JURIST
MARCH 17, 2024
Swiss police blocked a far-right Austrian political activist from delivering a speech at an event on Saturday. Martin Sellner, the leader of the nationalist Identitarian Movement of Austria, was invited by a far-right Swiss group called “Junge Tat” to deliver a speech in the Swiss canton of Aargau but was issued an entry ban by the Aargau police, preventing him from speaking.
NCBA Law Practice Management Blog
MARCH 17, 2024
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JURIST
MARCH 17, 2024
The UN Human Rights Council released a report on Friday on the human rights situation in Belarus during and after the country’s presidential election in 2020. It concludes that the crime against humanity of persecution may have been committed in Belarus. The report, which is the advance unedited version, presents evidence on a wide range of issues, including arbitrary deprivation of the right of life, enforced disappearance, torture and discrimination on grounds of political opinion.
Above The Law
MARCH 17, 2024
The U.S. Department of Justice has reportedly recently launched an antitrust investigation of UnitedHealth Group, which begs the question of whether the healthcare giant should be broken up. Experts have varying opinions.
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JURIST
MARCH 17, 2024
A federal judge ordered on Friday the appointment of a special master to oversee a federal women’s prison in California that is notorious for widespread sexual abuse against inmates. This move marks the first time the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has been subject to such oversight. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers wrote, “The situation can no longer be tolerated,” and characterized the environment of abuse and cover-ups at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, a prison a few
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JURIST
MARCH 17, 2024
Latvia’s State Security Service (VDD) was reported on Saturday to have initiated criminal proceedings against Tatjana Ždanoka, a European Parliament lawmaker (MEP) and Latvian citizen, on suspicion of cooperating with Russian intelligence and security services, according to local Latvian media outlets. Per media reports, the VDD had been investigating the activities of Ždanoka, 73, following a series of collaborative articles shared in January by Russian, Nordic, and Baltic media outlets alleg
HowAppealing
MARCH 17, 2024
“Viviano won’t seek reelection to Michigan Supreme Court”: Beth LeBlanc of The Detroit News has this report. And Jameson Cook of Macomb Daily reports that “ David Viviano to step down as state Supreme Court justice; Sterling Heights resident, former Macomb County judge won’t seek re-election.” The post “Viviano won’t seek reelection to Michigan Supreme Court” appeared first on How Appealing.
JURIST
MARCH 17, 2024
An exclusive El País report published on Saturday revealed that Ecuadorian officials are obtaining genetic information from prisoners through deception, in a bid to curb the rampant gang-related crimes in the country. According to the report, officials obtain the genetic information of prisoners by telling them that the information is being stored so that their bodies may be identified in the event of a prison massacre.
HowAppealing
MARCH 17, 2024
“The Priorities of the Judicial Conference of the United States; Rather than addressing bankruptcy and patent forum and judge shopping, on which there is a large bipartisan consensus, the Judicial Conference rushed through a botched proposal in response to political pressure and Twitter noise”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.” The post “The Priorities of the Judicial Conference of the United States; Rather than addressing bankruptcy and patent
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JURIST
MARCH 17, 2024
SOS MEDITERRANEE, an international maritime and humanitarian organization, announced on Friday that its affiliated humanitarian ship Ocean Viking rescued 135 people, including a pregnant women and 8 children, from an overcrowded double-decker boat in the Maltese search and rescue region. It stated that the ship was compelled to navigate to a distant port at Ancona, Italy, with a total of 359 survivors on board.
HowAppealing
MARCH 17, 2024
“Fifth Circuit Decision Granting Texas Parents a Right to Veto Federal Access to Contraception is a Hot Mess”: Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.” The post “Fifth Circuit Decision Granting Texas Parents a Right to Veto Federal Access to Contraception is a Hot Mess” appeared first on How Appealing.
