The Crime Report
MAY 3, 2021
Errors and unreliable science can undermine “every step” of the process of collecting forensic evidence, and it should be kept out of the courtroom until research confirms its validity. That was the consensus of experts gathered for a recent webinar organized by the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice.
Patently O
MAY 4, 2021
Here is the outcome of a twitter poll on prisoner lawsuits. The poll was prompted by the pending lawsuit of Tormasi v. Western Digital. Tormasi is a patentee and has sued Western Digital for patent infringement. The district court dismissed his case and that finding was affirmed by the Federal Circuit. Both courts held that as a prisoner in N.J. state prison, Tormasi has lost his right to conduct any business, including enforce his patent rights.
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JURIST
MAY 2, 2021
Negotiators from the European Council and Parliament have reached a provisional agreement to temporarily allow electronic communications services such as Facebook and Microsoft to scan for and remove online sexual abuse, according to a press release Thursday. This agreement, which is set to further cover anti-grooming, will be implemented until permanent legislation is announced by the European Commission to replace it.
EvidenceProf Blog
MAY 2, 2021
The qualified immunity doctrine insulates governmental agents from liability for unconstitutional acts as long “as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.” The primary purpose of the doctrine.
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CourtTechBulletin
MAY 3, 2021
The Justia legal information company has posted a compendium of state court Covid-19 operations in all 50 states. They write that “State court systems across the country have significantly altered their operations in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Many courts initially limited proceedings to only the most essential and urgent matters, such as arraignments and restraining order hearings.
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JURIST
MAY 7, 2021
The state Qatar News Agency announced Thursday that the Qatari attorney general has ordered the arrest of Finance Minister Ali Sharif al-Emadi on charges related to the abuse of his office. The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Ali bin Ahmed Al-Kuwari, was announced as al-Emadi’s immediate replacement. Al-Emadi had served in a variety of roles in the Qatari government and financial sector, including serving as the chairman of the Qatar National Bank and on the board of the powerful Qatar Invest
The Fashion Law
MAY 6, 2021
Sustainability, alone, does not determine consumer purchasing behavior, but “it is of growing importance,” a new joint report revealed, finding that 94 percent of consumers say a more sustainable lifestyle is important to them and with 47 percent saying that they would pay more for “sustainable” products. According to a new study, Sustainability & Consumerism: U.S.
Patently O
MAY 4, 2021
Editor’s Note: Avery Welker is a 1L at Mizzou and likely a future patent attorney. He is starting a new series linking law school canonical cases with intellectual property counterparts. You can email ideas for future posts to avery@patentlyo.com. – Dennis Crouch. By Avery Welker. The first line of class notes I took in Civil Procedure during our discovery module says, “Spoliation – OLD LEGAL DOCTRINE.
The Crime Report
MAY 4, 2021
photo by muckrock via Flickr. A Federal Communication Commission (FCC) order to cap phone rates for incarcerees is “too little…for too few,” say supporters of the Prison Phone Justice campaign. Calling the April 29 draft decision a welcome step in reducing the costs for inmates and their families, members of the coalition of civil rights activists lobbying for reform say the FCC needs to show more ”courage” in pushing back on the private companies who charge what they have called exorbitant fees
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JURIST
MAY 1, 2021
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday revived a 2003 breach of trust claim by the Navajo Nation that would require the US government to allocate water for the tribe. Going forward, this case will look at whether the government has a fiduciary duty to ensure that the amount of water supplied to the tribe is sufficient “to fulfill the promise of establishing a Navajo Reservation as a homeland for the Nation’s people.”.
LawSites
MAY 7, 2021
The Arizona Supreme Court has approved the first three entities to be licensed as alternative business structures, enabling businesses owned by non-lawyers to deliver legal services under the liberalized licensing rules the court approved last August. On March 17, 2021, the court entered orders approving two ABS entities: Trajan Estate, LLC , a legal service provider focused on estate planning.
The Fashion Law
MAY 5, 2021
Sotheby became one of the latest establishment names in art to dive into non-fungible tokens – “NFTs” – by way of its collaboration with anonymous digital artist Pak and NFT marketplace Nifty Gateway. The auction house sold The Fungible Collection , a “novel collection of digital art redefining our understanding of value,” for more than $17 million , with some pieces, such as “The Switch,” a monochrome 3D construction that is going to be changed by the artist at some unspecified moment in the fu
The Crime Report
MAY 4, 2021
It’s often the most dramatic moment in a TV crime procedural: An eyewitness is brought into the station house to identify a crime suspect from a lineup. Tension builds as detectives await the definitive truth that will lead to a conviction. In real life, however, things are rarely as cut and dry. In one meta study of 6,734 lineups conducted in police precincts around the U.S., nearly 40 percent of the eyewitnesses fingered someone who was added as a “filler”—that is, known to be innocent.
