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News World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 20 January 2018
World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 20 January 2018
JURISTbot
January 20, 2018 12:00:07 pm

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The Ukraine parliament (Verkhovna Rada) passed a bill Thursday that recognizes regions currently under Russia-backed separatist control as "occupied" and supports retrieving those areas through political and diplomatic...

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News US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 20 January 2018
US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 20 January 2018
JURISTbot
January 20, 2018 12:00:03 pm

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The US Supreme Court on Friday granted certiorari in Trump v. Members of Congress introduced legislation Thursday that would prohibit lawmakers from paying settlements...

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News Supreme Court to review challenge to latest travel ban
Supreme Court to review challenge to latest travel ban
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 19, 2018 04:21:06 pm

The US Supreme Court on Friday granted certiorari in Trump v. Hawaii , a challenge to the latest version of the so-called travel ban. The court agreed to consider the following questions presented [cert. petition,...

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News Federal appeals court vacates decision to cancel Washington Redskins’ trademark
Federal appeals court vacates decision to cancel Washington Redskins’ trademark
Patrick Sherry
January 19, 2018 04:17:28 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Thursday vacated the judgment of the district court that had canceled the Washington Redskins' trademark registrations. The judgment vacated the holding in Pro Football, Inc. v....

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News Lawmakers introduce bill to reform sexual harassment claims in Congress
Lawmakers introduce bill to reform sexual harassment claims in Congress
Brittney Zeller
January 19, 2018 02:02:24 pm

Members of Congress introduced legislation Thursday that would prohibit lawmakers from paying settlements in sexual harassment claims with taxpayers' money. The bill, called the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Reform Act, would require the accused lawmaker to reimburse the...

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News DOJ drops charges against 129 people involved in anti-Trump protests
DOJ drops charges against 129 people involved in anti-Trump protests
Austin Koltonowski
January 19, 2018 12:29:07 pm

The office of the US Attorney for the District of Columbia announced Thursday that it was dropping charges against 129 people arrested in the Inauguration Day protests, proceeding with charges against 59 defendants. During President Donald...

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News Trump administration asks Supreme Court to rule on discontinuing DACA
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to rule on discontinuing DACA
Jennifer Suder
January 19, 2018 12:04:22 pm

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to bypass a federal appeals court and decide whether the Acting Secretary's decision to "winddown" the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy is lawful. In...

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News Senate votes to extend warrantless surveillance program until 2023
Senate votes to extend warrantless surveillance program until 2023
Jennifer Suder
January 19, 2018 11:00:59 am

The US Senate voted 65-34 on Thursday in favor of a six-year extension of the FISA Amendments Act , which authorizes the National Security Agency (NSA) to gather intelligence by means of...

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News Federal appeals court orders DOJ to disclose surveillance documents
Federal appeals court orders DOJ to disclose surveillance documents
Erik Slobe
January 19, 2018 10:50:10 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday ordered the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disclose two documents within an internal DOJ resource manual for federal prosecutors related to electronic surveillance...

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News Supreme Court temporarily blocks order to redraw North Carolina congressional map
Supreme Court temporarily blocks order to redraw North Carolina congressional map
Erik Slobe
January 19, 2018 10:02:57 am

The US Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily stayed an order from the US District Court of the Middle District of North Carolina to redraw the state's congressional map because of partisan gerrymandering. The defendants...

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