JURIST
MARCH 17, 2024
Russian advocacy organization and human rights monitor OVD-Info and Russian online media Mediazona reported Sunday the detention of at least 75 people in 17 cities involved in the “Noon Against Putin” protest, a movement organized by Russian opposition to unite anti-Putin voters by calling for them to vote against him at noon. Russians gathered at noon outside polling stations in protest against the Russian president who might see the presidential elections extend his rule of more th
LLRX
MARCH 17, 2024
This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government documents, NGO/IGO papers, industry white papers, academic papers and speeches on the subject of AI’s fast paced impact on the banking and finance sectors. The chronological links provided are to the primary sources, and as available, indicate links to alternate free [unpaywalled] versions.
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JURIST
MARCH 17, 2024
The Hong Kong District Court jailed 12 activists on Saturday, in a range of 54 months to 82 months, for their previous riot convictions. Judge Li categorized the convicted activists into three groups, with seven years of prison sentence as the starting position for the most serious offenders. Li reasoned that the case was very serious because the Legislative Council Complex enjoys “a unique constitutional status and symbolizing meaning” and the activists destroyed the Complex with th
Conflict of Laws
MARCH 17, 2024
The Conclusions & Decisions of the Council on General Affairs and Policy (basically, the governing body – CGAP) of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) were published this week. Click here. What is remarkable is that this year’s Conclusions & Decisions, as well as other Preliminary Documents, were also published in Spanish.
JURIST
MARCH 17, 2024
The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil (STF) disclosed Friday the testimonies of two former high-ranking military officials who said that former president Jair Bolsonaro summoned them to discuss a potential coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 presidential elections to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The testimonies of Marco Antonio Freire Gomes, former Army commander, and Carlos de Almeida Baptista, Jr., former Air Force commander, were gathered by the Federal Police as part of Operation Tempu
At the Lectern
MARCH 17, 2024
“Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero will give her annual State of the Judiciary address to the California Legislature in Sacramento,” California Courts reports. The address is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. (See also here.) Thanks to the Southern California Appellate News blog for noticing the announcement. The speech should be livestreamed. Maybe here ?
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JonathanTurley
MARCH 17, 2024
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all of the leprechauns of the blog from the Turley Clan. The leprechauns came to bring treats and tricks to the Turley house this morning. While our kids are older, they still enjoy our traditions (or humor their aging father). The leprechauns indulged in a bottle of beer before leaving clues for our traditional treasure hunt that led to a horn of plenty of Irish cookies, soda bread, and fresh green donuts.
SCOTUSBlog
MARCH 17, 2024
Share The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Monday in a dispute over a lower court’s order that would limit the federal government’s abilities to communicate with social media platforms about their content moderation policies. When that case has finished, the justices will move quickly into a closely related dispute, in which the National Rifle Association alleges that a New York official violated the group’s right to freedom of speech by urging banks and insurance companies that worked
JURIST
MARCH 17, 2024
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Friday revealed it was lifting a 21-year-moratorium on the death penalty and capital punishment executions in response to escalating violence and militant attacks, to stop its citizens, as well as active duty military and police, from cooperating with M23 rebels in the country’s eastern regions. The decision to lift the moratorium and reinstate the death penalty was adopted by a council of ministers in early February and publicized in a justice mini
JonathanTurley
MARCH 17, 2024
The Associated Press (AP) is reportedly looking at a possible lawsuit after a bombshell article on GOP Ohio Senate candidate Bernie Moreno was found to contain serious errors and contradictions. The article by Brian Slodysko suggested that Moreno had posted on the website Adult Friend Finder (AFF) to find male lovers. The story was eagerly picked up by newspapers like The Washington Post.
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Patently O
MARCH 17, 2024
Guest post by Professors Jonas Anderson [1] and Paul Gugliuzza [2] On Tuesday, March 12, 2024, the Judicial Conference of the United States—the self-governing body of the federal judiciary—held a press conference and issued a press release touting the Conference’s “strengthen[ing of] the policy governing random case assignment, limiting the ability of litigants to effectively choose judges in certain cases by where they file a lawsuit.
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