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Afternoon Briefs: Suit claims hijacking of state AG’s office; proposed rule called license to discriminate02:48, August 17 10 0 Image from Shutterstock.com. • Is the Minnesota attorney general’s office being hijacked by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg? That’s the question being raised by the conservative-leaning Upper Midwest Law Center. It has sued for more information about a fellow working in the office. The fellow comes from a law school environmental center that is partly funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies. (The Twin Cities Pioneer Press, MPR News)
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Police force declines new powers lowering bar for stop and search
12:18, August 16 11 0
West Midlands police have refused to take up an offer of new powers to make it easier for officers to conduct stop and searches. -
We know that prison doesn’t work. So what are the alternatives?
22:57, August 15 12 0
Whether for violence, public disorder or wage theft – there is no shortage of calls for more people to be sent to prison, and for longer. -
Afternoon Briefs: Lawyer told shooting suspect to give up; judge says slurs didn’t describe defendants
18:19, August 15 18 0
Image from Shutterstock.com. • A defense lawyer for the suspect accused of shooting six Philadelphia police officers says he advised his former client to surrender. The police commissioner says the lawyer, Shaka Johnson, deserves a lot of credit for speaking with suspect Maurice Hill. But it was tear gas that ultimately ended the nearly eight-hour standoff. (FOX29, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Washington Post, CNN) -
2 former prosecutors suspended for failing to report suspect’s beating
16:37, August 15 17 0
Image from Shutterstock.com. Two former prosecutors with the St. Louis circuit attorney’s office have been suspended from law practice for failing to immediately report a detective’s beating of a suspect. -
Suit against Jones Day alleges ‘archaic gender roles’ and photo altering
15:24, August 15 21 0
The photo on the left of Julia Sheketoff is the original version, and the one on the right is the doctored version. Images courtesy of the Aug. 13 lawsuit. -
What do you do with your cellphone while you’re in court?
14:05, August 15 16 0
Image from Shutterstock.com. At the recent 2019 ABA Annual Meeting, the House of Delegates approved a resolution that encouraged courts and bar associations to review their policies on cellphone use and admittance in courthouses. -
The right response to Saudi Arabia’s executions
13:48, August 15 17 0
The spike in executions in Saudi Arabia is great cause for concern, as highlighted by the son of reformist Saudi cleric Salman al-Odah (My father called for reform in Saudi Arabia. Now he faces death, theguardian.com, 13 August) and a recent report by Helena Kennedy QC. Whenever the UK government is challenged about its apparent indifference to Saudi Arabia’s human rights violations, it justifies its silence by claiming it uses its significant economic and security ties to exert back-channel pressure. -
Tony the truck-stop tiger wasn’t an individual under FOIA, 9th Circuit rules
12:58, August 15 17 0
Tony the tiger in 2012. Photo by Cult Gigolo/Flickr A captive tiger named Tony wasn’t an individual under a Freedom of Information Act provision that allows expedited processing of some records requests, a federal appeals court has ruled. -
Prosecutions in England and Wales fall to record low
06:45, August 15 16 0
The number of people being prosecuted or handed out-of-court disposals fell to its lowest level since records began, as recorded crime continued to rise, official figures have shown.
Week News
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Cambridge sexual misconduct rule change ‘re-victimises’ students
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ABA House votes down measure giving a ‘state’ delegate to US Virgin Islands
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Afternoon Briefs: ‘Don’t play games with the judge,’ PG&E lawyers warned; Ex-Dewey CFO appeals
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Firm settles suit alleging it solicited fake online reviews that tricked woman into becoming client
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Protect Indian Health Service from budget fights, ABA House urges; ‘health care is a right, not a privilege’
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Indian Child Welfare Act is constitutional, ABA House declares
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We know that prison doesn’t work. So what are the alternatives?
Month News
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Afternoon Briefs: Mueller testifies before Congress; Gorsuch advises 2L
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Why this lawyer bought nearly $21,000 worth of shoes at Payless
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My sexual assault case was dropped because I wouldn’t hand over my phone
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No 10 rebuffs new minister's backing for pre-charge anonymity
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Marcel Berlins, the Guardian's 'brilliant, humane' legal columnist, dies at 77
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More people are applying to law school, but it’s not like last year’s ‘Trump bump’
Year News
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Government to ban unethical puppy and kitten farms in England
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Northwestern University law school cuts positions despite nearly reaching $250M fundraising goal
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The Observer view on the UK’s right to rent shame
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DC Circuit refuses to block ban on bump stocks; SCOTUS also had refused to intervene
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Nicaragua frees more than 100 political prisoners under new amnesty law