JURIST

MARCH 20, 2021

. § 371 , under which one may be charged if, “two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States” Counts two and three of the indictment allege violations of 18 U.S.C. 1512(c)(2) for conspiring “to corruptly obstruct, influence, and impede an official proceeding” and 18 U.S.C. §

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The law divides motor vehicle code violations into “primary violations” that will continue to draw traffic stops in the interest of public safety and “secondary violations” that won’t. The bill allows the Philadelphia Police Department 120 days for training and education before being implemented.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

In our forthcoming Spring 2025 publication, Fighting the Hypothetical: Why Law Firms Should Rethink the Billable Hour in the Generative AI Era, [1] we hypothesize that Generative AI (GenAI) technology will change forever how legal services are delivered and will force law firms to re-engineer their legacy economic model.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 15, 2022

We can start with the adoption of the Bankruptcy Code in 1978, which included a pilot program for United States trustees, who would perform administrative tasks in bankruptcy cases formerly performed by bankruptcy judges. When the program succeeded, it was made permanent and extended nationwide. Trustee Program.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 22, 2022

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously struck down a Washington state law that was aimed at helping federal contract employees get workers’ compensation for diseases arising from cleaning up nuclear waste. The case, United States v. This concept is popularly known as “intergovernmental immunity.”.

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LawVu

MAY 8, 2025

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 29, 2022

Texas Department of Public Safety , a five-justice majority on Wednesday allowed a military veteran’s lawsuit against his former state-agency employer to go forward, rejecting the state’s argument that it was shielded by sovereign immunity. The department allegedly refused to accommodate him. Share In Torres v.

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LawTechnologyToday

JANUARY 7, 2021

Before the role was defined, some functions were performed by an office manager within the in-house legal department. Now more than ever, corporate legal departments are reassessing where their legal ops stand and are looking to move forward with the right tools to thrive through whatever uncertainties might arise in the near future.

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Customs & International Trade Law

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

of the United Emirates for alleged violations of the Export Administration Regulations. . President and Founder of Diaz Trade Law, Jennifer (Jen) Diaz is a Chambers ranked, Board Certified International Attorney specializing in customs and international trade; and . Associate Attorney of Diaz Trade Law, Sharath Patil , assists U.S.

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The Estrin Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

That being said, what does it take to stand out and become a “Top Lawyer” in your specific field of law? In this interview series called “5 Things You Need To Become A Top Lawyer In Your Specific Field of Law”, we are talking to top lawyers who share what it takes to excel and stand out in your industry. Giulianti, Esq.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban. The Taliban confirmed the attacks and stated that ISIS was behind these attacks. ISIS has some power in Nangarhar and some neighboring provinces.

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Diane Drain

MARCH 7, 2022

To make things worse, credit reports include items like unpaid medical bills, where patients frequently do not know what services will be performed and what they will be charged. In the United States, it is all too common for patients and their families to be caught in a doom loop between their provider and their insurance company.

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The Crime Report

MAY 21, 2021

Nearly one-third of federal correctional officer jobs in the United States are vacant, forcing prisons to use cooks, teachers, nurses and other workers to guard inmates, reports the Associated Press. The bureau insists everyone working at its facilities is a trained, sworn correctional worker, regardless of position or job title.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

But civil remedies against individual officers are inadequate to address police misconduct, argues civil rights attorney Jennifer Hickey of the Emory University School of Law. By embedding a “rhetoric of individual responsibility” into the law, Section 1983 plays a significant part in generating calls for punishment of individual officers.

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Customs & International Trade Law

AUGUST 24, 2021

Over 95% of the world’s consumers are outside of the United States. export control laws , including the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”). Commerce Department, the EAR is a set of regulations which governs whether U.S. Commerce Department, the EAR is a set of regulations which governs whether U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 6, 2023

Share Ohio Adjutant General’s Department v. Constitution, the National Guard is a joint state-federal endeavor. As a result of this embedded structure, the technicians have a somewhat complicated dual status: Their employment is an amalgam of federal and state, and of civilian and military, duties.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Department of Homeland Security presents the justices with a statutory question that, as Bryan Adams states in his petition, could affect about 200,000 federal employees who serve as members of the military reserves and National Guard. Department of Defense’s express policy is to rely on voluntary duty “per section 12301(d).”

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The Constitution’s bankruptcy clause gives Congress the power to “establish … uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States.” bankruptcy law, with most of the country under the U.S. These and other petitions of the week are below: United States v. Washington. of Florence v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 18, 2023

Since 2019, more than seventy local and state jurisdictions have followed Berkeley’s lead in requiring or strongly incentivizing all-electric or fossil-fuel-free new buildings, with more considering similar approaches. While the California Restaurant Association made both state and federal claims, the U.S. Under EPCA, the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 14, 2022

United States , upholding the federal court conviction of a defendant previously prosecuted and sentenced by a Court of Indian Offenses for charges stemming from the same incident. Share An intriguingly divided court ruled Monday in Denezpi v.

