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A procedure room where doctors perform abortions is prepared ahead of the arrival of patients at the start of the work day. The law is having ripple effects as clinics around the country take in Texas patients and more women turn to self-managed abortions. When Texas’ restrictive new abortion law went into effect Sept. 1, clinics, advocates and even some who supported the legislation thoug...

The FBI confirmed it conducted law enforcement activity in the parking lot of a Harlingen business on Wednesday. Channel 5 News cameras captured three men being led away in handcuffs and into a Harlingen police unit and an unmarked vehicle at around 12:00 p.m. at the business located on the 100 block of Bass Pro Drive in Harlingen. The FBI confirmed the agency was present at the location "con...

Our former compatriot Elie Mystal has moved on to The Nation, but he’s still talking about law. He’s even got a new book! You should buy it (affiliate link)! But you might have to find an alternative supplier because Amazon is SOLD OUT one day into its release. In fairness to Amazon, it seems like there aren’t copies anywhere. They just might not have printed enough copies for someone with an...

If you see a pedestrian, cyclist or scooter, be sure to give them space on the road — that's the message lawmakers want to send with a new law in New Jersey. Gov. Phil Murphy signed the law, known as the "Safe Passing Law," in August and it went into effect on Tuesday. It was inspired by the death of Metuchen resident Oscar Zanoni, who was fatally struck in 2020 by a tractor-trailer while ri...

UNLV has named Leah Chan Grinvald as the next dean for the William S. Boyd School of Law, effective July 1, 2022. Grinvald, who was selected following a national search for the position, is currently associate dean for academic affairs and professor of law at Suffolk University Law School in Boston. She will be the first Asian American to lead the UNLV Boyd School of Law. “We’re excited to we...

admin At issue is a 2018 Michigan Civil Rights Commission interpretation of the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act. It says the state law protects LGBTQ people from discrimination in employment, housing, education and public accommodation. And that’s because the law includes the word “sex.” Rick Pluta The Michigan Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday on whether the state’s c...

Three cases have come out in the last year that will significantly impact construction law in North Carolina. The Court in Crescent v. Trussway held that an owner of a commercial project cannot sue a subcontractor or supplier in tort because the contracts in place for the project govern even if there is no contractual relationship between the owner and subcontractor/supplier. The Court in Wr...

FILE - Rescue workers work in the rubble at the Champlain Towers South Condo in Surfside, Fla., in this Friday, June 25, 2021, file photo. MIAMI (AP) - Condominium and homeowner associations must now make financial statements and structural safety reports public under a new law approved by the Miami-Dade County Commission. The law approved Tuesday was proposed after the Champlain Towers South...

KYIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 28: A mother tends to her baby under medical treatment in the bomb shelter of the pediatric ward of Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital on February 28, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. The World Health Organization on Wednesday said Russia is in violation of international humanitarian law based on several reported attacks on Ukrainian hospitals and health workers. Several of the repo...

A Ukrainian Army soldier inspects fragments of a downed aircraft in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 25. Photo: Vadim Zamirovsky/AP In the days since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine captured the world’s attention, the legal industry has been forced to respond. Whether that has meant law firms shuttering offices to protect employees, cutting ties with state-owned clients in Russia, stepping up to offer pro...