JURIST

JANUARY 12, 2021

The US Supreme Court on Monday heard oral argument in Pham v. Guzman Chavez , which addresses the detention of aliens who are both in the process of removal from the US and subject to a reinstated removal order. The case stems from a dispute over whether a group of eight non-citizen immigrants, initially detained by the US government for illegal entry, could seek release via bond hearings before immigration judges.

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EvidenceProf Blog

JANUARY 2, 2021

They say* the only thing rarer than steak tartare is a prosecutor being disciplined for failing to disclose material exculpatory evidence pursuant to Brady v. Maryland. But the case of Glenn Kurtzrock is an exception. A petition, filed by the.

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Diane Drain

JANUARY 1, 2021

The Paycheck Protection Program (the second round): On December 27, 2020 a new bill was signed into law, now referred to as the Consolidated Appropriation Act of 2021, or ‘CAA’, This bill is 5,593 pages long (knowing how the legislative process works, there is no a single person involved who knows the entire bill and the consequences of the various provisions).

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LawTechnologyToday

JANUARY 13, 2021

The Legal Technology Resource Center (LTRC) is pleased to make its seventh annual announcement of its Women of Legal Tech honorees. LTRC’s Women of Legal Tech initiative is intended to encourage diversity and celebrate women in legal technology. This initiative launched in 2015 with a list of innovators and leaders in legal technology and with this year’s additions, that list now includes 132 talented and influential women leaders.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 24, 2021

Notice anything? Welcome to SCOTUSblog’s new website – our biggest technological revamp in more than a decade. We’ve redesigned our homepage to showcase our most important work. We’ve upgraded our fonts and layout to make everything easier to read. We’ve tweaked our logo to reflect. The post Beyond blogging: The new and improved SCOTUSblog appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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JURIST

JANUARY 29, 2021

The German Federal Court of Justice, der Bundesgerichtshof (BGH), ruled Thursday that war crimes committed abroad can be tried in the German courts. The decision comes from a case involving an officer in the Afghan army who was accused of coercion, mistreatment of three captured Taliban fighters, and desecrating the body of a Taliban commander who had been “hung on a protective wall … like a trophy and degraded.” The Afghan officer was given a suspended sentence of two years im

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EvidenceProf Blog

JANUARY 1, 2021

Assume that a defendant is charged with murder. Further, assume that, during defense counsel's opening statement, a spectator in the courtroom yells, “That's all lies!” Does the judge need to declare a mistrial, or will a curative instruction suffice? That.

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Diane Drain

JANUARY 1, 2021

CFPB Settles with Discover Bank, the Student Loan Corporation and Discover Products for violating a consent order and other unlawful practices. December 22, 2020 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a consent order that Discover must pay at least $10 million to consumers, and $25 million as a penalty for their unfair acts and practices. Below is a reprint of the CFPB’s announcement and Order.

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Patently O

JANUARY 31, 2021

Jeff Berkowitz is a Miami real estate developer, lawyer, and now inventor. Berkowitz, along with architect Bernardo Fort Brescia and civil engineer Ronald Klemencic were recently awarded a design patent on their design for SkyRise Miami. D908917 (“The ornamental design for a building as shown and described.”). The building is apparently now under construction, although at a somewhat delayed pace.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 27, 2021

The following is a series of questions posed by Professor Gabriel “Jack” Chin, University of California, Davis School of Law, to Professor Amanda Frost, American University Washington College of Law, on Frost’s new book, You Are Not American: Citizenship Stripping from Dred Scott to the. The post The Supreme Court’s role in defining American citizenship appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 4, 2021

Despite predictions made in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, lawsuits alleging that COVID-19 caused physical or economic harm were limited in 2020.

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JURIST

JANUARY 18, 2021

The US Department of Justice announced on Thursday that it had indicted 14 of the world’s highest-ranking members of the MS-13 gang, charging them with the following: conspiracy to provide and conceal material support to terrorists, conspiracy to commit acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries, conspiracy to finance terrorism and narco-terrorism conspiracy in connection with the defendants’ leadership of the transnational criminal organization over the past two decades from El Sa

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EvidenceProf Blog

JANUARY 21, 2021

It is a well known fact that Stephen King did not like Stanley Kubrick's film version of his novel, The Shining.

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LawTechnologyToday

JANUARY 29, 2021

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The Process Street

JANUARY 25, 2021

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 18, 2021

The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Tuesday in a lawsuit brought by the city of Baltimore against companies that produce fossil fuels, seeking to hold them responsible for their role in global warming. The justices won’t weigh in on the merits of the city’s claims or the companies’ defenses; instead, the court will consider a jurisdictional issue arising from the companies’ efforts to transfer the case from a state court to federal court.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 4, 2021

Bar exams of the future should be delivered online as an integrated test with scenarios to answer questions from, rather than in, sections with different…

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JURIST

JANUARY 11, 2021

The US Supreme Court granted review in 14 new cases on Friday on issues ranging from the eligibility of temporary protected status immigrants to become lawful permanent residents to the application of the CARES Act to Alaska Native Corporations. The first two cases are Americans for Prosperity v. Becerra and Thomas More Law Center v. Becerra , which have been consolidated.

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LegalReader

JANUARY 29, 2021

A molecule of CO2 emitted in India or China has the same effect on the climate system as a molecule emitted in the United States. No matter where we are, climate change affects us all the same. .

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LawTechnologyToday

JANUARY 21, 2021

If you’re looking for a truly immersive gaming experience that will allow you to leave the real world behind, virtual reality (VR) will allow you to do just that. These gaming applications can help you experience places and events that go far beyond our real-world environment by allowing players to exist within a three-dimensional artificial world. The human brain can adapt quickly.

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LawInSport

JANUARY 21, 2021

Commercial Dispute Resolution in China: An Annual Review and Preview. Published by Wolters Kluwer, 2020, available here. An introduction to the Annual Review by Guo Cai is available here. Table of Contents. PART 1. OVERVIEW. PART 2. MAJOR UPDATES OF LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND OTHER POLICY DOCUMENTS IN THE SPORTS SECTOR. 2.1 Law of the People’s Republic of China on Physical Culture and Sports. 2.2 National Sport Policies at the State Council Level. 2.3 Effect and Influence of the State Council Sport

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 22, 2021

This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, the federal government’s state-secrets privilege to protect classified information from disclosure. In United States v. Zubaydah , respondent Zayn Husayn, also known as Abu Zubaydah, is a former associate of Osama bin Laden who was detained abroad after his capture in Pakistan and who is now being held at the U.S. government’s Guantanamo Bay detention facility.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 26, 2021

When Colin Darnell received word in December that he did not pass New York’s online bar exam, he had a feeling the scoring may have…

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JURIST

JANUARY 22, 2021

The European Parliament passed a resolution on Thursday calling for the release of Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, urging the EU to impose restrictions against those involved in the arrest, and insisting EU halt completion of Nord Stream 2. The resolution comes after Navalny was arrested on Sunday when arriving in Moscow following recovery from poisoning that occurred last August.

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Patently O

JANUARY 4, 2021

By Jason Rantanen. This post uses data from the Compendium of Federal Circuit Decisions to provide a quick statistical overview of the Federal Circuit’s decisions this year, particularly in appeals arising from the district courts and USPTO. Decisions by origin. Figure 1 shows the total number of Federal Circuit opinions and Rule 36 summary affirmances by origin.

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