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'Kill him with his own gun': DC police officer recounts being attacked by pro-Trump mob at the US CapitolJanuary 14, 2021 at 10:53 PM Flowers are placed on a fence, a week after a pro-Trump mob broke into and took over the Capitol, in memory of slain Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick on January 14, 2021, in Washington, DC. - The center of Washington was on lockdown Thursday as more than 20,000 armed National Guard troops were being mobilized due to security concerns ahead of the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden.
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Michael Fanone, a police officer in Washington, DC, said he ...Tags: Post, Usa, Law, Washington Post, Washington, Police, Trends, Washington Dc, Donald Trump, Charles Davis, The Washington Post, Trump, Capitol, National Guard, US Capitol, Maga 132 people like this. Like Former State Senator SanctionedJanuary 14, 2021 at 11:11 PM A one-year and until further order suspension has been ordered by the New York Appellate Division for the Fourth Judicial Department With respect to the facts underlying respondent’s conviction, from January 2015 through December 2016, respondent served as a New... [Author: Legal Profession Prof]Tags: Law, Legal Profession Prof, Bar Discipline & Process, New York Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department With 49 people like this. Like "Private" Criminal Conduct A-OK For Georgia LawyersJanuary 14, 2021 at 11:11 PM I was surprised to read in Law.com a statement attributed to the General Counsel of the Georgia State Bar to the effect that a lawyer admitted there could not be sanctioned for "private" criminal behavior absent a conviction. Of course,... [Author: Legal Profession Prof]Tags: Law, Legal Profession Prof, Bar Discipline & Process, Georgia Lawyers, Georgia State Bar 4 people like this. Like Show MeJanuary 14, 2021 at 11:11 PM The Missouri Supreme Court has disbarred an attorney, rejecting mitigation claims without supporting evidence The parties agree that, over a period of approximately five years, Eric F. Kayira repeatedly failed to notify clients he had received funds belonging to them,... [Author: Legal Profession Prof]Tags: Law, Missouri Supreme Court, Legal Profession Prof, Bar Discipline & Process, Eric F Kayira 46 people like this. Like COVID- Denying Sheriff Faces Recall For IncitementJanuary 14, 2021 at 11:11 PM The Washington State Supreme Court has held that an elected sheriff is subject to recall for inciting disobedience of a COVID order Fortney argues that the incitement charge is legally and factually insufficient because his refusal to enforce the law... [Author: Legal Profession Prof]Tags: Law, Current Affairs, Washington State Supreme Court, Fortney, Legal Profession Prof, COVID 5 people like this. Like New year, new outbreak: China rushes to vaccinate 50 million as holiday loomsJanuary 14, 2021 at 10:00 PM Drive to immunise 3.5% of the population in weeks comes ahead of the lunar new year festival and as three major cities are locked downCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAt a Shenzhen hospital, 21-year-old airport worker Wang Shuyue lines up to receive his second shot.“I feel it’s safe because so many people around the country have taken the vaccine so there shouldn’t be any major problems,” he tells the Guardian. “I think it should be effective otherwise there wouldn’t b...Tags: Health, Science, China, Society, Asia Pacific, Infectious Diseases, Global development, Vaccines and immunisation, Shenzhen, Global Health, Coronavirus, Wang Shuyue 20 people like this. Like Court allows execution of Corey Johnson to proceed after COVID-19 diagnosisJanuary 14, 2021 at 11:54 PM The justices on Thursday night denied two last-minute appeals by Corey Johnson, who sought to postpone his execution so that he could recover from COVID-19, which he contracted in prison after spending most of his life on death row. Johnson also argued that he was ineligible for the death penalty on the basis of intellectual disability and that he should have been allowed to seek a sentencing reduction under a 2018 prison-reform law. In rejecting his appeals, the court cleared the final obstacle...Tags: Featured, Maryland, Supreme Court, Law, Virginia, Indiana, Department Of Justice, Johnson, Donald Trump, Richmond, Trump, Higgs, D C Circuit, Sotomayor, Breyer, Elena Kagan 67 people like this. Like Understanding Treason, Sedition, Insurrection, Rioting, Conspiracy in the United StatesJanuary 14, 2021 at 8:57 PM How does one describe the legal dimensions of what happened last week as a violent rightwing mob incited by the American President assaulted the US Capitol in Washington, D.C.?
