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JANUARY 11, 2025

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Friday an agreement to repatriate approximately $52.88 million in forfeited assets to Nigeria. The assets are linked to a corruption case involving former Nigerian Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke and her associates. Under the agreement, $50 million of the repatriated funds will be dedicated to the Distributed Access Through Renewable Energy Scale-Up (DARES) project.

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JANUARY 11, 2025

“Supreme Court Seems Poised to Uphold Law That Could Ban TikTok; The justices are expected to rule quickly in the case, which pits national security concerns about China against the First Amendments protection of free speech”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post reports that “ Supreme Court seems likely to uphold law to ban or sell TikTok; A majority of the justices appeared more concerned about the national security implicat

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JURIST

JANUARY 11, 2025

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) called on Venezuelan authorities to reveal the whereabouts of activist Carlos Correa on Thursday, urging the government to release the activist and respect press freedom. RSF Latin America Bureau Director Artur Romeu stated: We express our deep concern about Carlos Correas fate and we urge the Venezuelan government to end its silence, shed light on his situation and guarantee his safety.

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JANUARY 11, 2025

“More than a dozen states have passed new laws that led to restrictions on pornography. Now, the Supreme Court will weigh in.” Isabelle Chapman, Casey Tolan, and Allison Morrow of CNN have this report.

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JURIST

JANUARY 11, 2025

The High Court of Kenya on Thursday delivered a landmark judgment declaring the criminalization of suicide unconstitutional. In its decision, the court agreed with the petitioners that the criminalization of attempted suicide is unacceptable from a constitutional view and that such individuals need care and assistance rather than punishment. Justice LN Mugambi, delivering the judgment of the court, stated: [Certain interested parties] justified the existence and retention of Section 226 of the P

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JURIST

JANUARY 11, 2025

US prosecutors seek a 15-year prison term for former Senator Robert (Bob) Menendez of New Jersey on Thursday, following his convictions of bribery, corruption and acting as an unregistered foreign agent on July 16. The charges stemmed from a years-long process in which Menendez utilized his position as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to benefit the government of Egypt and his co-defendants, Wael Hana and Fred Daibes.

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JANUARY 11, 2025

“What’s next for TikTok? App left with few options after skeptical Supreme Court reception. Following a harsh reception at the Supreme Court, TikTok likely has few remaining options and may be banned in the U.S. in the coming weeks.” Kat Tenbarge of NBC News has this report.

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JURIST

JANUARY 11, 2025

The Peshawar High Court (PHC) issued a two-page interim order on Friday preventing the forced repatriation of around 150 Afghan singers and musicians who fled to Pakistan after the Taliban’s return to power in 2021, according to local media. Justice Wiqar Ahmad, who presided over the case, instructed the government to decide the musicians’ asylum applications within two months.

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JANUARY 11, 2025

UN/CEFACT would like to invite you to attend: Workshop on Addressing Conflict of Laws and Facilitating Digital Product Passports: Traceability and Transparency of Critical Raw Material Value Chains, Tuesday, 21 January 2025 (AEST) Agenda 10:00 am – 11:00 am AEST: The UN/CEFACT working group on conflict of laws in the critical raw material (CRM) value chains meeting: Introduction and discussion of the UN/CEFACT White Paper draft outline Moderator: Associate Professor Jie (Jeanne) Huang ,

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JURIST

JANUARY 11, 2025

South Korea’s acting president Choi Sang Mok on Friday accepted the resignation of the head of the Presidential Security Service (PSS). The PSS head, Park Jong Joon, submitted his resignation shortly before appearing for questioning in response to a third summons investigation obstruction of official duties. Park had ignored two prior summonses from investigators, which were issued in response to PSS efforts to impede an arrest warrant for former president Yoon Suk Yeol.

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JANUARY 11, 2025

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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JANUARY 11, 2025

The sudden physical incapacitation doctrine was a defense to the plaintiffs negligence claim in Elliott v. Monger , No. W2023-01783-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Dec. 10, 2024). In Elliott, the plaintiff and defendant were involved in a car accident. The defendant was preparing to turn left onto an exit ramp, and the plaintiff was driving in the opposite direction.

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JANUARY 11, 2025

Law360 has a podcast and accompanying article about Justice Goodwin Liu, including his thoughts on oral argument. The article says “Justice Liu discussed how academia informed his judging, his courtroom pet peeves, and what lessons can be learned from his failed bid for the federal bench.

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JANUARY 11, 2025

“Supreme Court to Hear New Affordable Care Act Case on Preventative Care; Lower courts ruled that a task force that determines which treatments must be covered at no cost had not been validly appointed”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post reports that “ Supreme Court to hear case challenging Obamacares preventive coverage; At issue is a provision requiring health-care plans to cover no-cost preventive care, including cancer

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Law 360

JANUARY 11, 2025

The U.S. Supreme Court will return to the bench Monday for a full argument session, in which the justices will debate whether a Texas law requiring pornography websites to verify their visitors aren't minors violates the First Amendment and if retirees have the right to sue former employers for benefits discrimination.

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JURIST

JANUARY 11, 2025

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Trk criticized Friday social media company Meta’s decision to end fact-checking programs created to battle the spread of misinformation on social networks, stressing the “real world consequences” of unregulated online spaces. Trk cited the immense power of social media to “fuel conflict, incite hate and threaten safety” as support for regulating the area.

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JANUARY 11, 2025

“Donald Trumps Sentencing Lays Bare the Injustice of Felony Disenfranchisement; In many states, the president-elect would now be ineligible to vote in the election he just won”: Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

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JANUARY 11, 2025

Below is my column in the New York Post on the statement by Acting Justice Juan Merchan in the sentencing of President-elect Donald Trump. Merchan’s effort to justify the handing of the case sounded like the second defense argument made in the hearing. It likely changed few times in the court of public opinion. Here is the column: This week, the sentencing of President-Elect Donald Trump saw one of the most impassioned defense arguments given at such a hearing in years. from the judge hims

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JANUARY 11, 2025

“How Biden compares with other recent presidents in appointing federal judges”: John Gramlich of Pew Research Center has this report.

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JURIST

JANUARY 11, 2025

The Supreme Court of New Mexico unanimously struck down restrictive abortion access policies in a few local counties on Thursday. Despite the state criminalizing abortion for over fifty seven years, New Mexico has now become one of the most liberal states in regard to abortion rights. Writing for the unanimous judgment, Justice C. Shannon Bacon stated in her concluding sentences that the controversial ordinances violate state laws and interfere with the legislature’s ability to regulate ac

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JANUARY 11, 2025

“The Supreme Courts no to Trump was dangerously close to yes; In ruling 5-4, the high court showed how close it is to becoming a rubber stamp”: Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

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JANUARY 11, 2025

“Crawford, Schimel set to square off in another high-profile Wisconsin Supreme Court race; The race will again decide the ideological balance of the court”: Anya van Wagtendonk of Wisconsin Public Radio has this report. And Rich Kremer of Wisconsin Public Radio reports that “ Crawford, Schimel both report historic donations in state Supreme Court race; Dane County Judge Susan Crawford reports outraising former Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel by around $600K.

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JANUARY 11, 2025

“In North Carolina, Republicans Try to Reverse a Supreme Court Election Loss; An incumbent Democrat narrowly won re-election to the states highest court; But the Republican-controlled court is considering an unusual protest from her challenger that could flip the result”: Eduardo Medina and Michael Wines of The New York Times have this report.

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