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Freedom (But with Consequences): In Delaware, Absolute Litigation Privilege Inapplicable to Nullify Contractual Non-Disparagement Repurchase Trigger

3 Sep 2024, 4:58 am by Becky (Hyun Jeong) Baek

The absolute litigation privilege is a long-standing legal principle that statements made during the course of a judicial proceeding by participants in the proceeding (whether parties, attorneys, witnesses, or judges) are absolutely privileged, protecting the speaker from subsequent claims of defamation or libel arising out of those statements. [read post]

New York Business Divorce - http://www.nybusinessdivorce.com/

Brazilians to be Fined $9000 a Day for Receiving News from X

3 Sep 2024, 4:53 am by jonathanturley

However, it is Brazil that foreshadows the brave new world of censorship where entire nations will block access to sites committed to free speech values or unfettered news. [read post]

Jonathan Turley - https://jonathanturley.org/

You Don’t Age Gradually: I’m Proof

3 Sep 2024, 4:46 am by Cordell Parvin

A new Stanford Medicine study shows that many of our molecules and microorganisms dramatically rise or fall in number during our 40s and 60s. [read post]

Cordell Parvin Blog - http://www.cordellblog.com

SEC to Consider PCAOB Quality Control Standards at Upcoming Open Meeting

3 Sep 2024, 4:20 am by David Lynn

– All PCAOB-registered firms would be required to design a QC system that complies with the new standard. [read post]

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

What is Next for SEC Rulemaking?

3 Sep 2024, 4:15 am by David Lynn

This all may mean that public companies will not be scrambling to comply with new disclosure requirements during the upcoming proxy and annual reporting season as had been the case over the past few years. [read post]

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

California Scuttles Reparations Bills As Supporters Denounce a Political Bait-and-Switch

3 Sep 2024, 4:12 am by jonathanturley

Adding to the anger is the fact that the legislature approved a bill to allow undocumented persons to receive no-interest loans of up to $150,000 to cover down payments on new homes. [read post]

Jonathan Turley - https://jonathanturley.org/

July-August Issue of The Corporate Executive

3 Sep 2024, 4:10 am by David Lynn

On the topic of equity award policies, the July-August 2024 issue of The Corporate Executive notes: These new disclosure requirements create an opportunity for a company to revisit its equity award policy, or adopt a new equity award policy if it does not have one. [read post]

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

Geistfeld on Scarce Compensatory Resources and the Tort/Crime Relationship

3 Sep 2024, 4:04 am by CrimProf BlogEditor

Mark Geistfeld (New York University School of Law) has posted Tort Law in a World of Scarce Compensatory Resources (123 MICHIGAN LAW REVIEW (forthcoming 2025)) on SSRN. [read post]

CrimProf Blog - https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blog/

KBJ has a new book out

3 Sep 2024, 4:00 am by David Oscar Markus

It's called "Lovely One" and Justice Jackson is releasing it today.The Miami native is making the rounds, including this interview on CBS.She will be speaking at a sold out event at the Arsht this weekend.From the CBS interview:The justice who was nominated by President Biden has said she cannot "label" her judicial approach as liberal or conservative. [read post]

Southern District of Florida Blog - http://sdfla.blogspot.com/

Artificial Intelligence, Law Firms, and the Marx Brothers

3 Sep 2024, 4:00 am by Heather Suttie

In many instances, AI is already grinding through low-level work that used to be the prevue of how new lawyers learned about legal practice, and it’s doing so at a fraction of human cost and time. [read post]

Slaw - http://www.slaw.ca/

Disclosure of Covid Status to Plaintiff's Pastor Did Not Infringe Privacy or Free Exercise Rights

3 Sep 2024, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman

., Aug. 30, 2024), a New Jersey appellate court dismissed a suit brought by an employee of the city's Department of Public Works who contended that his rights were violated when, early in the Covid pandemic, the city's health officer disclosed to plaintiff's pastor that plaintiff was supposed to be under quarantine because of exposure to Covid. [read post]

Religion Clause - http://religionclause.blogspot.com/

Skepticism about Proportional Representation for Congress: A New Article

3 Sep 2024, 3:37 am by Richard Pildes

I’ve posted this new article at SSRN, which will be forthcoming as part of an election-law Symposium in the University of Illinois Law Review. [read post]

Election Law - http://electionlawblog.org/

Nigeria government charges 10 individuals with treason following protests in August

3 Sep 2024, 3:20 am by Drew Meetze | U. Ottawa Faculty of Law, CA

The post Nigeria government charges 10 individuals with treason following protests in August appeared first on JURIST - News. [read post]

JURIST - Paper Chase - https://www.jurist.org/news/

HKMA launches Project Ensemble Sandbox to test tokenisation use cases in Hong Kong

3 Sep 2024, 3:04 am by Etelka Bogardi (HK), Daniel Cai and Queenie Mok

Through the Sandbox, industry participants will be able to experiment with new tokenisation ideas and bring those to the market in the future. [read post]

Regulation tomorrow - http://www.regulationtomorrow.com/

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