JURIST

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

A Tehran court sentenced two individuals to finger amputation on Wednesday as punishment for theft, sparking international outrage. The theft occurred in June 2022 when 13 individuals, including the two principal defendants, arranged a robbery at the National Bank of Iran. The group proceeded to flee the nation following the theft, however, Turkish officials ultimately discovered them and sent them back to Iran.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Swedish prosecutors indicted a 52-year-old woman for crimes against humanity, genocide, and war crimes over accusations of enslaving Yazidi women in Syria between August 2014 and December 2016. The defendant, Lina Ishaq, has denied the charges. The indictment comes 10 years after the Islamic State (IS) attacked the Yazidi people, which the UN says led to “multiple crimes against humanity and war crimes such as mass executions, forced religious conversions to Islam, enslavement, and widespr

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Share An Alaska man was arrested on Wednesday after he was indicted on charges of threatening to kill and injure six Supreme Court justices and two of their family members, the Department of Justice announced on Thursday. Over a 16-month period between March 2023 and July 2024, Panos Anastasiou allegedly sent more than 465 messages through the Supreme Court’s website.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed three bills into law on Tuesday, which collectively aim to regulate election-related content generated by artificial intelligence (AI). AB 2655 specifies that a “large online platform” must “block the posting of materially deceptive content related to elections in California.” Furthermore, these platforms would have to create procedures where California residents can notify the platform and report any content that slipped through co

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The Netherlands submitted a request to the European Commission on Wednesday to obtain an opt-out clause from standard EU asylum rules. Minister of Asylum and Migration Marjolein Faber said, “The Dutch government will call for an opt-out from the European asylum and migration acquis in case of Treaty amendment.” Faber promised that the “Netherlands will have the strictest asylum regime ever” However, in her letter to the European Commissioner for Home Affairs, she acknowle

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

“Filibusters and Cloture: And why the Senate majority can’t force a talking filibuster.” Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Amnesty International on Wednesday called on world leaders to help secure the release of jailed Uyghur academic Ilham Tohti ahead of the 10-year anniversary of his conviction. The rights group highlighted the need for international governments to elevate diplomatic efforts to secure Tohti’s immediate and unconditional release. Secretary General of Amnesty International Agnes Callamard stated: When Ilham Tohti promoted cooperation and peaceful coexistence between China’s Uyghur and Ha

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

“A Supremely Bad Idea: The proposed ‘ethics code’ for the justices is a misguided solution to a nonexistent problem.” James Burnham has this essay online at City Journal.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The East Coast Prison Justice Society’s Visiting Committee released its third annual report on Tuesday revealing that between September 1, 2022, and August 31, 2023, over 70 per cent of incarcerated individuals in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia’s jails were being held in pre-trial custody, marking an increase from approximately 66 per cent in the previous year.

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

“Foreign hackers could target election litigation, federal judge warns; The judge, who heads a committee on information technology for the federal courts, urged his colleagues to be vigilant”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) said in a report on Thursday that Russian armed forces’ attacks on energy facilities in Ukraine had devastating effects on the country’s infrastructure and possibly violated international humanitarian law. The UN-mandated mission focused its report on nine waves of attacks on Ukraine’s electric power system that took place between March 22 and August 21, 2024.

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

“John Roberts Lost the Thread; The conservative justices are writing opinions for conservative activists and basically no one else”: Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held on Tuesday that Switzerland’s expulsion of a Bosnia and Herzegovina national violated the European Convention on Human Rights. The individual in question had been expelled and barred from Switzerland for five years after he was convicted of a drug-related offense. Switzerland was specifically accused of violating Article 8 of the convention, which details the right to privacy and family life.

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EvidenceProf Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

In McCoy v. Louisiana, the Supreme Court concluded that a criminal defendant has the right to autonomy, i.e., the right “to decide on the objective of his defense.” Pursuant to this right, a defendant decides whether “to admit guilt in.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The US District Court for the District of Alaska indicted Alaska resident Panos Anastasiou on Wednesday over allegations of sending deadly threats to US Supreme Court justices and their relatives. The indictment alleged that Anastasiou sent threats to Supreme Court justices from January 4, 2024, to July 11, 2024, by internet messages through the court’s publicly accessible website.

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

“The Supreme Court Gets a Defense: A leading member of the appellate bar speaks up for the institution against political attacks.” This editorial appeared in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, which has also posted online the prepared text of Kannon Shanmugam ‘s remarks at Duke Law School. In other news, if you want to put some proper distance between you and Kannon, don’t repair to London.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Teachers from across Belarus have been arrested and summoned for interrogation by the country’s State Security Committee (KGB RB) for joining an educational project, the local Viasna Human Rights Centre reported on Wednesday. The project, named “ Adukavanka ,” is aimed at improving the skills of education workers in Belarus. The project offers educators express courses, lesson builders, educational chatbots and downloadable materials.On September 17, it became known that the KGB RB h

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

“Attorney conflicts, delays — seeking justice for Dan Markel continues; Donna Adelson’s lawyer Dan Rashbaum withdraws due to ‘severe’ conflict, causing painful (but promising) trial delay”: Peter Schorsch of Florida Politics has this report.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The European Commission announced on Wednesday it will move to subtract Hungary’s 200 million euro fine from the country’s EU funds, European Commission spokesperson Balazs Ujvari confirmed. This decision was made after Hungary failed to meet the second deadline for the payment of the fine imposed by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

“The Supreme Court Wants to Keep You In the Dark; Occasional leaks from the Supreme Court are the only insights the public gets into how the least accountable branch of government makes its choices”: Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Google won a court challenge on Wednesday against the €1.49 billion EU antitrust fine that was imposed in 2019 for anti-trust violations related to its digital advertising business. Since 2003, Google has managed an ad intermediation platform called AdSense, which allows third-party websites to display Google ads in response to user queries. In 2019, the European Commission fined Google’s AdSense business for imposing restrictive contracts on third-party websites, limiting their ability t

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The FBI is 'monitoring' the ongoing situation. The post Women Law Professors, Students Across The Country Continue To Receive Creepy Texts From Unidentified 2L appeared first on Above the Law.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: A Missouri death row inmate set to be executed in less than a week asks the US Supreme Court to halt his execution (Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN) Threats to Supreme Court Justices Result in Alaska Indictment (Jacqueline Thomsen, Bloomberg Law) What has been the effect of the Supreme Court’s ban on affirmative action?

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

A lot of lawyers started out in competitive debate. Stuart Singer spent the last several years working to keep that option alive at overlooked schools. The post Managing Partner’s Dedication To Giving Students The Opportunities That Shaped His Career appeared first on Above the Law.

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LLRX

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

TikTok headed to court on Sept. 16, 2024, in a bid to overturn a law that would force the video app to divorce from its China-based parent company or be banned in the U.S. During the appearance before a panel of judges at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, layers for TikTok said imposing such a prohibition would have “staggering” consequences for free speech.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

He allegedly threaten to 'lynch' and 'put a bullet' in Supreme Court justices and their family members. The post Alaska Man Indicted Over Supreme Court Assassination Threats appeared first on Above the Law.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Yesterday (18-09-2024), Switzerland acceded to the HCCH Choice of Court Convention and filed a declaration under Article 22 with respect to non-exclusive choice of court agreements. This is particularly noteworthy because this is the first time a declaration under Article 22 of the Choice of Court Convention has been filed. The Choice of Court Convention will enter into force for Switzerland on 1 January 2025.

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