Month: March 2023
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Saturday, March 25, 2023 – How Appealing
Visit / housing.101now.com “A threat to democracy or much-needed reform? Israel’s judicial overhaul explained.” Hadas Gold of CNN has this report. Posted at 10:24 PM by Howard Bashman “Ethical no man’s land: can the US supreme court be trusted to police itself? The nation’s highest court relies on justices to judge for themselves if they […]
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Saturday, March 25, 2023 – How Appealing
Visit / housing.101now.com Latest Headlines from Above The Law Visit / 101now.net 2023-03-26 02:24:42 Uncategorized #Saturday #March #Appealing
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Saturday, March 25, 2023 – How Appealing
Visit / housing.101now.com Latest Headlines from Above The Law Visit / 101now.net 2023-03-26 02:22:42 Uncategorized #Saturday #March #Appealing
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Saturday, March 25, 2023 – How Appealing
Visit / housing.101now.com “Ketanji Brown Jackson has battled, compromised in her first nine months on the Supreme Court; Justice Kavanaugh says Brown is ‘off to a great start’”: Brianna Herlihy of Fox News has this report. Posted at 10:20 PM by Howard Bashman “Supreme Court Should Take and Reverse Fifth Circuit Decision that Creates a […]
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India Supreme Court says affinity test is not essential to determine caste/tribe claim – JURIST
Visit / housing.101now.com The Supreme Court of India Friday delivered its ruling wherein it held that the affinity test is not a litmus test to decide a caste name and is not an essential part of the process of the determination of the correctness of a caste/tribe name in every case. The three-judge bench of […]
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UN issues report condemning treatment of prisoners of war in Russia-Ukraine war – JURIST
Visit / housing.101now.com The UN Head of the Human Rights Monitoring Commission Watch, Matilda Boligner, Friday issued a report regarding the rights of Prisoners of War (POWs) in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. The report detailed a total of 8,000 people dead and 9,000 injured, many of whom were victims of the use of missiles and […]
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Council of Europe commissioner accuses France of excessive force against protestors over pension reform bill – JURIST
Visit / housing.101now.com The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatovic Friday accused the French police of using violence and excessive force against protestors demonstrating opposition against French President Emmanual Macron’s circumventing an outvoted pension reform bill increasing the retirement age from 62 to 64, without a parliamentary vote. The Council of Europe is Europe’s […]
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Saturday, March 25, 2023 – How Appealing
Visit / housing.101now.com Saturday, March 25, 2023 “Three lawyers and a robot walk into a bar . . . and debate motions practice.” Adam Unikowsky has this post at his Substack site, “Adam’s Legal Newsletter.” Posted at 8:30 PM by Howard Bashman Latest Headlines from Above The Law Visit / 101now.net 2023-03-26 00:58:47 Uncategorized #Saturday […]
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Saturday, March 25, 2023 – How Appealing
Visit / housing.101now.com Saturday, March 25, 2023 “Three lawyers and a robot walk into a bar . . . and debate motions practice.” Adam Unikowsky has this post at his Substack site, “Adam’s Legal Newsletter.” Posted at 8:30 PM by Howard Bashman Latest Headlines from Above The Law Visit / 101now.net 2023-03-26 00:30:53 Uncategorized #Saturday […]
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Zoom Workshopping Large Libel Models? Liability for AI Outputs
I have a very rough draft of this article; I’d love to hear comments on it, of course, but I’d also like to workshop it by Zoom, in case some people are interested. So if you want to set this up for some law people, or computer science people (academics, students, practitioners, or a mix), or others […]
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Supreme Court Should Take and Reverse Fifth Circuit Decision that Creates a Catch-22 for Takings Claims Against State Government
Visit / housing.101now.com In its important decision in Knick v. Township of Scott (2019), the the Supreme Court reversed Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank, a 1985 decision that made it almost impossible to bring takings cases against state and local governments in federal courts. Under Williamson County, a property owner who claimed […]
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My Comment on the OMB’s Proposal to Turn “Hispanic” into a Race
The federal Office of Management and Budget has requested comments on several proposals to change the official federal racial and ethnic classifications. One proposal is to merge the ethnic question (are you Hispanic/Latino or not?) with the racial one (are you black/African American, white, Asian American, or Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander?), so individiuals would now be […]
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ChatGPT Provides Much More Balanced Responses Than Google Bard as to Good/Bad Things About Trump/Biden
Thursday, I blogged about how Google Bard responds to “What are some [good/bad] things about [Trump’s/Biden’s] presidency?” The short version (go to the post for screenshots that contain the full output): “What are some good things about Donald Trump’s presidency?” yielded a list of good things and bad things. “What are some good things about Joe […]
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Israel dispatch: defense minister calls for halt to judicial reform package and protests in extraordinary national TV address – JURIST
Visit / housing.101now.com Sharon Basch is an Israeli American who spent the last two years living in Israel before starting her JD at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. In a short national TV address Saturday, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant called for the immediate suspension of pending judicial overhaul legislation as well as […]