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The Fashion Law

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

In fact, they mirrored those that have long-plagued no small number of domestically-headquartered retail companies, with Forever 21, among others, being cited on more than one occasion by the Department of Labor (“DOL”)’s Wage and Hour Division in connection with its manufacturing practices.

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Customs & International Trade Law

APRIL 29, 2022

Here is a recap of the latest customs and international trade law news: FDA. On April 27, 2022, The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) today released its 2022 Special 301 Report on the adequacy and effectiveness of U.S. citizen woman making its way out of the United States toward Mexico.

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FDA Law Blog

MARCH 3, 2024

Departments of Defense (DoD) and Commerce actions against several specific Chinese biotechnology companies. An earlier version of the BIOSECURE Act was included in the House version of the FY24 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) but did not become law. See, e.g., 42 CFR § 430.0.

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Customs & International Trade Law

JUNE 28, 2022

This article provides an overview of the type of evidence importers should have readily available when importing goods into the United States. Currently the highest-risk goods include those imported directly from Xinjiang into the United States and from entities on the UFLPA Entity List. 3) Supply Chain Management.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Share If a veteran of the United States Armed Forces sustains an injury during military service, they may be entitled to disability benefits. Adolfo Arellano served in the United States Navy from 1977 to 1981. That may change after the Supreme Court hears Arellano v. McDonough , which will be argued on Tuesday.

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Customs & International Trade Law

AUGUST 3, 2021

Over 95% of the world’s consumers are outside of the United States. export control laws , including the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”). Commerce Department, the EAR is a set of regulations which governs whether U.S. Commerce Department, the EAR is a set of regulations which governs whether U.S.

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Customs & International Trade Law

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (“HTSUS”) subheading 9801.00.10 made products back into the United States, duty-free. Previously, this classification only covered merchandise originally made in the United States and now reentering the country (hence “US Goods Returned”).

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Customs & International Trade Law

MAY 22, 2025

Manthei Wood Products, States Industries LLC, and Timber Products Company (collectively, Coalition for Fair Trade in Hardwood Plywood or Petitioners) filed antidumping and countervailing duties petitions on hardwood and decorative plywood from Indonesia, the Peoples Republic of China, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

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Customs & International Trade Law

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Department of State and the California-based company Keysight Technologies Inc. As a result, the Department decided that it would not be appropriate to administratively debar Keysight at this time. As a result, the Department decided that it would not be appropriate to administratively debar Keysight at this time.

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Chugh LLP

JUNE 15, 2021

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services will update their USCIS Policy Manual to include Bona Fide Determination (BFD), a new process which aims to provide victims of crime in the United States access to employment authorization sooner. By: Jacqueline Valle and Toni Ordona. Bona Fide u visa petitions.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 22, 2022

Group therapy cages for inmates at Mule Creek State Prison near Sacramento. Whites are diagnosed with more legitimate and sympathetic diagnoses and they’re sent to mental health units,” Tashon claimed. We’re sent to behavior modified units and security modified units which offer no mental health treatment, only punishment.”.

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Customs & International Trade Law

AUGUST 31, 2021

Department of Agriculture’s (“USDA”) National Organic Program (“NOP”) is a federal regulatory program which develops and enforces uniform national standards for organically-produced agricultural products sold in the United States. United Kingdom. Diaz Trade Law has significant experience on NOP matters.

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Customs & International Trade Law

JULY 23, 2021

A Las Vegas woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to export goods from the United States to Iran, in violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations. Foreign Interference in a United States Election Sanctions. ?Global

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 25, 2023

Five years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that pleading guilty to a crime does not prevent a defendant from arguing that the law criminalizing their conduct is unconstitutional. United States , the three men ask the justices to reinstate their constitutional challenge. In Herrera v.

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Customs & International Trade Law

JULY 28, 2023

recently that violated federal law regulating misbranded hazardous substances or banned hazardous substances. Department of Commerce Department of Commerce and Department of Defense sign Memorandum of Agreement to strengthen U.S. CBP provides de minimis FAQs in a follow-up to its April 5 webinar. U.S.

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The Fashion Law

AUGUST 9, 2021

Sourcing contracts : Are compliance protocols being passed down to subcontractors as required under mandatory contract provisions and are context-specific key performance indicators used to enable more flexible objectives to be set and managed outside strict contractual requirements.

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Customs & International Trade Law

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Here is a recap of the latest customs and international trade law news: Customs and Border Protection (CBP) CBP announced a new series of quarterly training webinars and resources to help small- and medium-sized businesses report trade violations that threaten their bottom line and hurt the broader U.S.

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