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2 Jun 2020, 9:01 pm
And he sentenced Agron Hasbajrami—who was on his way to the Middle East when apprehended at JFK Airport—to 15 years in prison for sending money to a terrorist group in Pakistan.Gleeson also presided over a case involving civil rights claims brought by eight non-U.S. citizens who were arrested after 9/11 and detained under harsh conditions in New York City. [read post]
2 Jun 2020, 6:04 am
In this case, though, SCOV agreed that the Committee made the right finding. [read post]
31 May 2020, 4:22 pm
DLA Piper Privacy Matters had a piece “Germany: right of consumer protection associations and competition to initiate civil actions under GDPR will be case for CJEU”. [read post]
29 May 2020, 8:33 am
The lawsuit was filed by American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Kentucky, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Covington & Burling, on behalf of the League of Women Voters of Kentucky, the Louisville Urban League, the Kentucky State Conference of the NAACP and several individuals, to vindicate their rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the US Constitution. [read post]
29 May 2020, 4:00 am
[v] But, to contrary appearances, on February 27, 2020, the Law Society of Ontario (LSO) released its Priority Planning Committee’s Strategic Plan (LSO’s Treasurer (“President” in other provinces), Malcolm Mercer, being the Chair of the Committee). [read post]
29 May 2020, 3:00 am
Following the news about the request for financial relief, two House committees pressed the GSA for information on the potential conflict-of-interest. [read post]
28 May 2020, 9:05 pm
Academics, internet civil liberties organizations, and other commentators have questioned the order or any subsequent rulemaking’s lawfulness under the First Amendment. [read post]
28 May 2020, 12:06 pm
Li’s discussion of how his experiences as a lawyer and human rights advocate informed his perspective as a researcher is particularly interesting. [read post]
24 May 2020, 4:06 pm
The Civil Justice Council commissioned an independent review into remote hearings during the Covid-19 to gather feedback on the impact of coronavirus measures on the civil justice system. [read post]
19 May 2020, 2:54 pm
In its press release about the decision, the court found that the privacy rights of the German constitution also protects foreigners in other countries and that the German intelligence agency, Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), had no authority to conduct telecommunications surveillance on them: “The Court held that under Art. 1(3) GG German state authority is bound by the fundamental rights of the Basic Law not only within the German territory. [read post]
17 May 2020, 9:30 pm
When civil enforcement proved ineffective, foresters within Interior wanted to criminalize violations of grazing regulations, because they could not convince GLO lawyers that such “administrative crimes” would not be an unconstitutional delegation of legislative power from Congress to the executive branch. [read post]
14 May 2020, 12:55 pm
Doing so could generate considerably more federal fund reimbursements (potentially $100 million) under existing law – without having to ask Congress for permission. [read post]
14 May 2020, 4:04 am
” In an op-ed for The Washington Post (subscription required), George Will urges the court to “serve civil rights and law enforcement by deciding to rethink the mistakes it made regarding qualified immunity. [read post]
13 May 2020, 6:20 am
The lawyer for Trump, Patrick Strawbridge, opens with the claim that the subpoenas at issue are “unprecedented in every sense. [read post]
12 May 2020, 4:05 am
Trump’s lawyers say that states are powerless to investigate him for possible violations of their own laws. [read post]
12 May 2020, 4:00 am
The briefs before the Supreme Court were filed by attorneys for the committees and Trump’s personal lawyers; the Justice Department filed an amicus brief. [read post]
11 May 2020, 10:57 am
• Fees must be legally authorized by statute, contract, or common law.(2) • Since a judgment must conform to the pleadings, a party who fails to plead specifically for attorney’s fees (like under the contract as opposed to under Chapter 38) may waive that claim for attorney’s fees.(3) 2. [read post]
10 May 2020, 9:01 pm
Furthermore, they argue, congressional committees routinely seek and receive records from individuals in the course of performing legislative actions, such as, for example, determining whether existing laws are effective or should be revised.Trump’s lawyers, supported by the Justice Department (which participated in both cases as amicus curiae), argue for broad protection of the President. [read post]
5 May 2020, 3:14 pm
Prior to assuming the role of TYLA president, Watson served TYLA as chair of the board in addition to serving on several TYLA committees including its Redistricting Committee (no longer in existence), its Moot Court Committee (now a subcommittee under the Competitions Committee), and the Public Relations Committee (now part of the Online Member Services Committee). [read post]
29 Apr 2020, 6:28 am
Committee Against Torture. [read post]
