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Connecticut is the third state to pass a law that gives renters who are facing eviction access to free legal services.

Barbara Shander, a private equity partner in Philadelphia with Goodwin Procter. What You Need to Know Goodwin Procter has recruited Barbara Shander in Philadelphia to its private equity practice. Shander is the former chief legal officer of New Jersey-based WCG Clinical. The move reflects how Big Law firms are increasingly hiring outside of markets where they have a physical office footprin...

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – A new law that went into effect in January changed the requirements for Texans with Disabled Veterans license plates who park in handicapped spaces. However many veterans, their family members and caretakers are still in the dark about the new law. Earlier this month a veteran and his daughter were out shopping; when they returned, they found that they were ticketed be...

A bill intended to streamline the reciprocity process for law enforcement officers to become certified in Nebraska advanced from general file Feb. 25. Sen. Steve Lathrop LB1241, introduced by Sen. Steve Lathrop of Omaha, would make a number of changes to the current law enforcement reciprocity program. Among other provisions, the bill would change the reciprocity process for law enforcement o...

*see video here. There is a laundry list of hot spots in employment law today, which may conspire to keep employers up at night. Here’s a look at some pressing items in 2022 of which employers should be mindful. Anti-discrimination laws. There is renewed attention on anti-discrimination laws, which includes most if not all states addressing inequities in pay, expansion of protected classes, ...

Demonstrators hold signs in support of Trayvon Martin in New York's Union Square in 2012. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The “stand your ground” self-defense law had been in effect in Florida for more than six years when it became part of the national vocabulary with the death of Trayvon Martin in 2012. When the 17-year-old was fatally shot, Florida was still one of the few states with the law that r...

Police were serving a warrant when a suspect fired off shots in North Portland on Friday, August 27, 2021. (KOIN) PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A grand jury has determined that two Portland police officers did not break the law when they shot and killed 30-year-old Alexander Tadros in August 2021. Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt’s office made the announcement Friday. The shooting ha...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A lawsuit filed Friday seeks to block enforcement of a new Ohio abortion restriction signed in December that included additional licensing requirements that the ACLU and Planned Parenthood argue are unnecessarily onerous. The action filed in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court asks the court to issue a temporary restraining order followed by a preliminary injunction preve...

For each of the past 12 years, we have surveyed milestones and significant events in the international employment law space to update and publish The Employment Law Review. Every year when I update this book, I reread the Preface that I wrote for the first edition in 2009. In that first edition, I noted that I believed that this type of book was long overdue because multinational corporations...

COLUBLIA, S.C. (WCBD) – Scrutiny of law enforcement and training practices has increased over the last few years following a number of officer-involved deaths and shootings across the country. Leaders say while there are bad acts in every profession, the incidents have led to improved training methods they think will turn the narrative around. The death of George Floyd nationally, then Jamal ...