JURIST

JANUARY 20, 2024

In a press conference Sri Lanka’s P ublic Security Minister Tiran Alles, one of twelve members of Parliament’s Select Committee to deal with the “drug menace,” vowed to continue the controversial anti drug campaign Yukthiya amid human rights concerns. The campaign was announced in early December 2023 via press conference. In a message directed to the country’s drug dealers and organized criminals, the minister called for drug operations to cease.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

JANUARY 20, 2024

If you just have passwords for your technology application s , without any additional factors of authentication, it’s probably past time to start looking a t solutions in that space, to better secure your confidential data. Now, while there are different authentication factors that exist (from biometric indicators , like a fingerprint or voice recognition) to 4-digit to 6-digit codes ( that come via your email or smartphone, as secondary access protocols) – the primary option that many folks uti

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JURIST

JANUARY 20, 2024

Unknown assailants abducted Khayal Ahmad Kastro, former Punjab provincial minister and election candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), outside a local court in Pakistan Friday where he sought bail for a May 9 case according to video released by PTI. The video appears to show several men, including one man with a rifle, put Khayal in a car and transfer him to an unknown place.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

JANUARY 20, 2024

With so many meetings now taking place online, via web conferencing tools – your notetaking responsibilities may have just gotten a whole lot easier. Yes, lots of attorneys take meeting notes – whether they’re talking with leads, clients, other attorneys or referral sources. It’s kind of a thing. Maybe it stems from law school outline-making. or, maybe it’s just ingrained into an attorney’s psyche.

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JURIST

JANUARY 20, 2024

JURIST Assistant Editor Fiona Tsamny | U. Ottawa Faculty of Law, CA also contributed to this report. Germany’s parliament, the Bundestag, voted 382 to 234 to approve legislation Friday aimed at streamlining the path to citizenship for immigrants by abolishing long standing restrictions on holding dual nationalities. The law , championed by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s center-left coalition government, allows for easier access to dual citizenship, changing a previous approach that

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JANUARY 20, 2024

Sahara Dula, 24, is a New England College criminal justice graduate who wants to specialize in “crisis communication. ” If so, she has a bit to learn after intentionally hitting a police officer with her Lexus and then declaring “F— these cops, it’s a lesson to him.” A video captures Dula driving the wrong way on Park Avenue near East 71st Street around 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday when an officer approaches the vehicle to turn it around.

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JURIST

JANUARY 20, 2024

Three opposition candidates in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) December presidential election, Martin Fayulu, Moise Katumbi and Floribert Anzuluni, called for a protest Saturday, when President Felix Tshisekedi is to be sworn in for a second term, in a joint video press conference. The December election was marred by allegations of fraud, logistical shortcomings and disruptions.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 20, 2024

The Daily Pennsylvanian student newspaper this week ran a story on how some faculty members are panicked at what they consider an existential threat to the safety and future of the institution. No, it is not another pandemic or a wave of terrorism. It is being forced to accept “viewpoint diversity.” The very prospect of hiring faculty with opposing views has led at least one professor to pledge to retire rather than teach in a diverse intellectual environment.

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JURIST

JANUARY 20, 2024

The Swiss Federal Prosecutor’s office confirmed Friday to Swiss media outlet Keystone-SDA that a criminal complaint against Israeli President Isaac Herzog has been filed. The announcement came during the week long annual World Economic Forum 2024 (WEF) held in Davos, Switzerland, which President Herzog attended. Swiss authorities are not providing further information on the group who filed the complaint or the nature of the charges.

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JURIST

JANUARY 20, 2024

A judge in Washington state ruled Thursday that Donald Trump will remain on Washington’s presidential primary ballot, rejecting an effort to have him disqualified. The petition was filed by eight voters from Kitsap County. They argued that Trump’s actions regarding the Capitol riot and efforts to overturn the 2020 election results constituted insurrection, thus making him ineligible to appear on the ballot under the Fourteenth Amendment of the US Constitution.

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