JURIST

OCTOBER 18, 2024

A Human Rights Watch (HRW) report on Thursday revealed that the recent armed clashes between Ethiopian government forces and the Fano militia exposed thousands of Sudanese refugees in the Amhara region to major risks, including killing and forced deportation, which violate international humanitarian law. HRW urged Ethiopian authorities and the international community to take all necessary measures to put an end to these violations and provide adequate assistance to refugees.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Abortion pill case continues and the GOP can't stop shooting itself in the foot. The post GOP AGs Argue States Have Compelling Interest In Getting Teen Girls Pregnant! appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily halted the execution of Robert Roberson, who was scheduled to be put to death that evening for the 2002 death of his two-year-old daughter. The court’s ruling comes in response to an unprecedented move by the Texas House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, which had subpoenaed Roberson to testify before it on October 21.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 18, 2024

When you clicked 'accept' you agreed to a new courthouse. The post Elon Musk Changes X Terms To Push All Disputes Toward Tesla-Investor Federal Judge appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Three tobacco companies proposed on Thursday to pay $32.5 billion to settle legal claims in Canada, stemming from decades of disputes. The proposal remains subject to further negotiation and court approval. A mediator, appointed by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to coordinate the tobacco-related claims and facilitate the negotiations, filed the proposed settlement arrangement.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The Nebraska Supreme Court ordered the state’s Secretary of State to implement Legislative Bill (LB) 20 on Wednesday, providing for the automatic restoration of voting rights for felons in Nebraska upon completion of their sentence. Nebraska Secretary of State Robert Evnen had refused to implement the statute after it passed in the Nebraska Legislature, directing election officials to stop registering felons who have not been pardoned by the Nebraska Board of Pardons and challenging the la

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 18, 2024

“Why Is a Law School Supreme Court Clinic Taking a Straight Rights Case? Clinical legal education is supposed to serve the public interest. In Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services , it’s pushing the conservative policy agenda instead.” Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 18, 2024

An audit by the state of New York released Tuesday found the state’s Division of Human Rights (DHR) failed to investigate numerous housing discrimination complaints. The audit stated that the failure to investigate was due to “poor management” at the agency with complaints regularly lost or left unprocessed. Key findings of the audit showed DHR initially failed to account for 68 percent of sampled complaints.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Yeah, that's not how spousal privilege is supposed to work. The post State Supreme Court Justice Charged With Felonies For Trying To ‘Wrap Up’ Her Husband’s Investigation appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The Estonian Parliament, the Riigikogu, on Wednesday officially recognized the mass deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union in 1944 as an act of genocide. The statement was passed with 83 votes in favor and eight abstentions. The decision comes at a time of renewed focus on Russia’s ongoing policies in Crimea, which the Riigikogu linked to Soviet-era atrocities.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The pricing variation across firms is confusing and 'utterly bewildering,' says an industry insider. The post General Counsel Can’t Believe The Rate Hikes They’re Seeing From Biglaw Firms appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 18, 2024

A Georgia grand jury Thursday charged a father and son for a school shooting that killed two students and two teachers. The grand jury, a group of civilians tasked by the court with determining whether the evidence supports a criminal charge, found probable cause against both the father, Colin Gray, and the son and shooter, Colt Gray. They indicted the son on 55 counts, including murder, and the father on 29 counts, including second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, and cruelty to childre

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 18, 2024

'Talked to Jones. He’s got us.' The post You Have To Read The Texts Uncovered In The Judge/ Biglaw Partner Romantic Scandal appeared first on Above the Law.

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Speaker: Kaitlyn "The Persnickety Paralegal" Story

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JURIST

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The Senate of Kenya voted to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Thursday following a two day hearing before a full Senate that convicted him on five of 11 charges. As a result of the convictions, Gachagua will be removed from office and barred from holding public office for life. Gachagua is expected to challenge the impeachment in court. The former deputy president was accused of breaching several articles of the Kenyan constitution.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 18, 2024

While many firms are introducing non-equity partnerships, this firm is going all in for all-equity. The post Newly Merged Biglaw Megafirm Moves To All-Equity Partnership Model, Adopts New Partner Pay System appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Thursday that Italy did not violate the European Convention on Human Rights by determining that an inmate’s life sentence should not be reduced to 30 years. The court found that the applicant, Ferdinando Cesarano could not legitimately have expected to receive any other penalty than “life imprisonment without daytime isolation.” The court held Italy did not violate the principle of “no punishment without law” under pri

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Mergers Bring Rank Changes: Biglaw firm decides on all-equity partnerships. That's One Way To Get Lawyer's Fees: Screwing the judge has its benefits. Speaking Of Priming The Judge: Elon pushes X cases toward one of his gaveled Texan fanboys. Can't Jump The Line On Justice: State Supreme Court justice caught trying to rush investigation on her husband.

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Speaker: Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader

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JURIST

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin has accused Russia of systematically torturing prisoners of war (POWs), with up to 90 percent of returned Ukrainian soldiers reporting abuse during their detention in Russian prisons. At a Tuesday event in Brussels organized by the Center for European Politics, Kostin noted that these findings come from Ukraine’s ongoing investigations into war crimes committed during the conflict.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 18, 2024

U.S.-based firms are still hightailing it out of China. The post Top 5 Biglaw Firm Closes An Office, Conducts Layoffs Across China appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 18, 2024

On the eve of the COP16 biodiversity summit, set for October 21 to November 1 in Cali, Colombia, Amnesty International called Thursday for states to strengthen human rights protection in the Global Biodiversity Framework. COP 16 is the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, the governing body to the Convention on Biological Diversity, an international treaty adopted at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The factors that prompt Biglaw lawyers to make a lateral move. The post Stat(s) Of The Week: That’s What I Want appeared first on Above the Law.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission is investigating concerns that John Deere unlawfully restricts the repair of its farm equipment, as the company continues to face private litigation over its right-to-repair policies.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 18, 2024

A law firm success checklist from our friends at Thomson Reuters. The post The Questions To Make Digital Vaults Your Competitive Advantage appeared first on Above the Law.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court’s June ruling in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma is having a significant impact on bankruptcies, with recent cases addressing nonconsensual third-party releases and opt-out mechanisms, and highlighting strategies practitioners can employ to avoid running afoul of the decision, say Brett Axelrod and Agostino Zammiello at Fox Rothschild.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Some lessons from the trenches. The post The Secrets To Success In Legal Tech Implementation appeared first on Above the Law.

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Speaker: Hilary Akhaabi, PhD - Founder, Chief Financial & Operations Officer at Go Africa Global

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