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The recent amendments to the Divorce Act, RSC 1985, c 3 (2nd Supp) and the Supreme Court of Canada decision, Colucci v Colucci, 2021 SCC 24 suggest that lawyers are required to screen for family violence to be able to competently comply with their statutory obligations. [read post]

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[Eugene Volokh] Bans on Political Discrimination in Places of Public Accommodation and Housing

18 Oct 2021, 7:22 am by Eugene Volokh

"[17] [V.] [read post]

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

Law and Media Round Up – 18 October 2021

18 Oct 2021, 1:37 am by INFORRM

Freedom of Information The Panopticon Blog has a piece “FOIA and security bodies: running sections 23 and 24 together” concerning the recent judgment in the case of FCDO v IC, Williams and Others [2021] UKUT 248 (AAC) The non-profit group The Citizens, along with tech advocacy group Foxglove Legal, have been given permission to challenge the decision to refuse multiple information requests about the use of messaging apps Whatsapp and Signal by government ministers.… [read post]

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

Weekly Roundup: October 8–14, 2021

15 Oct 2021, 6:18 am

Karp, and Audra J. [read post]

The Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Blog - http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/corpgov

Failure to adequately investigate and present available defense challenging State’s central theory of case is ineffective assistance of counsel requiring new trial.

13 Oct 2021, 1:46 pm by Clayton Perkins

William J. [read post]

Kansas Defenders - http://kansasdefenders.blogspot.com/

The Importance of Acknowledging our History

12 Oct 2021, 5:06 am by dferriero

Clinton Presidential Library and Museum Adam Bergfeld, Archivist, the William J. [read post]

AOTUS - Collector in Chief - http://blogs.archives.gov/aotus/

The Importance of Acknowledging our History

12 Oct 2021, 5:06 am by dferriero

Clinton Presidential Library and Museum Adam Bergfeld, Archivist, the William J. [read post]

AOTUS - Collector in Chief - http://blogs.archives.gov/aotus/

Alito, Texas Abortion and the Shadow Docket: Déjà vu All Over Again?

10 Oct 2021, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat and Dennis Aftergut

” That characterization ignored the ruling’s profound real-world effect, preventing 85%-90% of women from exercising their rights under Roe v. [read post]

Verdict - http://verdict.justia.com/

Was Mark Twain the Original “Bad Art Friend”?

10 Oct 2021, 8:42 pm by Aaron Moss

The New York Times reported on the filing of House’s lawsuit against Mark Twain on January 27, 1890The “stolen ideas” lawsuit, captioned House v. [read post]

Copyright Lately - https://copyrightlately.com/

[David Kopel] Second Amendment professors brief in Supreme Court right to bear arms case

6 Oct 2021, 3:31 pm by David Kopel

King v. [read post]

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

"Robert M. Cover and International Law--Narrative, Nudges, and Nomadic Nomos"--Remarks at the Conference "The Life and Work of Robert M. Cover" Touro College Law Center

5 Oct 2021, 8:21 am

Professor of Law, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa,William S. [read post]

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

Rule 702 is Liberal, Not Libertine; Epistemic, Not Mechanical

4 Oct 2021, 8:17 am by admin

S. 153, 169 (citing Rules 701 to 705); see also Edward J. [read post]