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APRIL 8, 2025

Amnesty International warned that Salvadoran human rights activist Fidel Zavala faces an immediate risk of torture in a press release on Tuesday. Amnesty International urges Salvadoran authorities to protect Zavala’s physical and psychological safety and ensure all those detained receive a fair trial with the proper procedural guarantees. Zavala is a spokesperson for the human rights organization Unidad De Defensa De Derechos Humanos Y Comunitarios (UNIDEHC) and has previously denounced th

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Ed. note : Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. [T]hey are so arbitrary as to have no meaning to me anymore. [Harvard Law School] at six? Columbia and NYU at eight? I dont know what analysis can really be done at this point other than to comment that, as usual, these are wholly made up by U.S. News. They set the methodology so they choose what to prioritize, and they are consistently suspicious at the top while changing wildly for lower-ranked schools. — Dave Killoran , CEO of P

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JURIST

APRIL 8, 2025

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that states do not have a duty to prevent parliamentary privilege from revealing information protected by privacy injunctions, reaffirming the constitutional principle of parliamentary sovereignty. Well-known British businessman Sir Philip Green brought the challenge to the court, arguing that the UK’s “lack of controls on the use of parliamentary privilege to reveal information subject to an injunction.” According to Gree

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APRIL 8, 2025

Calling legal professionals, recruiters and coaches: Volunteer to help government lawyers who've lost their jobs. The post Get Involved: Volunteer to Support Federal Government Lawyers Job Searches appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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APRIL 8, 2025

“New Hampshire law against woke indoctrination of students goes to First Circuit; A states attempt to ban critical race theory provoked a lively debate about free speech and the nature of teaching”: Thomas F. Harrison of Courthouse News Service has this report. Yu can access the audio of today’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S.

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APRIL 8, 2025

April is the cruellist month, T.S.

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APRIL 8, 2025

“Luigi Mangione Deserves No Devotion; Demented fans are buying religious kitsch depicting the accused assassin”: Faith Bottum will have this op-ed in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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Law 360

APRIL 8, 2025

Eversheds Sutherland has brought back the former chief legal officer and corporate secretary for heavy construction materials manufacturer Argos North America Corp., strengthening its corporate practice with an attorney having experience in mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance, the firm announced Tuesday.

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APRIL 8, 2025

“In notorious Salvadoran prison, US deportees live in identical cells to convicted gangsters”: David Culver, Abel Alvarado, Evelio Contreras, and Rachel Clarke of CNN have this report.

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APRIL 8, 2025

A Florida cloud storage business has accused a former board member of securities fraud in federal court, alleging that a side agreement splitting a finder's fee with an unregistered broker he introduced for a merger deal wasn't disclosed, and now the company faces shutdown if an asset sale isn't halted.

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APRIL 8, 2025

“AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government cant bar its journalists”: David Bauder of The Associated Press has this report. And Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News reports that “ Judge Orders White House to Restore Associated Press Access.” You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia at this link.

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APRIL 8, 2025

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APRIL 8, 2025

“Goldstein Challenges Statute of Limitations Pauses in Tax Case; Blames accountants for failure to report some taxable income; Says government had evidence contradicting agents claims”: Holly Barker of Bloomberg Law recently had this report (subscription required for full access). You can freely access many of the filings in the case via this link.

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APRIL 8, 2025

For the first time in its nine-year history, the Startup Alley pitch competition ended in a tie. The pitch competition is the opening event of Techshow, the American Bar Association’s annual legal technology conference. Fifteen legal tech startups competed, with the winner selected by a vote of the live audience.

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APRIL 8, 2025

“Are Embryos Property? Human Life? Neither?” Anna Louie Sussman has this essay online at The New York Times.

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APRIL 8, 2025

The Texas Supreme Court is inviting comments on a requirement that law grads seeking bar admission in the state must have graduated from a law school accredited by the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.

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APRIL 8, 2025

“Conservative Wilkinson Joins in Rejecting Wrongful Deportation; Judge said in concurrence US government screwed up here; Reagan appointed Wilkinson to the Fourth Circuit”: Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law has this report.

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Law 360

APRIL 8, 2025

A New York federal judge tossed an antitrust lawsuit accusing a United Healthcare unit of using its market power in the New York metropolitan area to cut reimbursement rates to anesthesia providers by 80% in its public-sector employee health plan, while enlisting MultiPlan to pressure providers into accepting the rates.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 8, 2025

By Ryan Joseph, final-year BBA LLB (Hons) student, Jindal Global Law School, India. Introduction The recent decision of the UK High Court ( Court ) in Tyson International Company Limited ( Tyson ) v. General Insurance Corporation of India ( GIC ) sets a critical precedent for cases that lie at the intersection of arbitration, contractual hierarchy, and judicial intervention through anti-suit injunctions.

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Law 360

APRIL 8, 2025

Starbucks urged a Missouri federal judge to toss a suit from the state's attorney general claiming the company employs diversity quotas that discriminate against white and male applicants, arguing the state hasn't presented any evidence that its diversity, equity and inclusion policies have negatively affected Missourians.

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JURIST

APRIL 8, 2025

Human Rights Watch (HRW) expressed concern on Tuesday over uncleared landmines and explosive remnants harming civilians returning to Syria. It urged the transitional government to take effective measures to prevent further harm. According to HRW, large parts of Syria, including agricultural lands, were extensively contaminated with antipersonnel landmines, cluster munitions, and other explosive weapons by the Assad government, its allies, and armed opposition groups during Syria’s 2011-24

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Law 360

APRIL 8, 2025

The chief compliance officer and general counsel of a wealth management firm has urged an Illinois federal judge to dismiss him from a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission suit over an alleged offering fraud by former representatives at his firm, saying "the commission does not even understand what its own pleading burden in this case is.

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JURIST

APRIL 8, 2025

The heads of six UN agencies issued an urgent appeal on Monday, calling for immediate action by world leaders to address the escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza and to urgently facilitate the delivery of food, water, fuel and humanitarian supplies. The six agencies include UNICEF, the UN Office for Project Services ( UNOPS), the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), the World Food Programme (WFP), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Under-Secretar

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Law 360

APRIL 8, 2025

The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday declined to revive a shareholder class action against quantum computer developer IonQ, holding that the plaintiffs' reliance on a short seller's report didn't clear the "high bar" for bringing their securities fraud claims against the company.

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APRIL 8, 2025

Process Improvement Tips | Is this a useful exercise with the potential to be a totally absorbing rabbit hole? You bet! The post How to Use ChatGPT to Audit Your Tech Stack (and Save Money) appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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