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Defense industry executives say their companies could be hit with billions of dollars in taxes and reduce spending on research and development if Congress fails to delay or repeal a 2017 law that would tax R&D expenses, Nextgov reported Sunday. The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act directs companies to claim R&D expenses on their taxes and spread their annual claims over five years starting ...

Jacksonville University President Tim Cost (Copyright 2022 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville University announced plans Monday to establish a law school in downtown Jacksonville. The private school will be supported by private funding and a $5 million commitment of public investment from Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, the school said. It will become t...

Community members protest the arrests in 2018 of eight environmental activists in Guapinol, Honduras. (Photo by Cesar Fuentes) n a case brought to light by the International Human Rights Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law, the Supreme Court of Honduras in February overturned the convictions of six environmental activists that drew the ire of the international community. In 201...

Central Bank of Russia building in Moscow. Credit: Mistervlad/Shutterstock.com What You Need to Know In response to sanctions, some law firms have made it known that they are dropping Russian companies from their client roster. Others have been slower to react, and may not even provide confirmation they have dropped sanctioned clients. Some law firms may fear reprisals for their national sta...

Judge blocks Kansas law on mailed ballot applications  KSN-TV

Defense Minister Benny Gantz speaks during a Knesset discussion on the military pension law, on February 28, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) The controversial pensions law — which would legalize a long-standing practice of pension increases for career military officers — passed its first reading in the Knesset on Monday night, with a narrow margin of 57-56 votes. The legislation has been at th...

Nashville law firms enter 'strategic alliance' | Legal | nashvillepost.com  Nashville Post

ATLANTA (AP) – Georgia’s top courts are hosting the final round of moot court and mock trial competitions for Black law students. Georgia Supreme Court Justice Verda Colvin, spearheaded the coordination of that court, the Georgia Court of Appeals and the Statewide Business Court to host and judge the final round Saturday of the National Black Law Students Association’s Thurgood Marshall Moot ...

Voters at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic School in Overland Park casts their ballot bathed in morning light, on Nov. 2, 2021. Kansas agreed to pay attorney fees and court costs of the plaintiffs after a federal court struck down parts of a new state law that criminalized the distribution of advanced mail ballot applications. A federal court on Friday struck down parts of a new Kansas la...