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South Dakota Hotel Facing Lawsuit for Refusing to Book Rooms to Native Americans  

Indigenous rights organizations in South Dakota filed a lawsuit against the Grand Gateway Hotel alleging the lodge refused service to two Indigenous women and threatened to ban Native Americans from its property. So reports CNN.

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TikTok Moderators Seek Class-action Status in Trauma Suit Against Firm

Two former TikTok content moderators, Ashley Velez and Reece Young, are suing the social media platform for failing to adequately protect them as the screened “deeply disturbing” and objectionable videos on its behalf. So reports TechCrunch.

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UK Employees Want Legal Right to Disconnect from Work  

Most of the UK workers surveyed in a recent Ipsos report said they would support a law protecting them from out-of-work emails. So reports ZDNet.

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Slain NYC Immigration Lawyer Found in Office with Knife-wielding Woman  

XiaoNing Zhang, of Queens, has been charged with the murder of a 66-year-old New York lawyer. So reports NBC New York.

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Biology, Federalism at the Heart of Maine Lobster Lawsuit  

Maine lobster fishermen are engaged in a complex legal battle over rules protecting endangered whales as well as the very existence of the lobster fishery they operate out of. So reports the Portland Press Herald.

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Project Veritas Has No Actionable Claim Against CNN: Judge  

A federal judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by conservative organization Project Veritas against CNN. So reports Deadline.

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Yale Law School Panel Protest Leads to Police Escort  

More than 100 Yale Law School students protested a bipartisan civil liberties panel discussion and, as a result, the speakers were later escorted away by police. So reports The New York Post.

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Law Community Responds to Russian Aggression

The legal community in the U.S. as well as abroad has been thrust into complex litigation and is being forced into a deep examination of international law in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Experts from law schools like Yale and Harvard have become integral parts of that examination now as the matter has been brought before the International Court of Justice.

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High Point University Plans New Law School with 2024 Launch

High Point University plans to add a law school in addition to three other new schools, according to an announcement from President Nido Qubein. So reports the Greensboro News and Record.

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Lawyer Charged with Assaulting FBI Agent After Pointing Gun at Officer  

Lawyer Matthew Beasley is facing federal charges related to a shooting at his home in Las Vegas. So reports 8 NewsNow, a CBS affiliate.

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