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The Legality and Security of Electronic Signatures: Four Key Aspects for E-Signature Enforceability
Visit / housing.101now.com @media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-641f9d9ebad437443{display: block!important;}}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-641f9d9ebad437443{display: block!important;}}@media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-641f9d9ebad437443{position: relative !important;}}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-641f9d9ebad437443{position: relative !important;}} In today’s fast-paced world, electronic signatures (e-signatures) have become increasingly popular as businesses and individuals look for efficient and secure ways to sign and exchange […]
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In New Mexico prison killing, a lingering question over jurisdiction
Petitions of the week By Kalvis Golde on Mar 25, 2023 at 12:28 pm The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. Five years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that pleading guilty to a crime […]
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Competition for School Students
Visit / housing.101now.com Here are upcoming competitions for school students with deadlines up to June 30, 2023. Seeds in Space Youth Comic Book Competition 2023 Prizes: The winner and a select number of finalists will receive International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) branded gifts and an award certificate. Submission Deadline: April 16, 2023. About the Competition: […]
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Celebration of Ellen Aprill – LexBlog
Visit / housing.101now.com On March 24, 2023, Loyola Law School hosted Festschrift, Live Symposium, and Celebration to Honor Ellen Aprill. A Festschrift (and I had to look this up) is a volume of writings by different authors presented as a tribute or memorial especially to a scholar. Professor Aprill is a highly esteemed and beloved […]
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Oil Companies Fail to Convince the Eighth Circuit Climate Cases Should Be Removed to Federal Court
On Thursday, a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit rejected arguments by fossil fuel companies that state-law-based tort claims concerning climate change should be heard in federal court. On this basis the panel in Minnesota v. American Petroleum Institute affirmed the district court’s remand of the case to state […]
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Did you know that your Tesla can be hacked in less than 2 minutes?
Visit / housing.101now.com Darkreading.com reported that ‘Researchers from France-based pen-testing firm Synacktiv demonstrated two separate exploits against the Tesla Model 3 this week at the Pwn2Own hacking contest in Vancouver. The attacks gave them deep access into subsystems controlling the vehicle’s safety and other components.” The March 24, 2023 article entitled “Tesla Model 3 Hacked […]
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Former NBA Agent Charles Briscoe Charged With Scheme To Defraud Players
Visit / housing.101now.com On March 23, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York published a release indicating that former NBA agent Charles Briscoe was arrested and faces serious criminal charges related to alleged crimes concerning the defrauding of professional athlete clients out of millions of dollars. The announcement indicates that one […]
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PW’s Kristin Bryan Talks with CFO Dive on Blackbaud Cyber Penalty
Visit / housing.101now.com Privacy World’s Kristin Bryan recently caught up with finance industry resource CFO Dive on the Blackbaud Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) settlement. The settlement, which stems from a 2020 ransomware attack that impacted more than 13,000 customers, offers public companies a warning for weak breach protocols as well as insight into the coming […]
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Charles Lin & Amy Lin
Visit / housing.101now.com https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9385539/charles-lin-amy-lin/ Background Charles Lin and Amy Lin, a retired couple residing in Virginia, filed their 2019 federal income tax return. On their return, they reported $4,010 in dividends, $50,629 in taxable retirement benefits, and a rental real estate loss of $8,189. The rental loss was from a room that the couple rented […]
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Celebrating Good Times? Relativity AI Innovation and Advancement at Legalweek 2023
Visit / housing.101now.com Editor’s Note: From time to time, ComplexDiscovery highlights publicly available or privately purchasable announcements, content updates, and research from cyber, data, and legal discovery providers, research organizations, and ComplexDiscovery community members. While ComplexDiscovery regularly highlights this information, it does not assume any responsibility for content assertions. Contact us today to submit recommendations for […]
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Hepatitis A Outbreak linked to Strawberries in Washington
Visit / housing.101now.com CDC, state public health and regulatory officials, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are investigating an outbreak of hepatitis A linked to frozen organic strawberries imported from certain farms located in Baja California, Mexico, by a common supplier. Frozen organic strawberries may be sold to a variety of retailers under multiple brand labels. […]
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Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi disqualified from Parliament House after Indian court convicts him over defamation case – JURIST
Visit / housing.101now.com India’s Lok Sabha (House of People) Secretariat Friday issued a notification of disqualification of Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi after he was convicted in a defamation case. The Lok Sabha Secretariat stated that Gandhi, who represented Kerala’s Wayanad Parliamentary Constituency, was disqualified under Article 102 (Disqualifications for membership) of the Constitution of India […]