JURIST

MAY 26, 2024

Member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization ( WIPO ) approved a groundbreaking new treaty relating to intellectual property, genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge on Friday at a diplomatic conference in Geneva. The objective of this Treaty is to enhance the efficacy, transparency and quality of the patent system, and prevent patents from being granted “erroneously” for inventions that are not novel or inventive regarding genetic resources and tradit

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HowAppealing

MAY 26, 2024

“Coinbase’s Supreme Court Loss Is Its Own Fault; The cryptocurrency platform’s lawyers made a mistake — or perhaps executives failed to heed their counsel”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion. The post “Coinbase’s Supreme Court Loss Is Its Own Fault; The cryptocurrency platform’s lawyers made a mistake — or perhaps executives failed to heed their counsel” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

MAY 26, 2024

Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te called on China to work with the island to ensure regional stability on Sunday, following two days of Chinese war games near the island. The call for cooperation came amidst growing aggression towards Taiwan in recent days, with China undertaking two days of military drills surrounding Taiwan over the weekend. China said they intended the drills to punisht for what it perceives as “separatist acts” by the self-governed island, as well as a test o

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HowAppealing

MAY 26, 2024

“U.S. gun makers ask Supreme Court to block Mexico’s claims they’re responsible for cartel violence”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report. The post “U.S. gun makers ask Supreme Court to block Mexico’s claims they’re responsible for cartel violence” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

MAY 26, 2024

The Council of the European Union approved the EU Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence (CSDDD) on Friday. The CSDDD introduces obligations for EU and non-EU companies related to compliance with human rights and their impact on the environment. The approval by the Council means that the CSDDD is adopted as legislation and its approval comes after the proposal was initially blocked in February.

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JURIST

MAY 26, 2024

Thousands of people gathered in Spain’s Balearic Islands on Saturday to protest against mass tourism ahead of the upcoming summer season. Tourist numbers in the Spanish archipelago this summer are forecasted to exceed last year’s 14.4 million, as reported by the Spanish National Statistics Institute. Protesters carried posters and signs that read “SOS Residents, Enough Mass Tourism,” and “ Mallorca no es ven “ ( Mallorca is not for sale ).

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MAY 26, 2024

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JURIST

MAY 26, 2024

North Korea’s defense ministry accused the US and South Korea on Saturday of intensifying border reconnaissance activities and threatened military action, according to state media Voice of Korea and Korean Central News Agency. In a press statement, Kim Kang Il, vice president of North Korea’s defense ministry, protested against “hostile air espionage” by the US.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 26, 2024

(Posted on behalf of Professor Reid Mortensen) We are pleased to let you know about the establishment of the Australasian Association of Private International Law (‘AAPrIL’). AAPrIL is being established to promote understanding of private international law in Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, and the nations of the Pacific Islands. By ‘private international law’ (or ‘conflict of laws’), we mean the body of law that deals with cross-border elements in civil litigation and practice, w

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JURIST

MAY 26, 2024

Paris Criminal Court sentenced Friday in absentia three high ranking Syrian officials to life for complicity in crimes against humanity and war crimes, reported the International Federation for Human Rights. The defendants were Ali Mamlouk, advisor to President Bashar Al-Assad and former head of the National Security Bureau, Jamil Hassan, former head of the Syrian Air Force intelligence service and Abdel Salam Mahmoud, former head of investigations of the Syrian Air Force Intelligence in Mezzeh

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MAY 26, 2024

by Dennis Crouch For many years, there have been concerns about “biopiracy” – the misappropriation of genetic resources (GR) and traditional knowledge (TK) from indigenous peoples and local communities, often in developing countries. Biopiracy involves researchers or companies obtaining GR or TK, using it to develop commercial products like medicines, and obtaining patents without adequately compensating or getting permission from the original TK/GR holders.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 26, 2024

The latest issue (1/2024) of The European Legal Forum features a series of comments on the Proposal for a Council Regulation on Parenthood by Ilaria Queirolo on The Proposed EU Regulation on Parenthood: A critical Overview of the Rules on Jurisdiction ; Francesco Pesce on, The Law Applicable to Parenthood in the European Commission’s Regulation Proposal ; Stefano Dominelli on Recognition of Decisions and Acceptance of Authentic Instruments in Matters of Parenthood under the Commission’s 2022 Pro

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JonathanTurley

MAY 26, 2024

Black Lives Matter co-founder Melina Abdullah lost a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Police Department on Thursday. Abdullah, the running mate to independent presidential candidate Cornel West, claimed that the police engaged in racial and political harassment by responding to a swatting call at her home. She and West denounced the jury verdict as a miscarriage of justice.

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JURIST

MAY 26, 2024

Mexico extradited sons of El Chapo associate Nestor Isidro Perez Salas to the US on Saturday, US officials confirmed. Salas, also known as “El Nini”, allegedly served as the Sinaloa Cartel ‘s lead assassin. Salas was arrested in Mexico on November 22 2023 for violence and fentanyl trafficking through Mexico and into the US. He was one of the US’s most wanted criminals, with a 3 million USD bounty for his arrest.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 26, 2024

“The defendant’s laptop is real.” With those words and pictures like this one of Biden using crack, the Justice Department introduced the Hunter Biden laptop as evidence in his upcoming trial over federal gun violations. The federal prosecutors went on to denounce suggestions of Russian disinformation, long peddled by the Bidens, the media and former intelligence officials, as nothing more than a “conspiracy theory.” The media eagerly spread the claim of Russian disinformation

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JURIST

MAY 26, 2024

The Colombian Prosecutor’s Office formally charged former President Álvaro Uribe with witness tampering and procedural fraud on Friday. This development occurred during the Accusation Hearing held in the 44th Penal Circuit Court of Bogotá. The hearing, presided over by Judge Sandra Liliana Heredia, saw Uribe’s defense team’s request for nullification of the proceedings swiftly rejected.

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JURIST

MAY 26, 2024

Burkina Faso’s acting president Captain Ibrahim Traoré, who seized power following a 2022 coup , signed a new amended Transition Charter Saturday that extends the transition period to five years. The original charter called for the transition period to end in July 2024. Article 22 of the new Transition Charter states that the duration of the transition is set at sixty months starting from July 2, 2024.

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JURIST

MAY 26, 2024

US organization Missions in Haiti announced Friday that three of their members were shot and killed by a gang in Haiti. The Oklahoma-based group reported that married couple Davy and Natalie Lloyd, alongside Mission director Jude Montis, were ambushed as they left church in Port-au-Prince on Thursday evening. All three worked for Missions in Haiti, which has been operated by Davy Lloyd’s parents for more than two decades to help Haitian children.

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JURIST

MAY 26, 2024

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz announced Saturday that Israel will halt the Spanish consulate in Jerusalem from providing services to Palestinians in Judea and Samaria. The decision has come after a series of recognitions of Palestine by Ireland, Spain and Norway. The Israeli foreign ministry stated Wednesday that it had decided to summon the ambassadors of the three countries for a reprimand conversation.

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JURIST

MAY 26, 2024

JP Leskovich is a rising 3L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and JURIST’s News Managing Editor. He filed this dispatch from Phoenix. This is the second in a series of dispatches he’s filing as an embedded reporter for JURIST at the Model Constitutional Convention sponsored by the Center for Constitutional Design at ASU Law. Student delegates at the Model Constitutional Convention being held at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law this Memorial

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