JURIST

JANUARY 21, 2024

Mass protests took place across 114 cities in Germany on Saturday against the country’s far-right political party, Alternative für Deutschland (AfD). The demonstrations were in response to the party’s increasing popularity and allegations that party members attended a meeting to discuss mass deportation. According to the activist group Together Against The Right , the weekend demonstrations garnered over 1.5 million attendees across the cities.

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JANUARY 21, 2024

“Judicial Notice (01.20.24): Back To The Future; The fate of Chevron, a major move in the D.C. boutique world, another Biglaw discrimination lawsuit, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site. The post “Judicial Notice (01.20.24): Back To The Future; The fate of Chevron, a major move in the D.C. boutique world, another Biglaw discrimination lawsuit, and other legal news from the week that was.&

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JURIST

JANUARY 21, 2024

Social media platforms in Pakistan experienced a “ national-scale disruption ” on Saturday, according to reports by internet monitor Netblocks, during a virtual rally by the political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), led by embattled former prime minister Imran Khan. Netblocks issued a statement declaring that their official metric demonstrated disruptions to X (formerly known as Twitter), Facebook, Instagram and Youtube.

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JANUARY 21, 2024

“The Death Penalty Makes a Comeback; Federal prosecutors seek the ultimate punishment for the Buffalo shooter”: Law professor Craig S. Lerner will have this op-ed in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal. The post “The Death Penalty Makes a Comeback; Federal prosecutors seek the ultimate punishment for the Buffalo shooter” appeared first on How Appealing.

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

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JURIST

JANUARY 21, 2024

The Criminal Court of Seine-Saint-Denis has sentenced three police officers implicated in the assault of Theo Luhaka during his 2017 arrest to suspended imprisonment ranging from three months to one year, according to local news outlet BFMTV. The main assailant officer Marc-Antoine Castelain was charged with voluntary violence leading to “a mutilation or permanent infirmity,” with his status as public authority being considered as an aggravating fact.

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JURIST

JANUARY 21, 2024

The Supreme Court of India dismissed on Friday applications seeking to extend 11 convicts’ time to surrender to jail authorities in the Bilkis Bano case. The bench, comprising of Justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan, did not find any merit in the applications. The convicts’ time to surrender expired on Saturday. The court had agreed to entertain these applications on Thursday, which were mentioned before Nagarathna.

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JANUARY 21, 2024

“Overturning ‘Chevron’ Can Help Rebalance the Constitutional Order”: Columnist David French has this essay online at The New York Times. The post “Overturning ‘Chevron’ Can Help Rebalance the Constitutional Order” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

JANUARY 21, 2024

UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Alice Jill Edwards told The Guardian on Friday the UK Ministry of Justice’s reforms that would release many people subject to indefinite Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) are “welcome but they do not go far enough.” Edwards said many people will not be able to benefit from the reforms as they do not bring important changes and overlook “the cases of nearly 1,250 prisoners who remain detained indefinitely, languishing in jail under a

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 21, 2024

“Why the Supreme Court ought to punt on Trump’s eligibility”: Columnist Jason Willick has this essay online at The Washington Post. The post “Why the Supreme Court ought to punt on Trump’s eligibility” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

JANUARY 21, 2024

The Indian Supreme Court (SC) stayed Friday a Madras High Court order restoring defamation proceedings against Edappadi K. Palaniswami, who is the General Secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), Tamil Nadu state’s largest opposition party. Palaniswami was sued for defamation by fellow AIADMK member K. C. Palanisamy, whom Palaniswamy accused of misusing his party membership for personal gains.

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Law 360

JANUARY 21, 2024

Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards for 2023, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.

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JURIST

JANUARY 21, 2024

The Senegalese Constitutional Council on Saturday released a final list of 20 presidential candidates expected to take part in the West African country’s 2024 election, notably excluding leading opposition candidate Ousmane Sonko. The list of council-approved candidates includes incumbent President Macky Sall’s chosen successor, Prime Minister Amadou Ba, as well as former heads of government Idrissa Seck and Mahammed Boun Abdallah Dionne, and former mayor of the country’s capital Dakar, Khalif

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Law 360

JANUARY 21, 2024

Eight law firms have earned spots as Law360's Firms of the Year, with 55 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, steering some of the largest deals of 2023 and securing high-profile litigation wins, including at the U.S. Supreme Court.

