SCOTUSBlog
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
An old English maxim instructs that a man’s home is his castle – a refuge from the outside world. On Wednesday the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a case testing how much protection the Constitution provides to the home. At issue in Lange. The post Justices to consider whether “hot pursuit” justifies entering the home without a warrant appeared first on SCOTUSblog.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 21, 2021
The Pervomaisky District Court of Bishkek announced Saturday that former Kyrgyz customs official Raimbek Matraimov, who was found guilty of corruption earlier this month, is being detained on fresh money laundering charges. . The announcement comes only days after demonstrators took to the streets to protest the court’s earlier decision to fine Matraimov 260,000 soms (roughly USD $3000) after finding him guilty of corruption, a penalty that many saw as too lenient for the gravity of the of
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EvidenceProf Blog
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court issued a summary disposition in McCoy v. Alamu that could end up being a landmark ruling on qualified immunity. So, what is qualified immunity? As the Supreme Court explained in Mullenix v. Luna, 577.
HowAppealing
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
“Supreme Court Term Limits — Here’s the Best Option”: Tyler Cooper has this essay online at Bloomberg Law.
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CourtTechBulletin
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
My friend Bob Ambrogi asked for comment during last Friday’s Legaltech Week Journalists’ Roundtable (an excellent discussion every week about our court customers). The discussion turned briefly to Jason Tashea's proposal via the DayOneProject.org initiative titled “ Digitizing State Courts, Expanding Access to Justice ”. The following is my partial reply to the question asked.
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EvidenceProf Blog
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
Similar to its federal counterpart, Military Rule of Evidence 804(b)(6) provides an exception to the rule against hearsay for A statement offered against a party that wrongfully caused or acquiesced in wrongfully causing the declarant’s unavailability as a witness, and.
HowAppealing
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
“Big Oil’s ‘Hail Mary’ may roil U.S. climate cases”: Maxine Joselow of E&E News has this report.
LDA PRO
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
California is one of the prominent states for paralegals, offers dependable paralegal assistance. The rise of the need for Paralegal Sacramento service has made things easier for the residents of California, in comparison to hiring an expensive lawyer, which is not always the best possible solution. Legal Document Assistants or LDAs offering Paralegal Services are registered based on their competence and qualifications.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 21, 2021
Online news portal Malaysiakini was found guilty of contempt on Friday by the Federal Court of Malaysia on charges related to incendiary comments posted by readers which criticized several cordon sanitaire decisions by Malaysian judges. The charges were initiated by Attorney General Idrus Harun. His rationale behind the application was that the comments implied that the judicial branch has been engaging in corruption.
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EvidenceProf Blog
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
Similar to its federal counterpart, Indiana Rule of Evidence 803(5) provides an exception to the rule against hearsay for A record that: (A) is on a matter the witness once knew about but now cannot recall well enough to testify.
NCBA Law Practice Management Blog
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
Email drives business; yet, it also drives most of us crazy. If this is the year you want to take control of your email, here are some steps you can take: -Consider using a non-email program for in-office communications, like Slack. This will mean that your inbox can become ‘ mission-critical ’ , where you receive only messages from clients and colleagues, while you r staff and associate messages filter to another media.
HowAppealing
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
“Inmate Petitioned SCOTUS Alone, Then Arnold & Porter Stepped In”: Jordan S. Rubin of Bloomberg Law has this report.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Michigan college student is unable to proceed with a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) lawsuit against two federal officers who tackled him after mistaking him for a fugitive in 2014. In a unanimous ruling, the Supreme Court found that the claims against the officers have been disqualified for suit under the FTCA’s “judgment bar” and that the officers are immune from liability for the damages inflicted while undertaking their official dut
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EvidenceProf Blog
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
I have posted my new essay, "The End of Comparative Qualified Immunity," on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Critics have called qualified immunity an “unqualified disgrace,” an “abomination,” and “a scourge that closes courthouse doors to people whose constitutional rights.
The Process Street
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
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LLRX
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
Professors Joshua Darr , Jeremey Padgett and Johanna Dunaway research how changes in the media have shifted the incentives of elected officials and the considerations of voters, and what that means for American democracy. In recent work, they showed that extremely conservative and extremely liberal legislators receive far more airtime on cable and broadcast news than their moderate counterparts.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 20, 2021
A Russian court convicted political activist Anastasia Shevchenko Thursday, finding that she had violated the country’s “undesirable organizations” law through her involvement with a pro-democracy group. Shevchenko was given a four-year suspended sentence. Prosecutors sought five years in prison. Officials first brought the case in January of 2019, when the government contended Shevchenko violated Article 284.1 of the Russia Criminal Code, which is also recognized as the ̶
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EvidenceProf Blog
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
Federal Rule of Evidence 801(c) states that “Hearsay” means a statement that: (1) the declarant does not make while testifying at the current trial or hearing; and (2) a party offers in evidence to prove the truth of the matter.
HowAppealing
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
“Alabama to allow spiritual advisor at inmate’s execution”: Kim Chandler of The Associated Press has this report.
LegalReader
FEBRUARY 21, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court has previously refused to hear cases filed against chocolate companies overseas.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
A South Korean human rights group released a report on Thursday stating that North Korea is using forced labor from its prison camps to mine coal and other minerals to boost exports and earn foreign currency. The group alleged that North Korea is using the money generated from the scheme to support its nuclear weapons programs. The report, published by the Seoul-based Citizens’ Alliance for North Korea Human Rights (NKHR), analyzed “a large financial pyramid fraud” relying on &
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EvidenceProf Blog
FEBRUARY 21, 2021
In Bedell v. Williams, 386 S.W.3d 493 (Ark. 2012), the Supreme Court of Arkansas implied that a judge changing a prior evidentiary ruling on the eve of trial can be grounds for a new trial, even if the new ruling.
HowAppealing
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
“Republican-backed voting curbs set for U.S. Supreme Court scrutiny”: Andrew Chung of Reuters has this report.
Patently O
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
Bitmanagement Software GmbH v. US , 20-1139 ( Fed. Cir. 2021 ). Bitmanagement distributes graphics-rendering software that the US Navy makes available to computers connected to the Navy Marine Corps Intranet. The Navy purchased these copies, but did not pay the full seat license fees for system-wide use. As part of the discussion between the parties, the Navy was supposed to ( but did not ) use licensing-tracking software (“Flexera”) to monitor and limit the number of simultaneous
JURIST
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Saturday that former Nazi concentration camp guard Friedrich Karl Berger was removed from the US to Germany. Berger was removed for his service in 1945 as an armed guard of concentration camp prisoners in the Neuengamme Concentration Camp system. Berger was an armed guard within the Neuengamme Concentration Camp system.
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