Legal News Roundup - 10/1/18

Here are some of the top legal news stories you may have missed from last week.
1) “As Senate Republicans have made it clear they intend to press ahead with a vote on embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, even as he faces mounting allegations of sexual assault, three moderate Republican governors are calling for a pause.” Read more from Vox
2) “Major companies including Amazon, AT&T, Apple and Google are lobbying Congress to craft legislation that would preempt a first-of-its-kind California privacy law that grants sweeping online protections to consumers.” Read more from USA Today
3) “A groundbreaking new white paper on smart contract enforceability by the Chamber of Digital Commerce, a Washington, D.C.-based trade association that represents companies operating in the distributed ledger and blockchain space, attempts to clarify misconceptions and establish definitional foundations and legal baselines upon which technologists and legal practitioners can build upon.” Read more Forbes
4) “India's top court has abolished a colonial-era law criminalizing extramarital sex, in a landmark ruling campaigners have hailed as a victory for women's rights.” Read more from CNN
5) “An Ohio lawyer has received a one-year suspension, with six months stayed, for a road rage incident in which he was accused of intentionally causing an accident and stomping on the cellphone of an onlooker recording the aftermath.” Read more from the ABA Journal
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