JURIST
SEPTEMBER 28, 2024
Belarus transgender rights organization TG House Belarus said on Friday that more than 15 LGBTQ+ individuals, including eight transgender individuals, were detained by the Belarusian authorities in the past month. According to TG House Belarus, the individuals were arrested in several Belarusian cities for allegedly subscribing to extremist resources.
LLRX
SEPTEMBER 28, 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
SEPTEMBER 28, 2024
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced on Friday that it is fining Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (MPIL) 91 million euros over improper password storage. The decision by Commissioners Des Hogan and Dale Sunderland follows an inquiry into MPIL initiated in 2019. In March 2019, Meta stated , “we found that some user passwords were being stored in a readable format within our internal data storage systems.” The DPC initiated an investigation into this event for possible is
HowAppealing
SEPTEMBER 28, 2024
“Why the Latest Court Reform Bill Matters”: Columnist Jamelle Bouie has this essay online at The New York Times.
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JURIST
SEPTEMBER 28, 2024
The Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) ruled Friday that for X (formerly Twitter) to resume activities in Brazil, it must prove payment of the fines imposed for non-compliance with the court’s order to appoint a legal representative in Brazil. Brazil, with more than 21.5 million X users, is a major market for the social media platform. X sent a document to the STF earlier this week stating it has blocked nine accounts under investigation in a hate speech and misinformation probe and appointed a
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JURIST
SEPTEMBER 28, 2024
A majority of Tunisian MPs approved a bill on Friday to transfer election oversight powers from the independent Administrative Court to the country’s general appellate courts. The law, now in effect, was proposed one week ago and comes just days before the country’s October 6 presidential election. The primary impact of this law is that it will now require all election-related disputes to be filed with Tunisia’s intermediate and high court within 48 hours of a contested outcome.
Conflict of Laws
SEPTEMBER 28, 2024
The second edition of the EAPIL Winter School held annually in Como, Italy, will focus on Multistate Torts. The event is organized by the University of Insubria in cooperation with the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and the University of Murcia and will feature English classes from about 20 international experts. It is aimed primarily at law graduates, law practitioners and PhD candidates with an interest in private international law, EU law and human rights law.
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 28, 2024
A coalition of 59 Egyptian and international civil society organizations on Thursday called for the promised release of Egypt’s most prominent political activist, Alaa Abdel Fattah, as his five-year prison sentence comes to an end on September 29. Despite his scheduled release, concerns have mounted after his lawyer revealed that Egyptian authorities might extend his detention until 2027.
InHouseBlog
SEPTEMBER 28, 2024
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JURIST
SEPTEMBER 28, 2024
New York City Mayor Eric Adams was indicted Thursday for impermissibly soliciting and accepting donations from foreign agents in exchange for political favors as well as illegally obtaining public funds through the guise of small donor campaign contributions. The 57-page indictment accuses Adams of accepting benefits from Turkish foreign nationals that included plane tickets, hotels, luxury entertainment, and campaign donations.
Customs & International Trade Law
SEPTEMBER 28, 2024
Here is a recap of the latest customs and international trade news: Customs and Border Protection (CBP) CBP announced they are delaying the deadline for use of the Document Image System (DIS) as a method to submit the CBP Form 1302A Cargo Declaration. The new deadline is April 1, 2025. CBP seized $268,000 in unapproved FDA drugs in Cincinnati. Wilmington CBP officers seized $151k in counterfeit designer brand name handbags.
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 28, 2024
Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report on Thursday detailing incidents of civilian atrocities in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) amid ongoing military confrontations involving Rwandan forces and the M23 rebel group. As these forces move closer to the town of Sake, local residents and more than half a million displaced individuals are increasingly vulnerable to violence and humanitarian crises.
HowAppealing
SEPTEMBER 28, 2024
“The Next Supreme Court Gun Fight; This case has even more deadly implications than last term’s bumpstocks decision”: You can access today’s new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.
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JonathanTurley
SEPTEMBER 28, 2024
There is an interesting controversy growing over an alleged eviction by an Airbnb host in Philadelphia of Trump supporters. The conservative site Breitbart is reporting that “ballot chasers” for Trump were allegedly given an hour to clear out after the host learned that they were in Pennsylvania to get out the vote for Trump. If true, the incident raises a serious matter for Airbnb over hosts imposing political conditions for the use of their property.
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 28, 2024
The US Justice Department (DOJ) indicted three Iranian men on Friday, accusing them of orchestrating Iran’s alleged hack-and-leak operation targeting Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. The charges outline a sweeping effort to steal sensitive data from current and former government officials and aim to undermine trust in the presidential election.
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