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March 01, 2022

Ned Eisenberg, New York Actor Known for ‘Law & Order,’ Dies at 65 - The New York Times

Ned Eisenberg, a character actor known for his work on popular shows including “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and “Mare of Easttown,” died at his home in the Jackson Heights section of Queens on Sunday. He was 65. The cause was cholangiocarcinoma, a cancer of the bile duct, and ocular melanoma, according to a statement from his agent, Jeanne Nicolosi, issued on his family’s behalf. E...
March 01, 2022

Bad information leads law enforcement to wrongly name man who escaped custody - WECT

The Pender County Sheriff's Office has released an updated photo of the man they are searching for. (PCSO) PENDER COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - The Pender County Sheriff’s Office has responded to an incident that led law enforcement to wrongly identify a man as a suspect who was armed and had escaped custody. A day later, they retracted that statement. But how did this happen? The Pender County Sheri...
March 01, 2022

New Ohio law cracking down on robocalls takes effect Wednesday - WFMJ

News Now, beginning March 2nd, a new state law will help crack down on companies who use technology to create a phony caller ID. Last year, more than 23-thousand Ohioans complained to the Attorney General's office about unwanted robocalls. Now, beginning March 2nd, a new state law will help crack down on companies who use technology to create a phony caller ID. The unwanted practice is calle...
March 01, 2022

Rhea Law is among two finalists to become USF's next president - WUSF News

Interim USF president Rhea Law, left, and retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Talley are finalists to become USF's next president. The University of South Florida has narrowed its list of candidates for its next president to two — including interim president Rhea Law. In a letter Tuesday to USF staff, students and faculty, USF Board of Trustees Vice Chair Mike Griffin — who also headed he se...
March 01, 2022

Iowa governor signs law to phase in a 3.9% flat income tax - Iowa Public Radio

Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a major tax cut package into law Tuesday surrounded by Republican lawmakers in Des Moines. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a major tax cut package into law Tuesday, completing her top priority for the legislative session just hours before she was scheduled to deliver the Republican response to the State of the Union address. “Today is a great day for the state of Iowa...
March 01, 2022

Titus, who voted for 1997 law impeding gas tax holiday, asserts there's a path forward - The Nevada Independent

Dina Titus speaks during the Nevada Democratic Party election night event at Caesar Palace in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. (Daniel Clark/The Nevada Independent) Rep. Dina Titus recently co-sponsored a bill that would provide a federal gasoline tax holiday, even though she voted for legislation in 1997 that could neutralize the benefit of such a tax cut for Nevadans. But she says there...
March 01, 2022

Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk ahs vetoed a pro-union law - The Morning Call

Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk says he won’t support a controversial ordinance that would tighten requirements for city contractors unless it’s amended. On Tuesday, City Council members Cynthia Mota and and Daryl Hendricks told The Morning Call that Tuerk vetoed the ordinance. City Clerk Mike Hanlon also said he considered Tuerk’s non-signature a veto because Tuerk indicated he would not allow th...
March 01, 2022

Tools For Change - Above the LawAbove the Law - Above the Law

(Image via Getty) I love a good interview, especially about IP litigation, a subject that still fascinates me 20 years into my professional career. Thankfully, we live in a time when there is no dearth of podcasters having interesting conversations with thought leaders, including in the IP space. One of my favorites, of course, is Eli Mazour’s Clause 8 podcast, part of the burgeoning IP Watch...
March 01, 2022

Ignorance of the Law is an Excuse, at Least for Copyright… - Fenwick & West LLP

It’s not uncommon for individuals or small businesses to try to save money by filing copyright applications themselves. It’s also not uncommon for some of these registrations to include factual or legal errors, jeopardizing the validity of the resulting registrations. But could a simple error upend what would otherwise be a successful copyright lawsuit? In a 6-3 decision, and likely Justice S...
March 01, 2022

Pennsylvania Supreme Court says mail-in voting law will stay in place, at least for now - 90.5 WESA

Pennsylvania's mail-in voting law will remain in place, at least for the near future, despite a state judge's order that would have made it expire in two weeks, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The justices issued a one-paragraph order that overturned a Feb. 16 decision by Commonwealth Court Senior Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt that would have pulled the plug on the state's 2-year-old votin...