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AUGUST 11, 2024

Canada Ontario Court of Appeals held in R v. Pike on Friday that random electronic searches at Canadian borders are unconstitutional. Section 99(1)(a) of the Customs Act, R.S.C, 1985 allows any officer to “at any time up to the time of release, examine any goods that have been imported and open or cause to be opened any package or container of imported goods.” The significance of this section lies in the fact that it does not prescribe any grounds on which the search or inspection mu

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AUGUST 11, 2024

“Judicial Notice (08.11.24): Don’t Be Evil; Biglaw summer bonuses, Justice Gorsuch’s revelations, the year’s largest IPO, and Paul Weiss’s latest lateral hires.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

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AUGUST 11, 2024

Russian communications regulator Roskomnadzor told local media outlet RBK on Friday that access to the encrypted messaging app Signal had been blocked due to legislative violations. The regulator stated that the blocking will prevent terrorism and extremism. Signal is notable for its security strength and encryption capabilities. Aside from its encryption, the application’s operation is akin to any other major social media platform.

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AUGUST 11, 2024

“Utah Supreme Court Rules That Alleged Sexual Assault by a Doctor Is Not ‘Health Care’; The decision revives a lawsuit filed by 94 women who said their OB-GYN sexually abused them; Previously, a lower court determined that the actions they alleged had to be treated as medical malpractice”: Jessica Miller of The Salt Lake Tribune has this report on a unanimous ruling that the Supreme Court of Utah issued last Thursday.

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AUGUST 11, 2024

A seven-person military jury in Sierra Leone found 24 soldiers guilty Friday of mutiny, murder and other charges in a 2023 failed coup attempt. After the decision by the jury, the judge handed the 24 soldiers lengthy sentences ranging from 50 to 120 years in prison. A lieutenant colonel, the highest-ranked member of the group, was handed the 120-year sentence.

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AUGUST 11, 2024

The Supreme Court of Venezuela announced on Saturday that its decision regarding the disputed July 28 presidential election would be “final and binding.” The court’s president, Carylsia Rodriguez, confirmed this during a hearing, asserting that the assessment initiated on August 5 culminated in a conclusive ruling Nicolas Maduro as the President from 2025-2031.

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AUGUST 11, 2024

“NH Supreme Court Associate Justice Marconi placed on administrative leave”: The New Hampshire Union Leader recently had this report. And Nancy West of InDepthNH.org has a related report headlined “ Friend Says Gov. Chris Sununu Behind Effort To Force Geno Marconi To Resign.

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Patently O

AUGUST 11, 2024

by Dennis Crouch The newest patent-focused petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court was recently filed by Zebra Technologies , challenging the Federal Circuit’s determination that the a patentee had standing to sue for infringement even though a third party separately held rights to assign, license, and enforce patent rights. The case offers an increasingly common situation in patent litigation finance where the litigation funder is seeking legal assurances and collateral righ

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AUGUST 11, 2024

“Oregon city at heart of Supreme Court homelessness ruling votes to ban camping except in some areas”: Claire Rush of The Associated Press has this report.

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AUGUST 11, 2024

In April, the Supreme Court did something in Doe v. Uber Technologies it rarely does — it declined to answer questions of California law posed by the Ninth Circuit. (Justice Joshua Groban recorded a dissenting vote.) On Thursday, the federal appeals court issued its decision in the case and the result might leave the Supreme Court second guessing its rejection of the request because the Ninth Circuit panel was divided about how to apply California law and the majority refused to follow a C

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AUGUST 11, 2024

“Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch questions overcriminalization during book tour at presidential libraries”: John Fritze of CNN has this report.

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AUGUST 11, 2024

GC and CLO compensation has dropped for the first time in the history of recruiting powerhouse Major, Lindsey & Africa's survey.

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AUGUST 11, 2024

Algerian boxer and Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelif filed a complaint on Saturday over online abuse following a controversial gender debate that made headlines during Paris’s Olympic Games. Khelif’s lawyer, Nabil Boudi, announced via a press release on the social media platform X that he filed a complaint with the anti-online hatred center of the Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office for acts of aggravated cyber harassment.

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FDA Law Blog

AUGUST 11, 2024

By Sarah Wicks & Dara Katcher Levy — FDA’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) has issued two new Untitled Letters this summer after 5 months without any letter activity. The letters are vastly different from one another in subject matter, but together they make a cruel summer of OPDP enforcement against industry. [Editorial note – the Gen X’er included that link first – for the arguably more popular reference, read on.

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JURIST

AUGUST 11, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reinstated an Iowa law on Friday that law requires public school libraries to remove books that are not “age appropriate,” such as when they describe or depict “sex acts.” The law, SF 496 , also forbids education about gender identity. A federal district judge previously enjoined those provisions, blocking their enforcement.

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AUGUST 11, 2024

“After Iowa abortion ruling, should voters boot Justice David May? Opponents of same-sex marriage waged ideological warfare against the courts in 2010. This time, Kim Reynolds, lawmakers and justices are responsible for the ideological warfare.” Rekha Basu has this essay online at The Des Moines Register.

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JURIST

AUGUST 11, 2024

A US federal appeals court on Friday blocked the Biden Administration from implementing its student loan forgiveness plan known as “SAVE.” The decision expands a previous appellate court order that prevented a portion of the program from taking effect. In the updated ruling, a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued a sweeping injunction that “enjoined [the Department of Education] from any further forgiveness of principal or interest, from no

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AUGUST 11, 2024

“The Trial Judge Who Has to Clean Up the Supreme Court’s Mess”: Columnist Jesse Wegman recently had this essay online at The New York Times. And at his “Adam’s Legal Newsletter” Substack site, Adam Unikowsky has a post titled “ Sunny or Melon? AI and the Trump remand.

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JURIST

AUGUST 11, 2024

A US appeals court ruled on Friday that Georgian-American businessman Giorgi Rtskhiladze can proceed with a defamation lawsuit against former Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Mueller was appointed in 2017 to investigate alleged Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential Election. A final report detailing the investigation’s findings was released to the public in 2019.

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AUGUST 11, 2024

We have previously discussed controversial sentences handed down in cases involving rioters on January 6th, including sentencing orders that, in my view, violate First Amendment rights. That included the case of Daniel Goodwyn , who pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor count of entering and remaining in a restricted building. That crime would ordinarily not involve any jail time for a first offender.

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