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JUNE 29, 2024

The UK Court of Appeal ruled Thursday that the UK National Crime Agency’s (NCA) refusal to investigate the importation of Uyghur forced labour cotton from China was unlawful. The Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) and the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) have secured a historic victory, which marks the first successful case globally to disrupt supply chains complicit in the ongoing genocide of Uyghur and other Turkic peoples in East Turkestan/Xinjiang, China.

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JULY 1, 2024

Share On Monday, July 1, we will be live blogging as the court releases opinions in one or more argued cases from the current term. Click here for a list of FAQs about opinion announcements. The post Announcement of opinions for Monday, July 1 appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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JULY 1, 2024

“Supreme Court Social Media Ruling Is a Free-Speech Landmark; Moody v. NetChoice is a milestone ruling in First Amendment law, giving internet platforms the highest level of constitutional protection”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

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Above The Law

JULY 1, 2024

The impact of Dobbs continues. The post We Are One Step Closer To Living In Sam Alito’s America appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

JUNE 30, 2024

The Argentine Prosecutor investigating the genocide against the Rohingya formally petitioned the Argentinian Court on to issue twenty-five arrest warrants for genocide and crimes against humanity under Article 294 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Argentina. The Burmese Rohingya Organisation UL (BROUL) brought the case forward under the principle of universal jurisdiction, and announced that they had been informed of the petition on Friday.

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JUNE 30, 2024

“How the Supreme Court’s blockbuster ‘Chevron’ ruling puts countless regulations in jeopardy”: Tierney Sneed, Jeanne Sahadi, Tami Luhby, Brian Fung, Ella Nilsen, Jen Christensen, and Katie Lobosco of CNN have this report.

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Above The Law

JULY 1, 2024

An important ranking to show which firms are helping LGBTQ+ attorneys achieve successful careers in the law. The post The Biggest Biglaw Firms With The Most LGBTQ+ Lawyers (2025) appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

JUNE 29, 2024

The UN announced on Thursday the additional deployment of UN peacekeepers in the southeast Haut Mbomou region of the Central African Republic to prevent further violence. Valentine Rugwabiza, the head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), announced the deployment at a UN Security Council Briefing.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 1, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. Every summer, before the justices leave town for the Supreme Court’s recess, they have one last impromptu conference to consider – and usually dispose of – all the cases relisted after their last scheduled conference (which this year happened on June 20).

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JUNE 30, 2024

“The Supreme Court ‘running of the interns’ comes to the finish line; For decades, Washington’s lowliest denizens delivered the Supreme Court’s most important decisions; Now, the internet has made the beloved tradition nearly obsolete”: Alex Seitz-Wald of NBC News has this report.

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Above The Law

JULY 1, 2024

Sure, you can pay down your debt, but not much else. The post A Law Degree Isn’t Always A Ticket To Riches appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

JUNE 29, 2024

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) asked the US Supreme Court to clarify whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1) can constitutionally prohibit both violent and non-violent offenders equally from owning guns in light of the Second Amendment , which guarantees the right to keep and bear arms. The current situation arises out of numerous petitions which question the constitutional validity of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1).

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LLRX

JUNE 29, 2024

Jerry Lawson discusses how antipathy toward slide shows is understandable but misdirected. A slide show is a tool, an instrument like a hammer, airbrush or violin. Lawson advocates the position that good slide shows can help presenters better educate, persuade, and even inspire.

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JUNE 29, 2024

“Opinionpalooza: The Day SCOTUS Became President; The Supreme Court Has Decided They Know More Than Everyone Else About Everything Ever.” You can access today’s new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link. And the newest episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast is titled “ Chevron Is Dead, Long Live Chevron.

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Above The Law

JULY 1, 2024

Crispin Odey has a lot less money in which to drown his sorrows about this week’s Tory wipeout. The post Couldn’t Have Happened To A Nicer Guy appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

JUNE 29, 2024

The US Supreme Court ruled Friday in a 6-3 decision to allow cities to enforce bans on homeless encampments even when shelter space is unavailable. In City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson , the plaintiffs filed a class action on behalf of the homeless population living in Grants Pass, alleging that the city’s ordinances against public camping violated the Eighth Amendment.

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LLRX

JUNE 29, 2024

Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness.

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JUNE 29, 2024

“Supreme Court Upends Purdue Pharma’s Opioid Deal — and Bankruptcy Law; The agreement had been slammed for not holding the Sackler family accountable; But without some incentive, they’d have no reason to settle”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

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Above The Law

JULY 1, 2024

* Biglaw is a lot like the NBA says the Times. [ NY Times ] * Overruling Chevron is just the start. [ Law360 ] * DOJ to charge Boeing with fraud. [ Reuters ] * Man charged with killing Tupac denied release. [ Newsweek ] * A look at the fastest growing Am Law 200 firm. [ American Lawyer ] * Is it harder to become a barrister or a solicitor? [ LegalCheek ] * Drug companies determined to make the government do this the hard way. [ Bloomberg Law News ] The post Morning Docket: 07.01.24 appeared firs

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JURIST

JUNE 29, 2024

A 19-year-old man has been charged with a terrorism offense in New South Wales after briefly entering the office of State Member for Newcastle Tim Crakanthorp with plans to kill him, according to the Australian Federal Police (AFP) on Thursday. The man, identified as Jordan Patten from Raymond Terrace, New South Wales, has been refused bail and appeared before the Newcastle Local Court on Thursday via audio-visual link.

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LLRX

JUNE 30, 2024

Veronica Garrick's paper is an insightful, factual and timely discussion of how in today’s digital age, minors are exposed to technology at a young age, presenting both great opportunities and risks. Online risks include data privacy breaches, access to inappropriate, cyberbullying, and online child predators. These challenges can have negative long-lasting effects, including privacy, mental, emotional, and physical safety.

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JUNE 29, 2024

“Today’s Alito dissent can become tomorrow’s law; No, the rights to free speech and religious liberty are not under attack, despite warnings from Justice Samuel Alito; But his dissent serves as a warning for what could be yet to come from this court”: Columnist Kimberly Atkins Stohr has this essay online at The Boston Globe.

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Above The Law

JULY 1, 2024

It's all about the text, people. The post Actually, Amy Coney Barrett’s Dissent In The January 6th Case Is Fire appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

JULY 1, 2024

Two days of UN-organized talks on the situation in Afghanistan began in Doha on Sunday, marking the first time the Taliban was present. Human rights activists expressed anger and concern over the decision to exclude women from the meeting and to consider the Taliban as the representatives of the country, despite their lack of recognition by the international community.

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Law 360

JULY 1, 2024

The Brooklyn federal judge handling multidistrict litigation over Visa and Mastercard merchant fees on Monday suggested that a case alleging the credit card companies had agreements with Apple that violated antitrust law should be sent back to Illinois federal court, saying the facts in the case are not similar enough.

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