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Simple Justice
Murder And Rape For The Cause
As evidence of the age, a great many videos have emerged from Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel yesterday. Given what we’ve seen from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, mass destruction, murder…
PrawfsBlawg
Rebuffing Consent-Based Jurisdiction Over the PLO for Overseas Terrorist Acts
Main Monday, September 18, 2023Rebuffing Consent-Based Jurisdiction Over the PLO for Overseas Terrorist ActsThe following post is by Rocky Rhodes (South Texas) and Andra Robertson (Case Western), who have been…
Criminal
Prez Biden reportedly involved in rejecting plea deal terms for 9/11 defendants
As reported in this New York Times piece, "President Biden has rejected a list of proposed conditions sought by the five men who are accused of conspiring in the Sept.…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Prez Biden reportedly involved in rejecting plea deal terms for 9/11 defendants
As reported in this New York Times piece, "President Biden has rejected a list of proposed conditions sought by the five men who are accused of conspiring in the Sept.…
Blaneys Appeals
COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (July 17 – July 21, 2023)
Jump To: Table of Contents | Civil Decisions | Short Civil Decisions Good evening. Following are this week's summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of…
Legal Flight Deck
Southern District of New York dismisses defendant bank in 9/11 litigation for lack of personal jurisdiction
By Gregory Speier, Justin deBettencourt
After 9/11, waves of lawsuits were filed seeking to hold those who sponsored and supported the al Qaeda terrorist organization accountable. For instance, insurance companies, who paid out hundreds of…
Marks, Works, and Secrets
SCOTUS: Social Media Companies Not Liable For Aiding And Abetting ISIS
By Ira S. Sacks, Evelina Gentry
In Twitter, Inc. v. Taamneh, the Supreme Court unanimously held that social media companies are not liable for aiding and abetting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in…
Supreme Court Update
Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith (No. 21-869), Twitter v. Taamneh (No. 21-1496), Gonzalez v. Google (No. 21-1333), Amgen v. Sanofi (No. 21-757), Ohio Adjutant General’s Department v. Federal Labor Relations Authority (No. 21-1454), Polselli v. Internal Revenue Service (No. 21-1599)
By Wiggin and Dana, Tadhg Dooley, David R. Roth
Thursday was another busy day at the Court, seeing the release of six (fine, five-plus) decisions: In Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith (No. 21-869), a 7-2 Court held, in a…
Faruki Blog
Social Media Survives SCOTUS Scrutiny
By jgreinerficlaw-com-jack-greiner
In 2017, Abdulkadir Masharipov carried out a terrorist attack on the Reina nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey, on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a designated Foreign…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Some extended discussion of criminal doctrines as SCOTUS unanimously dismisses federal tort suit against Twitter alleging "aid" to ISIS
The US Supreme Court handed down six opinions in argued cases this morning, many of which were unanimous. There was an intellectual property theme, of sorts, as the opinions included…