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March 01, 2022

Safeguarding the Right to Vote: The 2022 Stanford Law Review Symposium | Stanford Law School - Stanford Law School

Safeguarding the Right to Vote: The 2022 Stanford Law Review Symposium March 1, 2022 By Stephanie Ashe Subscribe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share by Email On Friday, February 11, and Saturday, February 12, Stanford Law School (SLS) held one of its first in-person events after more than 18 months of Zoom meetings: the 2022 Stanford Law Review (SLR) Sympo...
March 01, 2022

Good Faith in English Contract Law - The National Law Review

Printer-friendly Summary Under English law, there is no general doctrine of good faith. This means that there is no general obligation to act in good faith during the negotiation of commercial contracts. The exceptions to this rule include where (a) the contract contains an express duty of good faith; (b) there is a contractual discretion and a term of good faith may be implied; or (c)...
March 01, 2022

Final report in Bob Saget death investigation expected soon, law enforcement source says - CNN

Dr. Gupta explains what to do if you sustain a serious head injury 01:46 (CNN)Seven weeks after comedian Bob Saget suddenly died from a head injury in his room at the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando, Florida, questions continue to swirl about the details of his demise. There have been no new disclosures about how exactly the well-known 65-year-old comic and actor ended up lying in bed with severe sku...
March 01, 2022

To Do Good Or Be Paid Well? - Above the LawAbove the Law - Above the Law

(Image via Getty) My first week working here, I got a kind email from a longtime ATL reader. He welcomed me to the team and asked for a small favor — he wanted me to turn ATL’s comment section back on. Not only did it occasion a good chuckle (the answer to reinstating the comment section was and will remain no), it perked my ears and sights for chances to get real time comments and questions ...
March 01, 2022

USF names two finalists for president. Interim leader Rhea Law is one of them. - Tampa Bay Times

The other is Jeffrey W. Talley, former chief and commanding general of the U.S. Army Reserve, who also has held academic posts. Jeffrey Talley, left, and Rhea Law emerged Tuesday as finalists to be the eighth president of the University of South Florida. Law has served as USF's interim president since August 2021. Talley is a former chief and commanding general of the U.S. Army Reserve. The s...
March 01, 2022

Big Law, Former Federal Prosecutors Back Public Defender for Third Circuit Vacancy | National Law Journal - Law.com

Arianna Freeman, managing attorney of the Non-Capital Habeas Unit of the Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Courtesy photo What You Need to Know Biden nominated longtime public defender Arianna Freeman to the Third Circuit in January. Freeman's nomination hearing is set for Wednesday morning. Former federal prosecutors who now work in Big Law sent l...
March 01, 2022

PASPA Ruling Revisited In Law Prof's Essay - Sports Handle

Shutterstock There was a particularly curious aspect — at the conclusion of an even more curious court ruling — resulting from the lawsuit filed by five major sports leagues against Monmouth Park’s effort to launch Las Vegas-style sports betting at the New Jersey racetrack in 2014. And that aspect, Florida State University sports law professor Ryan Rodenberg wrote in an 11-page essay publishe...
March 01, 2022

Kim Reynolds signs 3.9% flat tax into law in conservative realignment of Iowa's tax system - Des Moines Register

Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed into law a major realignment of Iowa's tax system, achieving one of her top legislative priorities in time for a national speech introducing herself to a conservative audience. Over the next few years, the law will lower Iowa's top income tax rate until all Iowans pay a 3.9% flat tax starting in 2026. Along the way, it will eliminate the state's progressive incom...
March 01, 2022

Justice Department says Missouri's gun law is causing 'significant harm' to public safety - KCUR

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson shows off H.B. 85, which he signed inside Frontier Justice gun shop in Lee's Summit, Mo., on June 12, 2021. The bill prohibits local and state law enforcement officials from enforcing federal gun laws. The speed with which the United States filed its summary judgment motion suggests it believes Missouri's Second Amendment Preservation Act is a clear violation of th...
March 01, 2022

Blinken: Putin Must Not Be Allowed to Flout International Humanitarian Law - Voice of America - VOA News

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken appears on a screen as he delivers a speech during the 49th session of the U.N. Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 1, 2022. Geneva — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns that rules of the international order that help protect peace and security will be weakened if Russian Presiden...