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New Issue: Human Rights Quarterly

16 Nov 2020, 1:30 am

Malik and Religious Freedom: The Influence of Biography on Malik’s Contributions to the Drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human RightsAoife Daly & Catherine O’Sullivan, Sexuality Education and International Standards: Insisting Upon Children’s RightsLorenza B. [read post]

International Law Reporter - http://ilreports.blogspot.com/

SEC Enforcement: More Edgar Hackers Face the Music

10 Nov 2020, 3:00 am by John Jenkins

This Sullivan & Cromwell memo summarizes the report’s highlights: As the Report details, the Division obtained a record-breaking $4.68 billion in monetary remedies in FY 2020, including $3.59 billion in disgorgement and $1.10 billion in penalties. [read post]

TheCorporateCounsel.net Blog - http://www.thecorporatecounsel.net/Blog/

Petitions of the week: Three cases testing the legality of a federal ban on abortion referrals

6 Nov 2020, 10:48 am by Andrew Hamm

Sullivan. [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

Today’s Headlines and Commentary

28 Oct 2020, 11:58 am by Anna Salvatore

ICYMI: Yesterday on Lawfare Ryan B. [read post]

Lawfare - http://www.lawfareblog.com/

Mail Voting Litigation in 2020, Part III: Challenges Seeking to Expand Delivery Options

28 Oct 2020, 9:45 am by Lane Corrigan, Christopher Meyer, Alexander Ross Perry

This post is the third of a five-part series on litigation about mail voting during the 2020 general election. [read post]

Lawfare - http://www.lawfareblog.com/

Insights on Deducting “Legitimate Expenses” from Disgorgement Awards

27 Oct 2020, 3:03 am by Lynn Jokela

Many companies monitor peer companies for governance document changes and a recent Sullivan & Cromwell memo provides a good recap of recent trends in governance documents. [read post]

TheCorporateCounsel.net Blog - http://www.thecorporatecounsel.net/Blog/

Inmate wins ADA appeal in 2d Circuit because jail did not timely resolve his internal grievance

21 Oct 2020, 6:22 am by Second Circuit Civil Rights Blog

That panel (Livingston, Nardini and Sullivan) decides this case as well. [read post]

Wait A Second! - http://secondcircuitcivilrights.blogspot.com/

Justice Thomas Writes a Misguided Anti-Section 230 Statement “Without the Benefit of Briefing”–Enigma v. Malwarebytes

20 Oct 2020, 8:17 am by Eric Goldman

Third, this case was about Section 230(c)(2)(B), which relates to the provision of filtering instructions to third parties. [read post]

Technology & Marketing Law Blog - http://blog.ericgoldman.org/

With Eviction Moratorium Expiring, Housing Court To Resume Hearing Cases With New Two-Tiered Case Scheduling System and Virtual Hearing Rules

8 Oct 2020, 4:28 pm by Rich Vetstein

Chief Justice Timothy Sullivan has just released a set of new procedural rules to manage all pending and future cases in the “new normal” of a Covid-19 world. [read post]

The Massachusetts Real Estate Law Blog - http://massrealestatelawblog.com/

Second Circuit: On a motion under the First Step Act, a court isn’t obligated to “recalculate” the Sentencing Guidelines range to account for new Guidelines provisions “or new judicial interpretations of existing Guidelines.” Only Guideline-changes “that flow from the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010” have to be considered. But there’s an acknowledged circuit split. United States v. Moore, __F.3d__, No. 19-1390-cr, 2020 WL 5523205 (2d Cir. Sept. 15, 2020).

16 Sep 2020, 9:45 am by Darrell Fields

§§ 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B). [read post]

Federal Defenders of New York Blog - http://blog.federaldefendersny.org/

Summary: En Banc D.C. Circuit Denies Flynn’s Emergency Petition for a Writ of Mandamus

15 Sep 2020, 10:16 am by Christie Mayberry

Court for D.C., the writ of mandamus may be issued only if (a) there is no adequate alternative means of relief for the petitioner, (b) the right to the writ is “clear and indisputable” and (c) issuing the writ is appropriate. [read post]

Lawfare - http://www.lawfareblog.com/