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America’s Forgotten Balkan Allies

28 Jul 2022, 7:01 am by Harun Karčić

Russia’s full-scale assault on Ukraine has brought to the fore deep cleavages between pro-Western and pro-Russian voices across another part of Europe, too — the Western Balkans. [read post]

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Two Years Later, House Office of the Whistleblower Ombuds Reports Success

26 Jul 2022, 6:00 am by Melissa Peinado

Part of the Office’s responsibilities is to identify whistleblower legislation as it is being introduced and this work is shown on the legislative tracker. [read post]

Whistleblower Protection Blog - http://www.whistleblowersblog.org/

Cuba's New Family Law (Proyecto Código de las Familias) Draft is Approved and Debated Before a Popular Referendum is held on 25 September 2022

25 Jul 2022, 6:30 pm

FUNDAMENTACIÓNEl proyecto que se presenta responde al mandato establecido en la DisposiciónTransitoria Decimoprimera de la Constitución de la República de Cuba aprobada enreferendo popular realizado el 24 de febrero de 2019 y proclamada el 10 de abril de esepropio año, que establece que la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular dispondría elinicio del proceso de Consulta Popular y referendo del proyecto de Código de lasFamilias en el plazo de dos… [read post]

Law at the End of the Day - https://lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/

An Upstate New York’s Settlement with the EEOC Serves as Reminder of the Continued Prevalence of Sexual Harassment in the Restaurant Industry

22 Jul 2022, 3:06 pm by Phillips & Associates

For female tipped workers, the number was even higher, at 76%. [read post]

New York Employment Attorney Blog - http://www.newyorkemploymentattorney-blog.com/

Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) Urges President Biden to Sanction Hong Kong Prosecutors as Complicit Agents in the Breach by China of its Obligations Under the Sino-British Joint Declaration

20 Jul 2022, 5:27 pm

(Report p.1).This is not new; rather it evidences the refinement and broadening of a sanctions strategy that is being used as a core part of US policy. [read post]

Law at the End of the Day - https://lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/

MS Supreme Court Reverses City’s Interpretation of the Phrase “Main Building Area” Permitting Accessory Buildings Up to 50% of the Home’s Square Footage

19 Jul 2022, 8:13 pm by Patricia Salkin

The City of Gautier granted David Vindich a permit to build a 1,410 square foot garage/workshop on his .76-acre lot. [read post]

Law of the Land - https://lawoftheland.wordpress.com/

Guest Post: Analysis of Biotech Securities Class Action Motion to Dismiss Results, 2005 – 2022

19 Jul 2022, 2:59 pm by Kevin LaCroix

While this is lower than the 76% dismissal rate we observed for 2012-2017, it is nearly identical to the overall average in our original study (2005-2017). [read post]

The D & O Diary - http://www.dandodiary.com/

[Eugene Volokh] When Are Lies Constitutionally Protected?: Unpunishable Lies

19 Jul 2022, 5:01 am by Eugene Volokh

[2] Justice Alito's arguments for protecting speech about the social sciences, quoted in Part III.A below, apply equally to physical sciences. [5] 376 U.S. at 273–76; see also Rosenblatt v. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

[Eugene Volokh] When Are Lies Constitutionally Protected?: Punishable Lies

18 Jul 2022, 5:55 am by Eugene Volokh

Supp. 472, 475-76 (N.D. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

Returning to Work: 3 Keys to a Harmonious Workplace

15 Jul 2022, 2:00 am by Jill Chapman, Insperity

A recent Pew survey reveals that 76% of employees with access to a workplace prefer to telework most or all of the time. [read post]

Human Resources News - https://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/

3 Ways to Fight a Statutory Rape Charge in Utah

14 Jul 2022, 9:16 am

Source: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title76/Chapter5/76-5-S401.htmlRead More [read post]

Collins Rupp, P.C. Blog - https://www.collinsrupp.law/our-blog

Hong Kong Within One Country and Between Two Systems of Outside Normative Expectations: Mediating Human Rights Under Conditions of Economic Autonomy and in the Shadow of Global Norms

12 Jul 2022, 1:16 pm

116–76 (adding 22 U.S.C. [read post]

Law at the End of the Day - https://lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/

The Copyright Board Third Town Hall on June 2, 2022: Was This “Three Strikes”?

7 Jul 2022, 3:16 pm by Howard Knopf

Also, 110 agreements were filed with the Board pursuant to section 76 of the Act. [read post]

Excess Copyright - http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/

Case Law, Ireland: Tallon v DPP, Political Expression, autonomous communication and anti-social behaviour orders – Eoin O’Dell

7 Jul 2022, 2:05 pm by INFORRM

And, in Dunnes Stores v Ryan [2002] IEHC 61 (5 June 2002), Kearns J in the High Court struck down section 19(6) of the Companies Act, 1990 (also here), which required a company to provide an explanation or make a statement to an officer making inquiries about the company, on the grounds, inter alia, that it infringed the right to silence implied into Article 40.6.1(i) (a right now being relocated to Article 38.1 of the Constitution insofar as it relates to the… [read post]

Inforrm's Blog - https://inforrm.wordpress.com/

Conspiracy and the Book of James

7 Jul 2022, 11:21 am by Jack Sharman

Rather, it reflects, at least in part, the asymmetric power of the government versus the defendant in criminal antitrust cases. [read post]

White Collar Wire - http://jacksharman.com/

It’s the National Security, Stupid

7 Jul 2022, 5:01 am by Minna Ålander

The Russian “threat tradition” has been a part of the bilateral rhetoric since at least 2016. [read post]

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

Common Good Constitutionalism and Constitutional Design: Continuity and Evolution in Vermeule’s Thought

6 Jul 2022, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger

For the Balkinization symposium on Adrian Vermeule, Common Good Constitutionalism (Polity Press 2022). [read post]