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JULY 3, 2024

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an independent organisation that defends the rights of journalists, called Tuesday for the release of Htet Aung, a Myanmar journalist who had been sentenced to five years imprisonment with hard labour. The sentence of Htet Aung followed the publication of his article for the DMG Newsroom titled “Calls for justice on the sixth anniversary of Muslim genocide in Arakan State” which outlines the 2017 clearance operation by the Myanmar military

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Above The Law

JULY 3, 2024

From the which-way-the-wind-blows dept. The post Justice Alito’s Views On Social Media And The First Amendment Seem To Shift Depending On Who He Wants To Win appeared first on Above the Law.

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JULY 3, 2024

The 78th Session of the UN General Assembly on Monday adopted a draft resolution “Enhancing international cooperation on capacity-building of artificial intelligence” (A/78/L.86). Introduced by China, the text resolves to bridge the artificial intelligence (AI) divides between and within countries with the particular aim of increasing technology capabilities for developing countries.

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JULY 3, 2024

“From unanimity to ‘fear mongering’: How the raucous Supreme Court term turned in Trump’s favor.” John Fritze, Tierney Sneed, and Devan Cole of CNN have this report.

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JURIST

JULY 3, 2024

Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio signed into law a landmark bill criminalizing child marriage on Tuesday, marking a significant step in addressing a persistent issue in the West African nation. The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act , which received parliamentary approval last month, imposes strict penalties, including up to 15 years in prison or fines exceeding $2,000, for those who marry girls under 18.

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JURIST

JULY 3, 2024

The Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ), an organisation led by human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, and Centre for the Enforcement of Human Rights International (CEHRI), a non-profit organisation that advocates for liability for international crimes, filed a case in Austria calling for investigations into sexual violence and murder in Ukraine by Russian soldiers on Monday.

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JULY 3, 2024

“Abortion on the ballot: Amarillo set to vote on abortion travel ban this election; After the Amarillo City Council balked at such an ordinance last year, residents collected signatures for a ballot measure.” Jayme Lozano Carver of The Texas Tribune has this report.

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JULY 3, 2024

A former student nurse who was previously convicted of having brought a pressure cooker bomb to a British hospital has also been found guilty of planning a terrorist attack on a Royal Air Force Base, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced on Tuesday. On Jan. 20, 2023, Mohammad Farooq — a British citizen and former nursing student — was arrested for entering St.

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JULY 3, 2024

“Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider whether 175-year-old law bans abortion”: Todd Richmond of The Associated Press has this report. And Joe Kelly of Courthouse News Service reports that “ Wisconsin Supreme Court advances lawsuits seeking constitutional right to abortions; The court’s orders putting the abortion-related cases on its docket exposed long-simmering political grudges between its conservative and liberal justices.” You can view yesterday’s order of

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JURIST

JULY 3, 2024

An Ontario provincial court on Tuesday issued an interim interlocutory injunction against a group of pro-Palestinian protestors at the University of Toronto’s Front Campus and King’s College Circle. The order, granted by Justice Koehnen of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, mandates the removal of all structures and personal property from these areas by 6 pm on July 3, 2024, and prohibits further encampments.

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JULY 3, 2024

“President Biden Names Fifty-Second Round of Judicial Nominees”: The White House issued this news release today. In early news coverage, Lucy Marques of The Charlotte Observer reports that “ Biden picks NC solicitor general as nominee for 4th Circuit appeals court vacancy.” And Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law reports that “ Biden Taps North Carolina Solicitor General for Fourth Circuit.

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JURIST

JULY 3, 2024

Personal photos of Australian children are being misused to power artificial intelligence (AI) tools, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Tuesday. According to the report, these pictures are obtained from the web without the children’s or their families’ knowledge or consent and compiled in a data set that companies use to train their AI tools.

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JULY 3, 2024

“Something Has Gone Deeply Wrong at the Supreme Court; Jurists who preach fidelity to the Constitution are making decisions that flatly contradict our founding document’s text and ideals”: Law professor Akhil Reed Amar has this essay online at The Atlantic.

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JURIST

JULY 3, 2024

Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Law and Justice, Azam Nazeer Tarar, dismissed on Tuesday the recommendations of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) concerning the release of the country’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Tarar responded to the report released by WGAD in a statement to the state broadcaster PTV , stating that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief’s arrest and pending cases against him are an internal matter of Pakistan.

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JULY 3, 2024

“In Immunity Decision, Clashing Views of the Nature of Politics; The Supreme Court’s conservative majority largely embraced Donald Trump’s dark view of tit-for-tat partisan prosecutions while liberals cited the prospect of power unchecked by legal accountability”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this news analysis.

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JURIST

JULY 3, 2024

The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) announced on Tuesday that Leonid Pasichnyk, the leader of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic in the occupied territory of Ukraine’s Luhansk province, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. In a press release, the SSU announced the conviction of Leonid Pasichnyk, stating he was found guilty under Articles 110.2 and 111-1.5 of the Ukrainian Criminal Code for encroachment on Ukraine’s territorial integrity and inviolability, committed

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JULY 3, 2024

“The Next President Will Split Up the Supreme Court’s Factions; The bench is currently divided between three liberals, three arch-conservatives, and three centrist conservatives, leading to shifting alliances — and an opportunity for the next president”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

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JULY 3, 2024

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention said Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter, is arbitrarily detained for espionage and should be released on Tuesday. The submission criticized the Russian government for the serious unjustifiable deprivation of his freedom and rights during the criminal procedure. The UN working group on arbitrary detention found that the detention was arbitrary on four grounds.

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JULY 3, 2024

“Debit Card Fees Get a Deserved Hit From the Supreme Court; The overlooked ruling in Corner Post v. Federal Reserve won’t only affect those who prefer to pay using a small plastic rectangle”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

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ABA Journal

JULY 3, 2024

The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.

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JURIST

JULY 3, 2024

The US Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to hear a case challenging a Texas law that requires age verification and imposes health warnings for pornography websites. Texas Bill 1181, which was passed in September 2023, requires age verification measures to be used by websites that host sexually explicit material if it comprises at least one-third of the website’s content.

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JULY 3, 2024

Updated: A lawyer who accused another attorney of yelling and glaring at her, ranting “in an unintelligible manner” and serving her with bogus documents is…

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Above The Law

JULY 3, 2024

Media law is profitable -- if you're at the top. The post Media Companies Sure Know How To Pay Their In-House Legal Talent appeared first on Above the Law.

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JULY 3, 2024

The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.

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Law 360

JULY 3, 2024

The Walt Disney Co. does not have to give activist shareholder Blackwells Capital more information about an agreement that Disney made with ValueAct Capital, a Delaware Chancery Court judge ruled Wednesday, finding that Blackwells had "failed to meet its burden to prove a credible basis to suspect wrongdoing.

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JULY 3, 2024

Larger law firms are making slight gains in employment of minority and female lawyers, according to rankings released last week by the American Lawyer.

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Law 360

JULY 3, 2024

This term, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Chevron deference, a precedent established 40 years ago that said when judges could defer to federal agencies' interpretations of law in rulemaking. Here, catch up with Law360's coverage of what is likely to happen next.

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JULY 3, 2024

Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Key takeaways from the Supreme Court term that upended Trump’s trial (Justin Jouvenal & Ann E. Marimow, The Washington Post) The terrifying SEAL Team 6 scenario lurking in the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling (Kelsey Griffin, Erica Orden, & Lara Seligman, Politico) Clarence Thomas Raised Another Issue: Was Jack Smith Legally A

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