JURIST
JUNE 23, 2024
The Irish Bar Council on Saturday announced a strike on three dates next month due to a lack of progress on pay restoration. The council recommended to its members in criminal practice withdraw service on July 9, 15 and 24 as an escalation from the action taken by barristers last October when they held their first-ever strike to call on the government to restore cuts to criminal legal aid funding.
NCBA Law Practice Management Blog
JUNE 23, 2024
Working from home ain’t the same as working in the office. I mean, you can’t do your laundry at the office – unless you have a really nice office setup. Now, the thing that’s interesting is that most law firms – most employers, I would go so far as to say – treat in-office and virtual employees the same way. That’s a combination of inertia, and a failure of imagination.
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JURIST
JUNE 23, 2024
Prosecutors in France have charged a 19-year-old man and another, minor, youth in the vicinity of Paris with ‘terrorist conspiracy’ after they were found to be planning a militant terrorist attack on Jewish targets, a judicial source told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Friday. The teens, who met via social media, were allegedly planning a “violent action notably aiming at Jewish targets,” the source told AFP.
HowAppealing
JUNE 23, 2024
“The Fifth Circuit’s Public Library Police: Do federal judges need to weigh in on ‘Larry the Farting Leprechaun’?” The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.
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JURIST
JUNE 23, 2024
The Sri Lanka Navy arrested 22 Indian fishermen on Saturday for alleged illegal fishing in the island nation’s waters and seized three fishing vessels. The fishermen were arrested from the North Sea near Delft Islands during a search operation conducted on Saturday night. Navy Spokesperson Captain Gayan Wickramasuriya said that the arrested fishermen would be taken to Kankesanturai fishing harbor for further legal proceedings.
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JURIST
JUNE 23, 2024
The Indian government removed on Saturday the director general of the National Testing Agency (NTA), Subodh Kumar Singh, amid the ongoing National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) scandal. The NEET UG exam has been under heightened scrutiny since NTA declared the result on June 14 and was accused of corruption and unfair practices. Shri Pradeep Singh Kharola was appointed as the director general of NTA until further orders or appointment of the incumbent director general, whichever is earli
HowAppealing
JUNE 23, 2024
“Judicial Notice (06.23.24): Whose Originalism? A prominent professor attacks a conservative judge, Judge Cannon returns to the news, litigation boutiques announce bonuses, and a lateral hire comes undone.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.
JURIST
JUNE 23, 2024
The Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei ordered the country’s judiciary not to refer to Western human rights principles in their decisions, in a Saturday speech during a meeting with the country’s Judiciary Chief and other senior judiciary officials. The Supreme Leader said that the principles are incorrect and described Western countries as hypocritical.
HowAppealing
JUNE 23, 2024
“The ‘Fix’ Is in With the Latest Attack on Clarence Thomas; A report from a self-styled non-ideological Supreme Court watchdog is filled with errors and omissions”: Mark Paoletta will have this op-ed in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
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JURIST
JUNE 23, 2024
Thousands of people demonstrated Saturday around Ireland in support of the victim of an attack by an Irish soldier who was given a suspended sentence last week. In response to the support of people across the nation for her cause, attack victim Natasha O’Brien stated : I’d like to say I’m absolutely overwhelmed by your solidarity and your support, and without your rage, your outrage, your fear, and your horror, this would not have been looked at.
HowAppealing
JUNE 23, 2024
“Abortion access has won when it’s been on the ballot. That’s not an option for half the states.” Kimberlee Kruesi, Christine Fernando, and Leah Willingham of The Associated Press have this report.
JURIST
JUNE 23, 2024
Christian Tein, leader of the New Caledonian independence group “CCAT cell,” will be detained in mainland France after being charged on Saturday in connection with violent protests on the island territory, according to local media and statements from his lawyer to the press. Tein will be transferred almost 17,000 kilometers (10,500 miles) to France from New Caledonia, a French territory in the South Pacific about 1,500 kilometers east of Australia.
HowAppealing
JUNE 23, 2024
“Will latest Supreme Court decision affect California bans on assault weapons, magazines?” Kevin Rector of The Los Angeles Times has this report.
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CARET Legal
JUNE 23, 2024
Rules-based calendaring is a smart, technologically advanced tool designed to navigate the tangle of legal rules and deadlines, helping you manage your time and tasks more effectively. At its core, a rules-based calendaring system is a sophisticated feature integrated into many types of law firm management software. But it’s more than just a digital tool for jotting down dates and events.