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JURIST
MAY 6, 2021
The Canadian government is being sued over its pandemic-era policy of turning back asylum seekers attempting to enter the country at official border crossings. The Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers (CARL) filed a legal challenge on Tuesday against the Federal government’s decision to restrict access through the Canada-US border, citing in a statement “the severe harm faced by refugee claimants” who have been denied access and turned away.
The Process Street
MAY 7, 2021
It’s 4 p.m. and you’ve got a welcome call with your newest team member. Ideally, you’d feel full of life, ready to welcome her with enthusiasm and get her excited about the weeks to come. Problem is, this is your 6th video call of the day and you’re overrun with Zoom fatigue. You’ve been turned “on” (not in a good way) for the last 7 hours and are severely lacking in enthusiasm, let alone excitement.
LegalReader
MAY 5, 2021
Legal can benefit from implementing tech to move faster and collaborate with the business… And, this can help them save time and redirect their focus towards the work that really matters.
The Crime Report
MAY 5, 2021
The states of the Deep South are America’s most determined jailers, reflecting the “tough on crime” ethos of policymakers, where more individuals are behind bars for longer periods than most other places in the country, says the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). According to the SPLC, the population of Southern prisons expanded 127 percent between 1990 and 2019, while the overall U.S. incarcerated population grew by 86 percent in the same period.
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JURIST
MAY 1, 2021
The European Commission on Friday announced it has charged Apple and the App Store with antitrust violations in the music-streaming market. In its Statement of Objections , the commission states the company “distorted competition in the music streaming market as it abused its dominant position for the distribution of music streaming apps.” The charge concerns mandatory use of an in-app purchase mechanism that Apple imposes on other music-streaming developers in order to distribute th
The Process Street
MAY 5, 2021
Do you have a brand that you go back to, time and time again? If you do, what is it about this brand that’s captured your loyalty? I do not doubt that an exceptional customer experience plays its part. That is, think about how that brand makes you feel. Good huh? According to Bain & Company , businesses that invest time and effort to optimize their customer experience (CX) flows, experience above-market revenue growth between 4-8%.
Patently O
MAY 3, 2021
by Dennis Crouch. Tormasi v. Western Digital , Docket No. 20-1396 (Supreme Court 2021). Walter Tormasi is a prisoner in the New Jersey state prison system. He is serving a life sentence for murdering his mother when he was 16 years old after apparently receiving encouragement from his father, Attila. Tormasi is also a patentee. His U.S. Patent No. 7,324,301 covers a computer hard-drive that allows for “simultaneously and independently” reading and/or writing on different carrier sur
The Crime Report
MAY 7, 2021
The new ‘tap n’go’ OMNY system unveiled by New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority. Still via NY1. Will riders ever feel safe returning to buses and trains? Hoping the answer is yes, transit systems are implementing contactless (or touchless) payment systems in an effort to overcome patrons’ COVID-19-related fears of contact with strangers and unhygienic surfaces.
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JURIST
MAY 3, 2021
Guantanamo Bay detainee Abu Zubaydah, who has been detained for 19 years without charges or a trial, filed a complaint on Friday with the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions (UNWGAD) requesting intervention in his case. Zubaydah was captured in Pakistan after the September 11 attacks and was held and tortured by the CIA in various top-secret “black sites.” The CIA originally believed that Zubaydah was a close associate of al-Qaeda, but after four years of torture, they concluded
LegalReader
MAY 5, 2021
It’s certainly apparent that legal tech, AI, Big Data, and Online Courts are transforming the way one sees and makes use of the legal industry today. .
LawTechnologyToday
MAY 7, 2021
WATCH ON YOUTUBE. Speaker: Graham Anderson, Vice President of Sales at Kenect. Getting a negative Google review can be frustrating, annoying, and downright damaging to your law firm. In 2021, Google rankings are almost entirely determined by the reviews you get. And so a negative review can seriously impact your firm. In this webinar we’ll discuss everything related to negative Google reviews: how to avoid them, how to respond to them, what NOT to do when you get one, and most importantly, how t
The Crime Report
MAY 3, 2021
A report from the North Carolina Poverty Research Fund at the UNC School of Law provides a powerful explanation of the ways that race and poverty impact teenagers involved in the juvenile justice system. . Through a series of interviews and surveys with advocates, attorneys, and experts, Gene Nichol and Heather Hunt uncovered how the juvenile justice system frequently punishes poverty through a cycle of economic consequences, pushing families further into an economic crisis while pushing the chi
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