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/ Sam Waterston on the return of ‘Law & Order’ Feb. 24, 202204:10 You don't even have to be looking at the screen to know an episode of the "Law & Order" franchise has just started or transitioned to a new scene. All you have to do is hear the iconic sound: dun-dun. As a reboot of the original "Law & Order" gets set to premiere Thursday on NBC, the famous sound effect created by c...

An inmate at the Women's Huron Correctional Facility working in the kitchen. Advocates for changes to prison sentencing are trying again to repeal Michigan's Truth in Sentencing law. The last ballot initiative in 2020 failed to get enough signatures, largely due to pandemic restrictions on public gatherings in place at the time. Truth in Sentencing requires inmates to serve their full minim...

There is clearly going to be one story that blots out the sun for a while, and it will dominate conversation in the shebeen as well. However, there’s still repression going on in this country, chiefly in Texas, where Governor Greg Abbott, surely one of the least excusable humans in our politics, directed his state agencies to define gender-affirming care as child abuse. He also seeks to turn ...

Rising fourth through seventh graders will have a chance to learn the ins-and-outs of police work during the 25th annual Junior Law Enforcement Academy. The event will be hosted by the Dawson County Sheriff’s Office at a new location, Dawson County Middle School, from June 6-10, 2022. This weeklong academy is completely free, and applications will be sent home with schoolchildren. JLEA only h...

MENLO PARK, Calif., Feb. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Lex Machina and LexisNexis release their latest Law Firms Activity Report, which surveys the most active law firms in federal district court. The report focuses on the three-year period from 2019 to 2021 and analyzes law firm activity in 16 practice areas and in cases caused by COVID-19. The final section of the report includes an analy...

In an Initial Decision announced on Feb. 24, 2022, Chief Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell dismissed the antitrust charges in a complaint issued by the Federal Trade Commission staff against tobacco company Altria Group, Inc. and electronic cigarette maker JUUL Labs, Inc. The FTC’s April 2020 complaint alleged that Altria and Juul entered a series of agreements, including Altria’s ...

Maine is stepping into the privacy mix with a possible biometric law, and a possible CCPA-like law. The biometric law, proposed by State Representative Maggie O’Neil, is generally similar to Illinois’ BIPA, even including a private right of action. But there are some notable differences: Processor exception: A processor is not required to comply with the requirements of this chapter with res...

Below are some of the latest state updates – CALIFORNIA The State of California has updated the following: According to a Notice issued by the Los Angeles Office of Wage Standards on February 1, 2022, the city’s hourly minimum wage will rise from $15.00 to $16.04 as of July 1, 2022. Supplemental paid sick leave is now provided to covered employees under Senate Bill No. 114. Such employees ...

Shutterstock cover by Pavelskyi Vladyslav Ukraine’s central bank has temporarily prohibited the issuance of new electronic money and the topping up of digital cash wallets. Ukrainian Government Restricts Digital Money Supply Per a Thursday announcement, Ukraine’s central bank has suspended the country’s electronic currency markets. This news comes after the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelen...

YORK COUNTY, S.C. — A man charged with murdering two members of the same family pleaded guilty in court Thursday morning. Jimar Neely is accused of killing two men who were brothers-in-law back on June 7, 2019. The victim’s relatives told Channel 9 the men were headed to pick up some cabinets near Rock Hill. Then, they said Neely attacked, shooting and killing them both. The family said it wa...