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JURIST

JANUARY 21, 2024

The Indian Supreme Court (SC) reduced Friday a sentence in a criminal contempt of court case by the Delhi High Court (DHC) against a lawyer, Virendra Singh, over his remarks against the judges of the DHC. The lawyer was convicted and sentenced to six months in prison and a fine of 2,000 rupees. The SC, in its order, noted that the lawyer had filed an apology on January 18, 2024, addressing misconduct.

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 21, 2024

Gray Robinson | The stress of a law practice is unrelenting — these practices can help you become more resilient. The post Becoming a Burnout-Proof Attorney: 5 Steps appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms & Lawyers.

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JURIST

JANUARY 21, 2024

Indian authorities registered a formal complaint—known as a first information report (FIR)—against an election engagement movement led by India’s main opposition party and its organizer, according to the Press Trust of India’s police sources. The Thursday FIR alleged that the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra movement and its organizer, K B Byju, deviated from the march’s authorized path through Jorhat, Assam.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 21, 2024

By Biset Sena Günes , Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg Recently, on 25 October 2023, the Austrian Supreme Court (‘OGH’) [2 Ob 179/23x, BeckRS 2023, 33709] ruled on whether a jurisdiction clause included in the terms of purchase (‘ToP’) was valid when a written contract made reference to the website containing the ToP but did not provide the corresponding internet link.

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JURIST

JANUARY 21, 2024

Russian government officials announced Saturday that it is preparing a bill to facilitate the confiscation of both money and property from people who are found to violate the law surrounding false information and the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Vyacheslav Volodin , chairman of the Duma, outlined details of the bill on Telegram. He said the draft law will “make it possible to confiscate money, valuables or other property used or intended to finance criminal activities against the security

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 21, 2024

The Supreme Court of Canada has granted leave to appeal in Sinclair v Venezia Turismo. In light of the test for obtaining leave and the relatively low number of cases in which leave is granted, this offers at least some suggestion that the top court is interested in considering the legal issues raised in the case. The case has factual similarities to the Brownlie litigation in England.

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JANUARY 21, 2024

In my torts class, we discuss the often uncertain line between ordinary citizens and public figures. The latter classification places a person under a higher standard to prove defamation. This week, the South Carolina Supreme Court handed down a major ruling in Cruce v. Berkeley County School Dist. that sharply curtailed the definition of a public official and a public figure in a case involving a high school football coach.

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JURIST

JANUARY 21, 2024

A coalition of 25 US states sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday over a final rule entitled “Adoption and Submittal of State Plans for Designated Facilities: Implementing Regulations Under Clean Air Act Section 111(d),” arguing that the EPA did not have the authority to institute the new rule. The case is in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

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Speaker: Kaitlyn "The Persnickety Paralegal" Story

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 21, 2024

As many of you know, my book The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in the Age of Rage is scheduled for release in a few months. I am putting together the final edits and art. I have run into a curious problem with a widely referenced historical figure, socialist leader Charles Schenck. The defendant in Schenck v. United States is associated with the decision where Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes coined his famous “shouting fire” analogy.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 21, 2024

“The Abortion Provider Who Became the Most Hated Woman in New York: In nineteenth-century New York, abortion was shrouded in secrecy and stigma; But, for Madame Restell, there was no such thing as bad press.” Moira Donegan has this Under Review books essay online at The New Yorker. The post “The Abortion Provider Who Became the Most Hated Woman in New York: In nineteenth-century New York, abortion was shrouded in secrecy and stigma; But, for Madame Restell, there was no such th

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JANUARY 21, 2024

Japanese prosecutors indicted several individuals from three factions within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) amidst political a fundraising scandal on Friday, according to local media. Former accountants of the Abe and Nikai factions within the LDP were indicted without arrest. The indictments follow a decision not to indict senior executive members of the Abe, Kishida and Nikai factions due to a lack of evidence, said prosecutors.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 21, 2024

“In Judge Kaplan’s court, Trump plays with fire; A misbehaving defendant claims to want a showdown Monday with a judge who has a unique track record on contempt”: Shayna Jacobs and Devlin Barrett of The Washington Post have this report. The post “In Judge Kaplan’s court, Trump plays with fire; A misbehaving defendant claims to want a showdown Monday with a judge who has a unique track record on contempt” appeared first on How Appealing.

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