JURIST

AUGUST 24, 2024

The Greek Coast Guard confirmed on Friday that they opened fire on a boat of Turkish migrants and killed one man, according to local media sources. The migrants were allegedly agitating the coast guard by rocking the latter’s boat, which prompted the crew to fire “warning shots” before shooting at the migrants. In their statement, the coast guard stated that the victim, a 39-year-old man, was likely killed by one of the bullets.

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LLRX

AUGUST 24, 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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JURIST

AUGUST 24, 2024

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Friday that Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert pleaded guilty in federal court to the malicious use of an explosive device after detonating a bomb outside the Alabama attorney general’s office in February. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland stated in the press release that “[p]ublic servants should never be targeted for doing their jobs.” He added, “The Justice Department will not tolerate such conduct, and we will use every resourc

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InHouseBlog

AUGUST 24, 2024

Is the lawyer of the future a GenAI bot? Many have serious doubts, but others are forging ahead at a rapid pace.

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JURIST

AUGUST 24, 2024

An Australian judge on Friday awarded a transgender woman $10,000 for her claim of gender discrimination, finding she had been indirectly discriminated against by a women-only social media app. Justice Bromwich rejected the woman’s claim of direct discrimination but found her claim of indirect discrimination on the basis of gender successful since the app imposed the condition that users have the appearance of a cisgender woman.

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JURIST

AUGUST 24, 2024

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk expressed concern over the deteriorating situation in Myanmar amid the ongoing violence in the country. According to the UN Human Rights Office, the military and the Arakan Army committed human rights violations against the minority Rohingya community in Myanmar, despite their obligations to protect the Rohingya community under international humanitarian law and the provisional measures of the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

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JURIST

AUGUST 24, 2024

The Norwegian government announced on Friday its proposal to extend the legal period for self-determined abortions from 12 to 18 weeks. The proposal, intended to modernize the Abortion Act of 1978 , is aimed at aligning the law with contemporary values and medical practices. One of the most significant aspects of the proposed law is the extension of the right to self-determined abortion to 18 weeks of gestation.

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JURIST

AUGUST 24, 2024

The Attorney General of Texas and a coalition of 14 other Republican-led states filed a lawsuit on Friday against the Department of Homeland Security and various officials of the Biden administration regarding recently introduced changes to immigration policy. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said that “under Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, the federal government is actively working to turn the United States into a nation without borders and a country without laws” and that he “

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