JURIST
JULY 22, 2024
The Centre for Human and Socioeconomic Rights (CHSR) urged Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police (IGP) on Sunday to end unlawful detention in the country. During a news conference in Ijaiye Lagos, the CHSR’s National President urged the IGP to investigate cases of police brutality , unlawful detention, and abuse of office power, among other violations of citizens’ rights.
HowAppealing
JULY 22, 2024
“The Supreme Court Can’t Outrun Clarence Thomas’ Terrible Guns Opinion”: Law professor Barry Friedman and Dahlia Lithwick have this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
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JURIST
JULY 22, 2024
The aid group, Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders – MSF), published a report on Monday demonstrating the extent of casualties, gender-based violence, and ethnic violence occurring in the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The report, “ A war on people – The human cost of conflict and violence in Sudan ,” shows that Sudanese civilians have suffered horrendous levels of violence during the conflict, which has lasted for
HowAppealing
JULY 22, 2024
“Chief Judge Michael A. Chagares of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit announced the launch today of a new website devoted to preserving and presenting the history of the Court.” So begins a news release that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued today. You can access the website at this link. Conspicuously, the court’s implementation of a 5 p.m. filing deadline doesn’t appear yet on the Milestones page.
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JURIST
JULY 22, 2024
The EU Foreign Affairs High Representative Josep Borrell characterized Hungarian President Viktor Orbán as being disloyal to the EU during a press conference Monday, after which he switched the locations of informal EU Foreign Affairs and Defence Ministers meetings to Brussels rather than Budapest. Borrell negated Orbán’s characterization of the EU as “pro-war,” stating that “the only one who’s pro-war is Putin, who is calling for the Ukraine partition and rendition
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JURIST
JULY 22, 2024
Police in Uganda allegedly surrounded and raided the opposition National Unity Platform’s (NUP) headquarters on Monday ahead of a planned march to parliament on Tuesday that aims to protest corruption under the present regime. The NUP reported that the roads to the party’s headquarters had been blocked, and “several [party] leaders have been violently arrested.” The party did not organize the march to parliament, but the party supported and encouraged the public to partic
HowAppealing
JULY 22, 2024
“Judicial Notice (07.21.24): Lady Maga? J.D. Vance’s high-powered spouse, a Ninth Circuit judge’s benchslap of his colleagues, a big-ticket deal in legal tech, and Willkie’s winning ways.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.
JURIST
JULY 22, 2024
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei defended a 2020 law which prevented a return to the JCPOA nuclear agreement in a meeting with Iranian members of parliament on Sunday. Sunday’s parliamentary session was also attended by President-elect Masoud Pezeskhian, who is seen as a reformist. Although Pezeskhian had announced that he would work more closely with the US to lift sanctions, he emphasized following his predecessor’s policies.
HowAppealing
JULY 22, 2024
“Why Yale Law Is So Good at Producing Reactionaries Like JD Vance: The tiny, liberal program accounts for a surprising number of conservative politicians and Supreme Court justices.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.
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JURIST
JULY 22, 2024
Azerbaijan proposed an agreement with Armenia on Sunday as an interim measure before concluding a comprehensive peace treaty following longstanding hostilities between the two nations and Azerbaijan’s offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh. According to a local media report, Hikmet Hajiyev, the assistant to the president of Azerbaijan, said that the country suggested suspending the OSCE Minsk group.
HowAppealing
JULY 22, 2024
“9th Circuit’s Unusually Low Reversal Rate This Supreme Court Term Doesn’t Tell Full Story”: Avalon Zoppo of The National Law Journal has this report.
JURIST
JULY 22, 2024
The Law Society of Kenya issued a statement on Monday condemning an increase in the government’s road maintenance levy, calling the Ministry of Roads and Transport’s conduct “unconstitutional and procedurally flawed.” According to the society’s analysis of technical documents released by the Energy Petroleum and Regulatory Authority (EPRA) last week, the road maintenance levy has increased by 7/= KES ($0.061 USD) per litre for July 15 – August 14.
HowAppealing
JULY 22, 2024
“The Supreme Court is power hungry. There is one sure way to rein it in.” Law professor Aaron Tang has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.
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JURIST
JULY 22, 2024
India’s Supreme Court intervened on Monday to suspend directives issued by police in the northern states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand that required restaurants to publicly display owners’ names. These directives , aimed at eateries along the Hindu Kanwar Yatra pilgrimage route, had sparked criticism over potential discrimination against Muslims.
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JULY 22, 2024
by Dennis Crouch In recent years, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has undergone a significant shift in its examiner composition, with real implications for patent prosecution strategies. Our data reveals a dramatic drop in the percentage of assistant examiners over the past decade. Prior to 2015, over 35% of patents were examined by assistant examiners.
JURIST
JULY 22, 2024
A UN Special Rapporteur released final findings Monday pressing for an international accountability mechanism to investigate and prosecute individuals involved in the mass arrest and killing of thousands during the 1980s. In the findings, Javaid Rehman, the Special Rapporteur for the Islamic Republic of Iran, set out how the violations of human rights committed during the 1980s amount to atrocity crimes and crimes against humanity.
Above The Law
JULY 22, 2024
Everybody at the bar was gettin' bankrupt. so they're writing a new exam. The post NCBE Messed Up, Bro, California Kicked Them Out Of The Bar appeared first on Above the Law.
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JURIST
JULY 22, 2024
The United Arab Emirates’s (UAE) Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal sentenced 57 Bangladeshis for unlawful assembly over gathering and inciting riots in the country, according to state-owned media outlet Emirates News Agency on Monday. Three Bangladeshis were sentenced to life imprisonment over inciting riots and calling for demonstrations to pressure the Bangladesh government, 53 Bangladeshis were sentenced to 10 years in prison and one Bangladeshi, who also entered the UAE illegally, was
Above The Law
JULY 22, 2024
Sure, Mark Nordlicht thought about flying the coop, threatened a prosecutor and was convicted of fraud, but that’s no reason to send a guy up the river, apparently. The post Hedge Fund Fraudster Must Go Home, But Does Not Have To Stay In Prison appeared first on Above the Law.
JURIST
JULY 22, 2024
Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar said on Sunday that Pakistan had lodged a complaint with the German government in the wake of yesterday’s attack by a “gang of extremists” on the Pakistani Consulate in Frankfurt. His post on X (formerly Twitter) said the German government was urged to fulfill its responsibilities under the Vienna Conventions and ensure the security of the diplomatic missions and staff of Pakistan.
HowAppealing
JULY 22, 2024
“Supreme Court is embracing reason and compromise”: George Liebmann has this essay online at The Baltimore Sun.
Speaker: Kaitlyn "The Persnickety Paralegal" Story
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Above The Law
JULY 22, 2024
The firm still has no plans to move other offices to this hybrid framework -- yet. The post Top 50 Biglaw Firm To Ditch Office, Move To Hybrid Work Plan For Lawyers In Miami appeared first on Above the Law.
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JULY 22, 2024
“Amicus Citations in OT 2022 and 2023”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.
MyCase
JULY 22, 2024
Law firm productivity relates to a firm’s overall efficiency, a key factor in profitability. A productive law firm uses minimal resources to complete essential tasks accurately. Essential tasks include case-related actions and required administrative duties, such as billing. Productivity optimization can improve law firm profitability, client satisfaction, and workplace morale.
Law 360
JULY 22, 2024
Chicago firm Loftus & Eisenberg Ltd. has filed suit in Illinois state court accusing a former attorney's new firm of helping the lawyer poach clients by encouraging them to leave with him, even though the new firm couldn't support his practice.
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