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Canadian Mining Company Settles Decadelong Lawsuits Over Human Rights Abuses at Former Guatemalan Mine
By Gail J. Cohen | October 10, 2024
Neither the company, Hudbay Minerals, nor lawyers for the13 Mayan plaintiffs would say what prompted the settlement after so many years. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed.
3 minute read
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Nigel Farage's Reform UK Faces Legal Action, Pallas Partners Acting
By Jack Womack | October 10, 2024
The law firm will advise the Good Law Project in its legal proceedings against the political entity over alleged breaches of voters' data rights.
2 minute read
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As Middle East Conflict Continues, Bar Groups Urge Law Firms to Uphold Inclusive and Fair Hiring Practices During Recruitment Season
By Gail J. Cohen | September 26, 2024
Reports of doxxing, threats, and revoking of job offers led to public statements from Muslim and South Asian bar associations.
4 minute read
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IBA Honors Mexican Supreme Court Battle for Independence Amid Controversial Reforms
By Amy Guthrie | September 16, 2024
In early September, Mexico's Congress passed a bill to reshape the judiciary, raising concerns it could foster blind loyalty to the ruling party.
4 minute read
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In Landmark Decision, Australian Judge Rules Sex is Changeable in Gender Identity Case
By Christopher Niesche | August 23, 2024
The Federal Court finds Roxanne Tickle suffered discrimination when excluded from a women's social media platform.
3 minute read
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South Africa's First Female Chief Justice: US-Educated Trailblazer Maya Mandisa
By Alfred Olufemi | July 30, 2024
Maya Mandisa has a distinguished career advocating for women's and human rights.
3 minute read
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Sternford Moyo: African Legal Giant & Ex-IBA President Fought For Lawyers' Rights
By Alfred Olufemi | July 17, 2024
"Sternford was a man of great courage and integrity and will be sorely missed by those who knew him."
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Another Judge to Leave Hong Kong's Top Court
By Gail J. Cohen | June 10, 2024
Canada's former chief justice, Beverley McLachlin, said she will retire at the end of her term in July. Her announcement comes days after two British judges quit over concerns about the political situation in Hong Kong.
4 minute read
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Mexicans Elect Ruling Party Candidate for the Presidency in Consolidation of Power
By Amy Guthrie | June 3, 2024
Claudia Sheinbaum has vowed to continue with the agenda of the Morena party, prompting concern by investors and their legal advisers who have not found the policies business-friendly, and who fear they will further erode checks and balances and weaken the country's judiciary.
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Report: Toronto Law Students Did Not Breach School's Code of Conduct With Pro-Palestinian Letter
By Gail J. Cohen | May 31, 2024
An external review at Toronto Metropolitan University concluded the students' letter was "harsh" and "aggressive" in tone but a "valid" exercise of their freedom of speech.
3 minute read
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DC Lawsuits Seek to Prevent Mass Firings and Public Naming of FBI Agents
By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman | February 4, 2025
"We are seeking immediate relief because the damage done by disclosure of information about FBI agents cannot be undone," Center for Employment Justice founder Pamela Keith said of a lawsuit she helped file on behalf of FBI employees suing President Donald Trump's Justice Department.
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Loopholes, DNA Collection and Tech: Does Your Consent as a User of a Genealogy Website Override Another Person’s Fourth Amendment Right?
By Jessy Leifer | February 4, 2025
The user of the genealogy website uploads their DNA for the purposes of tracing their family history rather than catching criminals.
1 minute read
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Fresh lawsuit hits Oregon city at the heart of Supreme Court ruling on homeless encampments
By Claire Rush/AP | January 30, 2025
A Supreme Court ruling last year made Grants Pass, Oregon, a mountain town of 40,000, the unlikely face of the nation's homelessness crisis and ushered in a new era of homeless policy by allowing cities from San Francisco to New York to ban sleeping outside.
1 minute read
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HUD Charges Texas HOA With Housing Discrimination in Last Days of Biden Administration
By Adolfo Pesquera | January 29, 2025
HUD charged a Texas homeowners association with race-based housing discrimination, but if the Trump administration does not proceed, complainants have civil recourse.
1 minute read
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Decision of the Day: Court Rules on Judgment Motions Over Police Killing of Pet Dog While Executing Warrant
By ALM Staff | January 28, 2025
This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
1 minute read
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How A New Texas Bill Endangers 'SLAPP' Victims
By JT Morris and Caroline Divver | January 27, 2025
There is no better example of a proposal that endangers the Texas Citizens Participation Act than just-filed Texas Senate Bill 336. This is not the first time a bill has targeted the automatic stay.
1 minute read
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University of Florida Drops Title IX Investigation Against Basketball Head Coach
By Tommaso Baronio | January 27, 2025
"Some leaked confidential material to the media; falsely posed as a UF lawyer in an effort to intimidate; harassed UF students and parents to try to generate a false narrative; and harassed my client, his family, and his friends," said William Shepherd, partner at Holland & Knight who represented Todd Golden.
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Evidence Explained: Prevailing Attorney Outlines Successful Defense in Inmate Death Case
By Mason Lawlor | January 24, 2025
"Everybody feels terrible about what happened to Eddie Nelson. It simply wasn't Keyvon Sellers' fault. He did his job and he's a really good person, and if he had perceived a threat to Eddie Nelson, he would've done something about it," said Thomas Gristina of Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford, who defended a corrections officer in a wrongful-death suit.
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4th Circuit Upholds Virginia Law Restricting Online Court Records Access
By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman | January 24, 2025
The appeals court upheld a Virginia state law allowing only lawyers and authorized agents to access certain online court records remotely. The majority upheld the measure, reasoning that it was aimed at protecting privacy. A dissenter said strict scrutiny should have applied since the rule implicated First Amendment rights.
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5th Circuit Considers Challenge to Louisiana's Ten Commandments Law
By Marianna Wharry | January 23, 2025
The state is attempting to reverse a federal judge's November court order granting a preliminary injunction blocking the Jan. 1 implementation of the law, which requires that the Ten Commandments be on display in all Louisiana public school classrooms.
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