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OCTOBER 28, 2024

Freshfields is looking to grow here. The post International Biglaw Firm’s Expansion Plan Comes To U.S. Cities appeared first on Above the Law.

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner filed a civil lawsuit against Elon Musk and America PAC on Monday. The lawsuit alleges that the petition, with an offer to pay Pennsylvania registered voters, amounts to illegal lottery. In the complaint, Krasner argues that this petition violates the State Lottery Law by organizing an unauthorized lottery.

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

“Secret Files in Election Case Show How Judges Limited Trump’s Privilege; The partly unsealed rulings, orders and transcripts open a window on a momentous battle over grand jury testimony that played out in secret, creating important precedents about executive privilege”: Charlie Savage and Alan Feuer of The New York Times have this report.

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

Virginia elections officials filed an emergency application to stay with the US Supreme Court Monday, requesting the court restore a state program that would remove 1,600 individuals from state voter lists. The request comes immediately following the US Court of Appeals for Fourth Circuit’s refusal to revive the program on Sunday. In their application to the Supreme Court, Virginia officials argue that the voter removal program only applies to the removal of noncitizens and that the quiet

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

“Abortion Rights Dominate State Supreme Court Justice Campaigns; State high courts ‘new battleground’ for abortion rights; Arizona campaigns defend justices from removal efforts”: Brenna Goth of Bloomberg Law has this report.

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

“The 1798 Law Inspiring Trump’s Mass Deportation Dreams: America has left a loaded anti immigrant gun lying around; A future administration could pick it up and use it against millions of people.” You can access the new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Myanmar’s security forces arrested Nay Soe Maung, son-in-law of former longtime military ruler Than Shwe, for allegedly posting inflammatory statements on his Facebook account , state-run media reported Thursday. Nay Soe Maung is currently the head of Mingalardon Hospital and a retired military general. His father is General Tin Sein. Nay Soe Maung is said to reside in Mayangon Township, Yangon, but he was arrested at 6 pm in Pyigyidagun Township, Mandalay Division.

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

“Fifth Circuit Election Madness, a Post-Mortem on Roe, & the War on Drugs”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link or on YouTube.

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

Several human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, demonstrated concerns on Monday over a “flawed” human rights assessment of Saudi Arabia’s FIFA 2034 World Cup bid. The 11 organizations issued a joint communication including a list of concerns regarding the human rights assessment from AS&H Clifford Chance, a Saudi law firm.

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

“105. The Supreme Court and the 2024 Election, Part I: A quick overview of the election-related disputes that are likely to reach the justices between now and next Tuesday — and the big one that almost certainly won’t.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The government of the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe extended a territory-wide curfew on Saturday which applied from 7PM until 6AM Sunday for public safety reasons after a strike by workers at the EDF-PEI power plant shut down the island’s electricity supply on Friday. The order marked an extension of the curfew imposed Friday from 7PM to 6AM Saturday, “to prevent the risk of public order disturbance in the context of the general power outage” Guadeloupe lost power on Fr

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 28, 2024

But what if we call the winners subcontractors? Is that cool? The post Musk Sued By PA District Attorney For Running Illegal Election Lottery appeared first on Above the Law.

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

At the Everlaw Summit in San Francisco last week, the annual customer conference of the e-discovery company Everlaw, founder and CEO AJ Shankar delivered a keynote address in which he announced the general availability of three generative AI features the company first introduced last year and had been developing in beta ever since.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Biglaw partners seem to be pretty pleased with their financials. The post Biglaw Partners Are Making Bank, ‘Very Satisfied’ With Their Pay appeared first on Above the Law.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read: Virginia Asks US Supreme Court to Allow Purge of Voter Rolls (Zoe Tillman, Bloomberg) Appeals court rejects Virginia’s request to continue its late voter-purge program (Chris Geidner, Law Dork) Anti-abortion groups want Supreme Court to get rid of protest-free zones at clinics (Maureen Groppe, USA Today) The Supreme Court and the 2024 Election, Part I (St

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Clifford Chance Is Switching Things Up: Being a partner really pays ! Crossing The Pond: Magic Circle firm wants to open offices in Texas and Boston. No Thoughts In The Study Room: Harvard punishes faculty for protesting by reading quietly in the library. Timing Issues: Judges ignore history to get textual about what the "Day" in "Election Day" means.

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LLRX

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Like physical moves, not the jurisprudence of the Court. The post Tracking The Moves Of The Supreme Court appeared first on Above the Law.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Written by Fanni Murányi, who will defend her PhD on Children’s rights, private law and criminological perspectives of parental child abduction at the Eötvös Loránd University (expected in 2024). In this short summary of her research, Fanni highlights her conclusions on the role of the child’s views in abduction cases and the link between international child abduction and criminal law.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Bob Jordan may live to regret this ‘victory.’ The post Paul Singer Settles For Torturing Southwest CEO Rather Than Firing Him appeared first on Above the Law.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Amazon and Google filed parallel lawsuits Monday in federal court against the entities behind a website they say facilitates fake product and business reviews, saying in an announcement that the two tech giants teamed up to "take action against bad actors attempting to deceive customers.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Soap opera or legal ethics lapse? Feels like both. The post Who Knew What When? The Latest In The Judge/Partner Romantic Scandal Rocking The Legal World appeared first on Above the Law.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Boeing launched plans Monday to sell common and preferred stock estimated to raise nearly $19 billion, potentially easing the aviation giant's cash crush amid a prolonged strike and production setbacks, represented by Kirkland & Ellis LLP and underwriters' counsel Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Wow! The top UK-based firm really wants to make it rain on its partners. The post Biglaw Firm Revamps Its Lockstep Partner Comp System To Offer Huge Paydays To Top Talent appeared first on Above the Law.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 28, 2024

A recent crop of suits accusing large employers of violating nondiscrimination provisions in federal benefits law by making workers who use nicotine pay more for health insurance underscore the risk of using fees to offset healthcare costs, attorneys say. Here are five nicotine surcharge suits to keep an eye on.

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