Intelligize Blog
MARCH 7, 2024
Many health care providers have gone through a rough stretch in recent weeks following a cyberattack on a unit of UnitedHealth Group. According to the New York Times , “hundreds, if not thousands,” of care providers couldn’t get insurance approval for run-of-the-mill medical services like drug prescriptions when hackers shut down parts of Change Healthcare’s electronic system.
The Paralegal Society
MARCH 7, 2024
Hey, Paralegals -- Is this thing on??? Alas, I am back from the long-lost intersection of “Where in the Heck Did Jamie Go?” and “Why isn’t she blogging for us anymore?
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JURIST
MARCH 7, 2024
Italy detained a German non-governmental rescue vessel Humanity 1 for 20 days, after the Libyan Coast Guard intervened in the rescue operation with armed forces. SOS Humanity , the German search and rescue organisation, contended that the Italian authorities detained the ship based on false accusations and demanded the ship be released immediately. The captain of Humanity 1 stated that the Italian authorities detained the ship by invoking the Piantedosi Decree.
HowAppealing
MARCH 7, 2024
“Group suing over Pfizer diversity fellowship program loses US appeal”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report. And in commentary, Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has a post titled “ Pfizer diversity case splits appeals court over ‘naming names’ to establish a right to sue.” You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S.
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JURIST
MARCH 7, 2024
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed a bill into law Wednesday night shielding in vitro fertilization (IVF) providers from legal liability, moments after it was passed by the legislature. This law comes after weeks of debate following the February 16 Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos are considered children under the state’s Wrongful Death of a Minor Act.
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JURIST
MARCH 7, 2024
The StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice (SCLJ) and two Jewish students filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday against the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), alleging that the university has violated the students’ rights under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act by fostering an environment of antisemitism. The lawsuit, filed in the Massachusetts District Court, accuses MIT of a range of actions that purportedly support and enable antisemitism on campus, including tolerating harassment
HowAppealing
MARCH 7, 2024
“With Colorado ruling, the court displays an ‘originalism of convenience’”: Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post. The post “With Colorado ruling, the court displays an ‘originalism of convenience’” appeared first on How Appealing.
JURIST
MARCH 7, 2024
The Swedish Supreme Court upheld on Wednesday the guilty verdict and life sentence of Hamid Nouri, a former Iranian official convicted for his involvement in a mass execution of political prisoners in Iran in 1988. Nouri was previously arrested in 2019 at a Swedish airport on charges of grave violations of international law and 24 counts of murder. Under Swedish law , Swedish courts can try foreign citizens for crimes against international law that are committed abroad.
HowAppealing
MARCH 7, 2024
“Sonia Sotomayor Should Get Real That the Supreme Court Is Partisan; Justices say the Court isn’t political, but c’mon”: Jonathan Chait has this post at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine. The post “Sonia Sotomayor Should Get Real That the Supreme Court Is Partisan; Justices say the Court isn’t political, but c’mon” appeared first on How Appealing.
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JURIST
MARCH 7, 2024
A group of protesters broke down a door of Mexico’s National Palace on Wednesday while President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was giving his usual press conference. The protesters voiced opposition to the government’s lack of response to the disappearance of 43 students in 2014 in the “ Ayotzinapa Case.” In September 2014, students from the Raúl Isidro Burgos Normal School in Ayotzinapa were allegedly attacked by police in Iguala, Guerrero, while traveling to a demonstration in
HowAppealing
MARCH 7, 2024
“Momentum builds in major homelessness case before U.S. Supreme Court”: Claire Rush of The Associated Press has this report. The post “Momentum builds in major homelessness case before U.S. Supreme Court” appeared first on How Appealing.
JURIST
MARCH 7, 2024
Polish farmers clashed with Polish police on Wednesday during ongoing protests over the government’s alleged inaction on increasing economic pressures on the agricultural industry. The protests are a part of broader farmer-led protests across Europe demanding relief from taxes and rising costs. Warsaw Police stated on X (formerly Twitter) that they arrested 55 people in connection with the protests, with 26 of them detained during the events on Wednesday.
