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Narendra ModiPhotographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg The Indian government is re-examining the provisions of the controversial sedition law, setting the stage for a possible dilution of rules, which rights activists say has been used to curb free speech. It informed the three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana that concerns of civil liberties and human rights had prompted a rethink on...

Board member Paul Braden gives remarks during a Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs meeting in the John H. Reagan Building in Austin, Texas, Thursday, March 10, 2022. At his first meeting as a member of a state housing board, Dallas attorney Paul Braden voted to approve renovations on a low-income apartment complex in a small town southeast of Houston. When the project was final...

Facebook pages of hospitals, emergency services, charities taken down amid COVID Meta Platforms, Inc. (FB) has been accused by whistleblowers of deliberately taking down, in February 2021, the Facebook pages of government agencies, hospitals, emergency services, and charities in Australia just as that nation was launching COVID-19 vaccinations. The alleged objective was to block or at least ...

Gillibrand: Women are 'half-citizens' under draft Roe ruling 01:49 (CNN)Abortion rights advocates in Michigan are raising alarms about a restrictive abortion ban put in place in 1931 before the US Supreme Court's 1973 landmark decision in Roe v. Wade. That law was invalidated by the decision in Roe v. Wade, but it's still on the state's books. Americans' views on abortion diverge along more t...

No more Logic Games! * Goodbye: ABA recommends dropping the LSAT as an admissions requirement. But how will we know who is the next Learned Hand? [NYT] * Who cares about the 1st when you have a gun? Trump asked if it was okay to “Just shoot protestors” he didn’t like while he was in office. [NPR] * Law school speed run sub 20: South Texas College of Law has just minted its youngest JD. Maybe ...

As of 6:30 a.m. on Monday, it is still illegal in Alabama for doctors to provide gender-affirming medical care for gender dysphoric minors. The law took effect on Sunday, less than 36 hours following the conclusion of a hearing before U.S. District Judge Liles C. Burke that could result in a preliminary injunction against the law. The motion for injunction was filed by the representation for...

So how about that weekend rainfall? Our water system springs that serve us in Greencastle-Antrim should certainly be healthy! Two weeks ago, I wrote that I would author papers regarding police: past, present, and future, so stay-tuned. Meanwhile, the sun is trying to visit us on a quiet Sunday afternoon with a steady breeze. If you couldn’t make it last Thursday morning to the National Day o...

Leasing activity among US law firms dipped to 1.1 million SF in Q1 2022 after ending 2021 with two consecutive quarters of 1.5M SF in leasing volume, according to the latest report from Savills. “While still well above the lows seen earlier in the pandemic, leasing volume within the legal sector was relatively tepid compared to the last two quarters,” Savills said. Want to continue reading?Be...

Steve Horvath, owner of Jeno’s Auto Service Inc., places a sticker on the catalytic converter of a Toyota Tacoma on Thursday, May 5, 2022. Horvath has been placing the registration stickers on the auto assembly to help deter would-be thieves from cutting the part from a car. Each label has a unique registration number and is applied with a chemical that etches the serial into the metal of the...

CalPERS board violated open meetings law, judge rules. Ex-board member wants more information  Sacramento Bee