Appeals court reinstates Trump gag order in New York civil tax fraud case–NBCNews

By Adam Reiss and Dareh Gregorian

An Appellate Division panel rejected the former president’s argument that an order barring him from bashing the judge’s law clerk was unconstitutional.

A state appeals court in New York reinstated a gag order against Donald Trump and his lawyers in the $250 million civil fraud caseagainst the former president and his company, rejecting his argument that the order was unconstitutional.

State court officials had argued the gag order was necessary because of the “deluge” of threats directed at the clerk after Trump had blasted her on social media. Trump renewed his attacks on the clerk after a judge from the state Appellate Division issued a temporary stay of the order earlier this month.

 

The ruling Thursday by a four-judge panel rejected Trump’s appeal and reinstated the orders against Trump and his lawyers, who’d repeatedly complained about the clerk in court. The decision does not explain the judges’ rationale but means the gag order will stay in place as the panel considers Trump’s full appeal of the orders.

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Resources for Minors Receiving Working Papers–NYSED

• With the holiday shopping season underway, young people may be at higher risk of Child Labor Law violations including unlawful working conditions, long hours, and hazardous tasks.
• To raise awareness of the rights of minors in the workforce, all districts, schools, and BOCES that issue working papers are strongly encouraged to distribute two new documents with each Employment Certificate or Permit they issue.

• These two documents, NYS Child Labor Law Card for Workers (P886), and NYS Child Labor Law Card for Employers (P887) are distributed by the NYS Department of Labor to alert young people to their rights as workers and to outline the responsibilities of employers. (Additional languages available)
• Schools, districts, and BOCES can also share the New York State Department of Labor’s Young Workers, Know Your Rights! video with young people and families. (Spanish language available)
• Individuals who become aware of a violation of Child Labor Law can report their concerns through the NYS Department of Labor’s Employment of Minors web page.
• Questions regarding working papers may be directed to the Office of Student Support Services at studentsupportservices@nysed.gov.

Prominent conservative lawyers band together to fight Trump threat–The Guardian

Martin Pengelly in Washington

George Conway, J Michael Luttig and Barbara Comstock create new legal group to ‘speak out against the endless stream of falsehoods’

Three prominent US legal thinkers have announced a new organisation to champion conservative legal theory within the rule of law, to fight the threat of a second Donald Trump term.

“Our country comes first,” the three wrote in the New York Times, “and our country is in a constitutional emergency, if not a constitutional crisis. We all must act accordingly, especially us lawyers.”

The authors were George Conway, an attorney formerly married to Kellyanne Conway, Trump’s White House counselor; J Michael Luttig, a retired judge and adviser to Trump’s vice-president, Mike Pence, who became a prominent January 6 witness; and Barbara Comstock, a former Republican congresswoman from Virginia.

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Their new group, the Society for the Rule of Law Institute, would “work to inspire young legal talent … focus on building a large body of scholarship to counteract the new orthodoxy of anti-constitutional and anti-democratic law … [and] marshal principled voices to speak out against the endless stream of falsehoods and authoritarian legal theories … propagated almost daily,” they said.

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No, You Don’t Need to Turn Off Apple’s NameDrop Feature in iOS 17–WIRED

REECE ROGERS

Yes, your iPhone automatically turns on NameDrop with the latest software update. But you shouldn’t really be worried about it—regardless of what the police are saying.

Apple’s NameDrop feature in iOS 17 is having a bit of a viral moment. Across the United States, police departments are warning adults to turn off the contact-sharing feature on their iPhones and their children’s devices. In addition, a widely shared TikTok video, with over 2 million views, describes how the feature lets strangers at the gym or on the bus steal all your information. The catch? It’s not true. You shouldn’t worry about NameDrop being some huge security risk.

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NEW YORK CANNABIS CONTROLBOARD–11/27 MEETING UPDATES

… the Cannabis Control Board (CCB) voted to approve an agreement that would resolve the preliminary injunction that has halted the Office from processing or issuing additional CAURD licenses since August 7, 2023.  The agreement will now be presented to the New York State Supreme Court for final approval.  If approved, the Office will be able to continue the CAURD program.

View a recording of today’s Board meeting

New York Extends Statute of Limitations for Filing Claims of Unlawful Discrimination with the Division of Human Rights — New York Labor and Employment Law Report

By: Gianelle M. Duby

On Nov. 17, 2023, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed Senate Bill S.3255, which amends Section 297 of the New York Executive Law by extending the statute of limitations for filing complaints of unlawful discrimination with the Division of Human Rights (DHR) to three years.

Prior to this change, the law provided a three-year statute of limitations only for claims of sexual harassment and a one-year statute of limitations for all other claims of unlawful discrimination. As a result of this amendment, all complaints of unlawful discrimination must be filed with the DHR within three years of the alleged discriminatory practice.

The new statute of limitations will take effect on or about Feb. 15, 2024, and will apply to all unlawful discriminatory practice claims that arise on or after the effective date.

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Trump’s Attacks on New York Judge and His Clerk ‘Exponentially’ Spiked ‘Credible’ Threats, Appeals Court Told–Messenger

Since Trump attacked the judge’s clerk, she received ‘hundreds’ of ‘harassing, disparaging comments’ and ‘antisemitic tropes

Adam Klasfeld

Former President Donald Trump’s attack on a judge’s clerk on social media resulted in “hundreds of threatening and harassing voicemail messages” against her, appellate court documents revealed on Wednesday.

Attorneys for the New York State court system disclosed some of the threats that Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron and his law clerk Allison Greenfield have faced since Trump started attacking them both over the last several weeks on social media.

“I mean, honestly, you should be assassinated,” a caller fumed in one of those voicemails, transcribed in court records made public on Wednesday. “You should be killed.”

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President Biden’s Meeting with President Xi Jinping

For a full summary of the meeting, see The White House, Readout of President Joe Biden’s Meeting with President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China.

Tipsy tongues tell all: How your sloshed speech could snitch to Siri

Alexa, am I wasted?

Brandon Vigliarolo

Wondering if that wee tipple was a bit too much? Someday soon your sloshed speech may spill your secrets to your resident digital assistant as easily as you stumble through a tongue-twister.

A group of researchers from Stanford University in the US and the University of Toronto in Canada have developed an algorithmic method of doing just that. In a paper published this week, the boffins report that they managed to identify alcohol intoxication with 98 percent accuracy by having study participants read tongue-twisters after imbibing a number of vodka gimlets (that’s vodka, lime, and a bit of simple syrup for sweetness, to those who haven’t been introduced).

“With the proliferation of smartphone sensors, we can now harness digital signals to more accurately predict when drinking episodes happen, enhancing our ability to intervene at the most effective moments,” lead author Dr Brian Suffoletto, associate professor of emergency medicine at Stanford, told The Register.

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Watch Florida Moms for Liberty Members Try to Report Librarians to the Police Over a YA Novel–Advocate

By Christopher Wiggins

Members of the “parental rights” activist organization Moms for Liberty reported Florida school librarians to law enforcement for allegedly distributing “pornography” to minors. The librarians were not. The “pornography” the Moms for Liberty activists were referring to was a young adult novel.

Moms for Liberty is described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as an anti-government extremist group because of its anti-LGBTQ+ positions and calls for book bans and topic restrictions in schools.

A Popular Information video taken from a police officer’s body cam shows what went down, highlighting the group’s aggressive stance against any educational materials they find objectionable.

Jennifer Tapley, a member of the Santa Rosa County chapter of Moms for Liberty, called the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office, saying a crime was being done at a local school.

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