HowAppealing
MARCH 7, 2024
“Pepperdine University Announces Launch of Ken Starr Institute for Faith, Law, and Public Service at the Caruso School of Law”: You can access the news release at this link and the Institute’s website at this link. The post “Pepperdine University Announces Launch of Ken Starr Institute for Faith, Law, and Public Service at the Caruso School of Law” appeared first on How Appealing.
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JURIST
MARCH 7, 2024
Norway announced Wednesday that it reached an agreement with the indigenous Sámi people after a three-year dispute over the construction of Europe’s largest onshore wind farm. The dispute centred on the fact that the partially state-owned wind farm on the Fosen peninsula was built on land that the Sámi people have used for centuries to raise reindeer and thus contravened indigenous rights.
HowAppealing
MARCH 7, 2024
“Judge Nancy Maldonado — Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit”: Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.” The post “Judge Nancy Maldonado — Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit” appeared first on How Appealing.
JURIST
MARCH 7, 2024
Vietnam announced on Thursday that it has listed two separatist Montagnard groups based in the US as terrorist organizations on Thursday. The Montagnard refers to an array of highland minorities distinct from the majority Viet population. Because of the two groups are now listed as terrorist organizations, anyone found by Vietnamese authorities to have engaged with or aided the groups may face criminal charges.
HowAppealing
MARCH 7, 2024
“A Counterpoint On Crystal Clanton — From A Leading Libel Lawyer; There’s no reason for Crystal Clanton to say anything about the controversy surrounding her, according to Libby Locke of Clare Locke”: David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site. The post “A Counterpoint On Crystal Clanton — From A Leading Libel Lawyer; There’s no reason for Crystal Clanton to say anything about the controversy surrounding her, according to Libby
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JURIST
MARCH 7, 2024
A federal grand jury indicted former Google employee Linwei Ding on Wednesday for allegedly stealing information from Google while secretly working for two Chinese technology companies. Ding has been charged with four counts of theft of trade secrets in relation to his alleged plan to steal artificial intelligence (AI) information from Google. The Department of Justice (DOJ) alleges that Ding, a Chinese national and resident of California, transferred sensitive Google trade secrets and other con
HowAppealing
MARCH 7, 2024
“Fishing for John Roberts’s Executive-Branch Records; A justice delayed could become a justice denied”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site. The post “Fishing for John Roberts’s Executive-Branch Records; A justice delayed could become a justice denied” appeared first on How Appealing.
JURIST
MARCH 7, 2024
Sweden officially joined NATO on Thursday as its 32nd member, nearly two years after first applying for membership to the military alliance. Earlier on Thursday, the Swedish government issued a statement in which it shared that it was holding an extraordinary government meeting to formally vote on joining the alliance after all current NATO members approved its accession.
Above The Law
MARCH 7, 2024
The aftermath the cyberattack on Change Healthcare remains messy, with patients across the country still struggling to obtain their prescriptions. The federal government has even stepped in to help address the fallout of the attack, urging payers to quickly alleviate the digital bottlenecks that providers and pharmacies are facing.
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JURIST
MARCH 7, 2024
Russia dismissed arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Lieutenant General Sergei Kobylash and Admiral Viktor Sokolov of the Russian Armed Forces on Wednesday, each allegedly responsible for war crimes committed in Ukraine. The arrest warrants were issued by a 3 judge- bench at the ICC against the two Russian commanders for directing attacks at civilian objects, causing excessive incidental harm to civilians or damage to civilian objects and for crimes against h
LawSites
MARCH 7, 2024
Back in 2018, something remarkable happened. T he Caselaw Access Project , part of Harvard Law School’s Library Innovation Lab , completed its three-year project to digitize all U.S. case law — some 6.4 million cases dating all the way back to 1658, a span of 360 years. It was a massive project that scanned 38.6 million pages from 39,796 law books and converted it all into machine-readable text files, creating a collection that included 6.4 million published cases (and which has continued to
JURIST
MARCH 7, 2024
Police in the Indian state of Jharkhand summoned reporters from four New Delhi news channels, Indian media reported Tuesday, after former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren filed a police report against senior Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials. Reporters from News18 , Zee News , Aaj Tak and News24 were summoned as part of the ongoing investigation.
Above The Law
MARCH 7, 2024
Which law schools are new to (and excluded from) the T14 in this version of the rankings? The post A ‘Preview’ Of The 2025 U.S. News Law School Rankings appeared first on Above the Law.
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