What words or phrases can one even begin to apply to such a wide range of criminal acts committed that day? An acquaintance of mine quipped last week: “What can the rioters be charged with? Do you have a copy of the US Code?”
There are many resources from American scholars, legal analysts and independent sources such as t...Tags: Law, Congress, Washington, US, United States, Ohio, Pentagon, Naacp, Donald Trump, Aba, US supreme court, Trump, National Security Archive, Ku Klux Klan, George Washington University, U S Supreme Court 29 people like this. Like In the Sunrise Café...January 14, 2021 at 6:44 PM ... you can talk all night. [Author: [email protected] (Ann Althouse)]Tags: Photography, Law, Sunrise, Lake Mendota, Ann Althouse 101 people like this. Like Lawyers With The Post-Insurrection Blues — See AlsoJanuary 14, 2021 at 7:01 PM John Eastman Is Out At Chapman Law: That bogus constitutional theory wasn't a good look.
Also Not A Good Look? Everything Matt Gaetz: And fellow W&M Law alums are salty about it.
Winter OCI! Thanks, novel coronavirus.
How Did COVID Impact Biglaw: A detailed look.Tags: Law, Matt Gaetz, John Eastman, See Also, Post Insurrection Blues 16 people like this. Like Thanks So Much To Our Amazing ATL AdvertisersJanuary 14, 2021 at 6:42 PM We truly appreciate doing business with you.Tags: Law, Advertising, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad, Thanks to Advertisers 33 people like this. Like A police officer arrested after the pro-Trump assault on the Capitol is also a current member of the US militaryJanuary 14, 2021 at 5:31 PM Rocky Mount Police Department Officers Jacob Fracker, left, and Thomas Robertson, right.
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Two Virginia police officers, Jacob Fracker and Thomas Robertson, were arrested in connection with last week's riots at the US Capitol.
Fracker, as Military.com first reported, is a current member of the Virginia National Guard, making him the first current military member to be arrested in connection with the riots.
Several former military members have been arrested or are facing...Tags: Facebook, Politics, Navy, Police, Virginia, Iraq, US, Trends, Department Of Defense, Joe Biden, Afghanistan, Military, Army, Pentagon, Department Of Justice, Air Force 114 people like this. Like News Is A 4-Letter WordJanuary 14, 2021 at 5:46 PM Did these lawyers take evidence, a required course in law school? Do they understand the concept of facts to lay a 'foundation'?Tags: Law, California, Government, Jill Switzer 34 people like this. Like "Incarcerated Activism During COVID-19"January 14, 2021 at 5:43 PM The title of this post is the title of this new essay authored by Eve Hanan now available via SSRN. Here is its abstract:
Incarcerated people have a notoriously difficult time advocating for themselves. Like other authoritarian institutions, prisons severely curtail and often punish speech, organizing, and self-advocacy. Also like other authoritarian institutions, prison administrators are inclined to suppress protest rather than respond to the grounds for protest. Yet, despite impediments t...Tags: Law, Douglas A Berman, Eve Hanan 9 people like this. Like Owens Gifts Autonomous DriversJanuary 14, 2021 at 5:30 PM The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today has issued a final rule, all 147 pages of it, designed to roll back numerous Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) and clarify what they termed as ambiguities in current occupant protection standards, for vehicles equipped with automated driving systems (ADS). These […]
