As a teenager, Taisha Sturdivant was a bright kid who loved to read, yet her circumstances conspired to limit her future prospects. With the help of mentors and her own determination, she enrolled in an interactive fellowship with the Massachusetts federal court. Today, she is a successful real estate attorney specializing in affordable housing.
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The regulation of CBD/Hemp products has been a very hot topic in France these past months since the “Kanavape” ruling. In Kanavape, the CJEU asked France to review its very strict CBD regulations, more specifically its Regulation (arrêté) of 22 August 1990 (CJEU, 19 November 2020, C-663/18) in light of the free movement of goods principle. In the European Union, France has one of the toughest laws against cannabis but the highest rate of cannabis use.
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Even before taking office, President Joe Biden pledged to reshape the federal judiciary. In a December 2020 letter, during his presidential transition, he asked Democratic senators to recommend public defenders and civil rights lawyers, who have generally been underrepresented on the federal bench, for judgeships. If the president nominates Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who currently sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Justice Stephen … Read the rest
Fireworks are pure firepower, so, it’s entirely possible that their damage can go deeper into the skin.
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From time to time, I receive letters and emails from crew members on cruise ships around the world. I typically don’t publish them. But after communicating back and forth with this ship employee, I promised to bring awareness to her situation and that of other employees on the ship. The crew member sent me photos of typical plates of food served to crew members in quarantine. But she was afraid to take a photo of her interior cabin out of … Read the rest
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This article is part of a series of tributes on the career of Justice Stephen Breyer.
Aileen McGrath is senior counsel in the Supreme Court and appellate practice at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. She clerked for Breyer during the 2008-09 term.
Those of us who had the privilege to clerk for Justice Breyer have many fond and charming memories of the justice, his warmth, and his kindness. One of my favorite memories seems appropriate to share after hearing the … Read the rest
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The Supreme Court ended a week of momentous news on a much more low-key note, releasing on Friday afternoon the argument calendar for the justices’ March arguments. The court will hear eight hours of oral arguments over six days, on topics ranging from arbitration to international child-custody law.
Here is the full list of cases scheduled for the March argument session:
Morgan v. Sundance, Inc. (March 21): Whether an employee is required to show prejudice to prove that a … Read the rest
FTC Releases New Health Breach Notification Rule Guidance, Targets Health Apps and Connected Devices
In a new post on the Covington Digital Health blog, our colleagues discuss recently announced Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) guidance meant to help companies determine their obligations under the Health Breach Notification Rule (the “Rule”). The guidance follows the FTC’s September 2021 Policy Statement, which expanded the Rule’s application to the developers of health apps, connected devices, and similar products, and similarly emphasize the FTC’s continued scrutiny of health technology. The post walks through the new guidance documents, which, notably, … Read the rest