysis of African legal frameworks on surveillance covering Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, and Sudan.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 6, 2022

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of paralegals and legal assistants is projected to grow 12 percent from 2020 to 2030, faster than the average for all occupations. Paralegals and legal assistants held about 345,600 jobs in 2020. Federal Government 5%. What is a Government Paralegal?

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

The Sri Lanka Cabinet of Ministers has approved the drafting of two bills to promote cybersecurity as proposed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in his capacity as the Minister of Defense and the Minister of Technology. A draft bill is scrutinized by a sectoral oversight committee of the parliament before voting.

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JURIST

JUNE 13, 2021

The Bundestag adopted the draft law by a large majority. The resulting final draft requires companies to act on specific incidents, and then only if they have substantiated knowledge of the abuse. The law introduces a shift to mandatory compliance with international norms on labor exploitation.

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OCTOBER 20, 2021

Pederson told the press on Sunday that the co-chairs nominated by the government and the opposition have agreed to commence the constitutional reform process. The opposition and government each nominated 50 members, and civil society nominated the last 50 members.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2023

After backlash against the Digital Security Act (DSA), which was criticised for containing ambiguous and overbroad provisions that allow authorities to police online space, the government pledged significant legal changes in response to concerns raised by human rights organisations.

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MARCH 31, 2022

“This bill gives those families not just a voice but a legal right to request a review or full reinvestigation of the homicide of their loved one. Further, if a cold case is taken under review, the bill requires the federal government to reach out to relatives of homicide victims to alert them of any updates.

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LawSites

JUNE 21, 2023

A new generative AI product for immigration lawyers announced today is designed to help them conduct research, draft and summarize complex legal documents, and engage with potential clients through a chat interface. Gen, a GPT-based legal research and summarization tool, built on a rich library of immigration content.

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JULY 10, 2023

On Saturday, the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee joined ten other government departments to issue a notice titled ‘Notice of Special Cleaning and Correction of Forum Activities’ to action an overhaul the internet and eliminate misinformation and tamps down counterfeit forums.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The military junta even failed to follow its own requirements for taking control of the country as specified in the 2008 constitution that the military itself drafted. This coup is truly illegal in every sense of the word. The international community must refuse to recognize this illegal regime.

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JANUARY 27, 2021

The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) produced a draft final report on Tuesday, stating that the US should pursue the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology for military use and development.

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OCTOBER 26, 2021

The Australian Government on Monday published a draft of a new online privacy act regulating social media companies. However, the draft represents the Australian Government’s intent to bolster regulations on online and social media organizations.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The law firm that drafted it worked exclusively with national government officials. On top of that, the assessment showed no evidence of consultation with external experts such as international organisations, national human rights experts or workers who have suffered human rights abuses.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Several lawyers are among the 241 persons previously known to have been detained, including Kyaw Hoe, chief minister of the Shan State government, and U Myo Aung in Myawaddy Township, Karen State. . Some sources are also suggesting that another full Internet cut-off may be coming in Myanmar as early as this Saturday, February 14.

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