Sat.Nov 11, 2023

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US appeals court sets date for Louisiana to draw new congressional map

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Louisiana’s political landscape faces a critical deadline as a US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Friday set a January 15 deadline for the state legislature to draw up a new congressional map. The urgency stems from a previous ruling of a lower court last year that deemed the current political boundaries as diluting the voting power of the state’s Black residents.

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Chinese Journal of Transnational Law Special Issue: Call for Papers

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CHINESE JOURNAL OF TRANSNATIONAL LAW Call for Papers Special Issue: Private International Law and Sustainable Development in Asia The United Nations Agenda 2030 with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) seems to have a blind spot for the role of private and private international law. That blind spot is beginning to be closed. A collective volume with global outlook published in 2021 addressed “ the private side of transforming our world ”: each of the 17 SDGs was discussed in one chapter

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IOM reports 700 casualties in Sudan clash

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The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Thursday told Reuters approximately 700 casualties occurred in the wake of clashes between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the city of El Geneina on November 4 and 5. The IOM further revealed that a hundred individuals were injured, and an additional 300 are unaccounted for as a result of the conflict.

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Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, November 11, 2023

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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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Prep with Purpose: How to Build Better Trial Binders

Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor

Get ready to master the art and science of trial preparation organization that top attorneys rely on in this exclusive webinar! Attorney and law professor, Joe Stephens, J.D., will walk through proven systems for creating comprehensive trial notebooks and binders that transform scattered case materials into a powerful command center. Learning Objectives: Strategic Organization 📊 Learn the essential sections every trial notebook needs and how to structure them for maximum clarity and acce

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Amnesty International urges Pakistan to halt mass detention and deportations of Afghan refugees

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Amnesty International urged the Pakistani government to stop detentions , deportations and harassment of Afghan refugees on Friday. Since the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, over 600,000 Afghans have fled the country and resided in Pakistan without proper documentation. In response, the Pakistani government imposed a deadline of November 1 for all “illegal immigrants” to voluntarily leave the country in mid-September.

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“How Democrats Are Leveraging Abortion Rights to Win in 2024; Push to get abortion protections on the ballot promises to galvanize voters and affect races for the White House and control of Congress”

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“How Democrats Are Leveraging Abortion Rights to Win in 2024; Push to get abortion protections on the ballot promises to galvanize voters and affect races for the White House and control of Congress”: Laura Kusisto and Jimmy Vielkind of The Wall Street Journal have this report. Patricia Mazzei of The New York Times has an article headlined “ Ohio Voted to Protect Abortion Rights.

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The Jurisdiction Puzzle: Dyson, Supply Chain Liability and Forum Non Conveniens

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Written by Dr Ekaterina Aristova , Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford On 19 October 2023, the English High Court declined to exercise jurisdiction in Limbu v Dyson Technology Ltd , a case concerning allegations of forced labour and dangerous conditions at Malaysian factories which manufactured Dyson-branded products.

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NBC Compares Criticism of Hunter’s Influence Peddling to Haley’s Daughter’s TikTok Posts

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We have often discussed (and even marveled at) the determined effort of mainstream media to ignore the evidence of a massive corruption scandal surrounding the Biden family. However, even at this late date, NBC seems to have achieved singular distinction with a comparison between the criticism of the daughter of Nikki Haley for using TikTok and the criticism of Hunter Biden for influence peddling.

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WHO chief sounds alarm over attacks on Gaza hospitals following Israel airstrike allegations

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World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Friday that the WHO is “extremely disturbed” by reports of airstrikes near Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital, the largest in the region. Hours earlier, the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said the hospital was hit by Israeli Defense Force (IDF) airstrikes, killing at least one person and trapping thousands inside.

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Research: The Anatomy of a Legal Brief

Why does it take 20-40 hrs. to create a compliant legal brief? TypeLaw analyzed 10,000+ briefs to determine the anatomy of the average brief—how many words, paragraphs, citations to the record, and more. See the research results in this infographic.