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‘Invisibility’ of Prosecutor Misconduct Erodes Trust: PA Report

The Crime Report

New York State initiated this practice in 2017, and the requirement was added to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure in 2020. The New York State Legislature has created a commission aimed at monitoring and identifying prosecutor misbehavior. Some 23 states have adopted these verbatim or with some modifications.

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Another separation-of-powers case, press access to trials, and maritime insurance

SCOTUSBlog

But the court declined to invalidate the entire agency for this structural flaw, instead severing the for-cause provision from the rest of its authorizing statute. The district court concluded that, consistent with the contractual choice-of-law provision, New York law governed and barred Raiders’ Pennsylvania-law-based counterclaims.

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TURKEY TORTS (2020)

JonathanTurley

In 2020, the cancelation of parades and the reduction of travel has led to a very different legal profile of holiday mishaps and malfeasance. The litigation over last year’s lettuce recall has only just started due to the statute of limitations. Thanksgivings tend to reflect the state of our society for better or worse.

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As the United States Targets China’s Human Rights Abuses, Companies Should Prepare for Stricter Due Diligence on Forced Labor

Foley Hoag LLP

Leaked documents published by the New York Times in November 2019 reveal the cruel extent of the crackdown. In addition to the Global Magnitsky Act and the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, the advisory list the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act among the Trump Administration’s existing statutes for authorizing enforcement actions.

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Injunction Junction And Circuit Splits Too

Above The Law

Plaintiffs, including transgender minors and advocacy organizations, argued that the orders violated the separation of powers, conflicted with existing statutes, and infringed on equal protection rights. 1211(b), which allows the President to remove the Special Counsel only for specific reasons (inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance).

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