HowAppealing
JUNE 23, 2024
“On this criminal sentencing ‘occasion,’ the Supreme Court abandoned logic”: Quin Hillyer has this essay online at Washington Examiner.
Conflict of Laws
JUNE 23, 2024
Solomon Okorley Ph.D, University of Johannesburg, and affiliated with the Research Centre for Private International Law in Emerging Countries at the University of Johannesburg. Introduction South Africa is one of the most developed countries on the African continent and a key country in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) economic bloc.
HowAppealing
JUNE 23, 2024
“Rahimi Is Here and It Is Glorious”: You can access the new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link.
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LawVu
JUNE 23, 2024
More than ever before, legal teams are leveraging AI to reduce overheads and position themselves as strategic business partners. But in a crowded marketplace of solutions, which generative AI legal use cases are no-brainers for in-house counsel? To fulfil our roles as high-performing business partners, it’s critical that in-house legal teams are able to deliver the strategic advice that matters most to our organizations.
HowAppealing
JUNE 23, 2024
“Clarence Thomas and John Roberts Are at a Fork in the Road”: Columnist David French has this essay online at The New York Times.
Patently O
JUNE 23, 2024
by Dennis Crouch The Supreme Court recently decided Moore v. United States , — U.S. — (June 20, 2024), a case focusing on the constitutionality of the Mandatory Repatriation Tax (MRT). While the majority opinion, authored by Justice Kavanaugh, upheld the MRT, Justice Thomas published a strong dissent relying upon an invention metaphor in a decidedly negative light, something that he has done in several other recent opinions.
HowAppealing
JUNE 23, 2024
“It’s Time for a Rahimi Pop Quiz!” Joseph Fishkin has this post at the “Balkinization” blog.
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JonathanTurley
JUNE 23, 2024
Will Rogers once said that “if you ever injected truth into politics, you’d have no politics.” In Wales, it appears that the government is challenging that assessment. However, if the new legislation criminalizing political lies is successful, the Welsh are likely to find themselves with the same abundance of lies but little free speech.
JURIST
JUNE 23, 2024
China announced sanctions against US arms company Lockheed Martin in response to the US sale of arms to Taiwan on Friday. The spokesperson of the Chinese foreign ministry Linjian contended that the arms deal violates the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiqués, especially the August 17 Communiqué of 1982. These sanctions resulted in total asset freezing and a ban on Chinese people or companies interacting with Lockheed Martin and its executives or subsidiaries, including Loc
FDA Law Blog
JUNE 23, 2024
By John A. Gilbert & Karla L. Palmer — For more than 50 years, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has enforced the central mandate of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to maintain a closed chain of distribution for drugs with a potential for abuse and diversion. The CSA and regulations promulgated by DEA are intended to reduce the potential for diversion and abuse and ensure that controlled substances are dispensed and delivered to patients for a legitimate medical purpose.
JURIST
JUNE 23, 2024
Togo’s High Authority for Audiovisual and Communication (HAAC) announced the end of its suspension of accreditation for foreign news organizations, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said Friday. The decision comes two months after accreditations were suspended, something RSF called “a flagrant violation of press freedom.” French journalist Thomas Dietrich entered Togo to cover the political unrest in response to a constitutional revision.
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JURIST
JUNE 23, 2024
Authorities in Kyoto are investigating an incident where a hotel allegedly denied accommodation to an Israeli man, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Yoko Kamikawa, stated on Friday. An Israeli man claimed that his reservation was denied because the hotel believed he might have ties to the Israel Defense Forces and their actions in Gaza. The hotel cited concerns that providing lodging to individuals who might have assisted or could be assisting in warfare activities forbidden by internati
JURIST
JUNE 23, 2024
Over 30,000 people marched in Budapest Pride on Saturday and protested Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, according to local media. Ambassadors from various countries attended the event, including US Ambassador to Hungary David Pressman. Pressman emphasized the United States’ support for the march, stating that the US “will always march alongside those standing up for human dignity, fighting to advance freedom.” The US Embassy to Hungary was one of 44 embassies and cultur
JURIST
JUNE 23, 2024
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) condemned on Friday the shelling attack that took place near its Gaza office, killing 22 people and injuring 45 who had taken shelter near the building. In a statement on X, the ICRC did not identify who committed the attack but condemned the firing near humanitarian structures. They emphasized that the conflicting parties are obligated to take all “feasible precautions to avoid harm to civilians and damage to civilian objects” unde
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