The post Owens Gifts Autonomous Drivers appeared first on The Truth About Cars.Tags: Technology, Government, Insurance, Green, Autonomous, Electric Vehicles, Autos, Autonomous Vehicles, Dot, Nhtsa, Ev, James Owens, News Blog, Studies & Reports, BrightDrop, Owens Gifts Autonomous Drivers 27 people like this. Like SEC Charges Alleged Mastermind Of Made-Up Stuff With FraudJanuary 14, 2021 at 5:17 PM According to the authorities, when Eric Malley wasn’t pontificating on cryptos, he was conjuring imaginary real estate investment funds.Tags: Law, Finance, SEC, Eric Malley 9 people like this. Like How To Compete In A Crowded MarketJanuary 14, 2021 at 4:46 PM Competition needn’t be a concern for a smaller shop because there’s always a way to thread the needle.Tags: Law, Small Law Firms 50 people like this. Like Home services platform Porch acquires four companiesJanuary 14, 2021 at 4:05 PM Only a few weeks after its SPAC IPO, Porch today announced that it has made four acquisitions, worth a total of $122 million. The most important here is probably the acquisition of Homeowners of America for $100 million, which gets Porch deeper into the home insurance space. In addition, Porch is also acquiring mover marketing and data platform V12 for $22 million, as well as home inspection service Palm-Tech and iRoofing, a SaaS application for roofing contractors. Porch did not disclose the ac...Tags: TC, Real Estate, Texas, Finance, Virginia, Insurance, Tech, Georgia, Software, United States, Arizona, M&a, Mergers and Acquisitions, Financial Services, North Carolina, Porch 17 people like this. Like Another Reminder that Contracts are Powerful in VirginiaJanuary 14, 2021 at 3:53 PM Regular readers of this construction law blog are likely tired of my refrain that the contract is king here in Virginia. With few exceptions, some of which have been passed in the last few years, the contract can and does essentially set the “law” for the transaction. A recent opinion from the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals confirms this principle.
In , the Court looked at the question as to whether parties can contractually limit the statute of limitations in which a plaintiff or arbitration...Tags: Maryland, Law, Virginia, Construction, Statute Of Limitations, Contracts, Don, EEOC, Lancaster, Richmond VA, ADR, 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, Construction Law, Virginia Construction Lawyer, Construction Arbitration, Bracey 110 people like this. Like Argument analysis: Justices doubt FTC’s authority to compel monetary reliefJanuary 14, 2021 at 3:16 PM If you’re arguing on behalf of a federal regulatory agency’s authority to protect consumers from businesses and Justice Stephen Breyer sets his face against you, then chances are your day is not going well. But that is what happened Wednesday morning when Joel Marcus appeared on behalf of the FTC in AMG Capital Management v. Federal Trade Commission.
Joel Marcus argues for the FTC (Art Lien)
The case involves Section 13 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, which allows the FTC to seek an “in...Tags: Featured, Supreme Court, Law, Congress, White House, Justice Department, Executive Branch, Federal Trade Commission, Ftc, Marcus, Amg, Alito, Fitzgerald, Stephen Breyer, Breyer, Elena Kagan 114 people like this. Like CLE Alert: New Credit Requirements For New Jersey Attorneys On Diversity, Inclusion, And Elimination Of Bias [Sponsored]January 14, 2021 at 3:45 PM Effective January 1, 2021, New Jersey attorneys must complete 5 Ethics credits (up from the 4 previously needed), 2 of which must be Diversity, Inclusion, and Elimination of Bias (DIEB).Tags: Law, New Jersey, Sponsored Content, Continuing Legal Education / CLE, Lawline, Diversity Inclusion, New Jersey Attorneys On Diversity Inclusion 6 people like this. Like Important Life Advice For Lawyers From Ruth Bader GinsburgJanuary 14, 2021 at 3:15 PM Who better to learn these lessons from than the Notorious RBG?Tags: Law, Courts, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Quote Of The Day, Clara Spera 10 people like this. Like Experts remain divided over merits of mass Covid tests in schoolsJanuary 14, 2021 at 2:52 PM Analysis: some say lateral flow tests could help cut outbreaks, but others argue they offer false reassuranceRegulator refuses to approve mass Covid testing at schools in EnglandCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe education secretary, Gavin Williamson, has put mass testing for coronavirus at the heart of his strategy to reopen schools after the lockdown. It is a controversial strategy that has divided scientists. Some believe mass testing can help reduce outbreaks at ...Tags: Health, Education, Society, UK News, Medical Research, Infectious Diseases, NHS, Schools, Health policy, Gavin Williamson, Coronavirus 33 people like this. Like Just How How Much Did 2020 Suck For Law Firms?January 14, 2021 at 2:47 PM It was a rough year, but things weren't as bleak as one might think.Tags: Law, Biglaw, Georgetown University Law Center, Thomson Reuters Institute 27 people like this. Like Regulator refuses to approve mass daily Covid testing at English schoolsJanuary 14, 2021 at 2:19 PM Exclusive: Boris Johnson’s plan to test millions of pupils a week in disarray after concerns raisedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBoris Johnson’s plans to test millions of schoolchildren for coronavirus every week appear to be in disarray after the UK regulator refused to formally approve the daily testing of pupils in England, the Guardian has learned.The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) told the government on Tuesday it had not authorised ...Tags: Health, Politics, UK, England, Education, Society, UK News, Schools, Education policy, Health policy, Boris Johnson, Johnson, Gavin Williamson, Coronavirus 6 people like this. Like Regulator refuses to approve mass Covid testing at schools in EnglandJanuary 14, 2021 at 2:19 PM Exclusive: Boris Johnson’s plan to test millions of pupils a week in disarray after concerns raisedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBoris Johnson’s plans to test millions of schoolchildren for coronavirus every week appear to be in disarray after the UK regulator refused to formally approve the daily testing of pupils in England, the Guardian has learned.The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) told the government on Tuesday it had not authorised ...Tags: Health, Politics, UK, England, Education, Society, UK News, Schools, Education policy, Health policy, Boris Johnson, Johnson, Gavin Williamson, Coronavirus 40 people like this. Like Federal Circuit Continues to Remain Silent about its R.36 OpinionsJanuary 14, 2021 at 1:18 PM Waterblasting, LLC v. Iancu (Fed. Cir. 2021)
A few years ago, I wrote an article arguing that 35 U.S.C. § 144 requires the Federal Circuit to issue an opinion when it decides cases on appeal from the USPTO.
The … Federal Circuit shall review the decision from which an appeal is taken on the record before the Patent and Trademark Office. Upon its determination the court shall issue to the Director its mandate and opinion , which shall be entered of record in the Patent and Trademark Office and ...Tags: Law, Uspto, Patent, PTO, Trademark Office, Federal Circuit, IPR, PTAB, Iancu Fed, Federal Circuit Local Rule, Federal Circuit Continues to Remain Silent, Waterblasting LLC, Trademark Office Upon, Waterblasting, Iancu Petition 59 people like this. Like Asylum seeker housing conditions under scrutiny at third ex-military siteJanuary 14, 2021 at 12:56 PM Allegations of poor conditions, poor food quality and mental health crises at RAF Coltishall in Norfolk A third former military site being used as temporary housing for asylum seekers is facing allegations of poor conditions, poor food quality and mental health crises, it has emerged.The Home Office has been housing asylum seekers in an old officers’ mess at RAF Coltishall, a former base north of Norwich, since April last year. The Norfolk site has not received as much scrutiny as two similar fa...Tags: Politics, UK News, Immigration and asylum, Military, Royal Air Force, Home Office, Refugees, Pembrokeshire, Norfolk, Kent, Norwich, Napier Barracks, RAF Coltishall, Penally Barracks 3 people like this. Like |
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