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February 23, 2022

Family of S Carolina man killed in jail want hate crime law - Lincoln Journal Star

Family of S Carolina man killed in jail want hate crime law  Lincoln Journal Star
February 23, 2022

Access counselor: Vigo schools likely violated Open Door Law with committee - Terre Haute Tribune Star

Tribune-Star file/Joseph C. Garza Meadows protest: Parents, students and teachers protest the closure and repurposing of Meadows Elementary School along Wabash Avenue in this December 12, 2021, file photo. The school district likely violated Indiana's Open Door law when it authorized a committee to operate behind closed doors and take official action on public business —the future of Meadows ...
February 23, 2022

Q&A: Former Disney Cast Member Channels Creativity as UVA Law Student - UVA Today

Law student Ryan Kurtiak, center, who previously worked at Walt Disney World as a “Star Wars” villager, saw law school as a way to channel his creative energy. (Contributed photo) he Force is strong with Ryan Kurtiak. The second-year University of Virginia School of Law student, who previously worked at Walt Disney World as a “Star Wars” villager and grew up wanting to design theme parks, saw...
February 23, 2022

Lawmakers rewrite Indiana law targeting teachers union dues payments - nwitimes.com

Dan Carden State lawmakers are cleaning up a controversial statute enacted last year that made it more complicated for Hoosier teachers to have union dues voluntarily deducted from their paychecks. Senate Enrolled Act 251 was partially blocked by U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker after she determined the law contained unconstitutional, state-compelled speech by requiring teachers, as a...
February 23, 2022

'Law & Order' star Camryn Manheim spied house hunting in NYC - New York Post

Built to Order: The "L&O" star (inset) scoped out a penthouse at 219 Hudson St. Emmy Award-winning actor Camryn Manheim is starring on NBC’s “Law & Order” revival as Lt. Kate Dixon — and she’s also been spotted house hunting recently on the streets of New York. Best known for her roles on “The Practice” and “Ghost Whisperer,” Manheim said she has come “full circle,” as her first actin...
February 23, 2022

Who we are - Harvard Law Today - Harvard Law School News

Credit: Screen shot from "Who We Are" movie trailer/Sony Pictures Classics There’s a scene in the new documentary film, “Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America,” where Jeffery Robinson ’81 engages with a white man in Charleston, South Carolina who is holding a Confederate flag. The man insists the Civil War wasn’t about slavery. Robinson, who was a criminal defense attorney in Seattle f...
February 23, 2022

‘It’s a societal issue,’ area law enforcement concerned about rising car thefts, attacks on officers - WHIO Radio

MONTGOMERY COUNTY — A series of attacks on police officers leading to high-speed pursuits and an officer-involved shooting have area law enforcement leaders searching for solutions to the rise in violent crime involving stolen property. “For an individual to get shot, for one of my deputies to get ran over, because of a stolen vehicle is just ridiculous,” said Montgomery County Sheriff Rob St...
February 23, 2022

Law firms gear up as U.S., Europe impose new sanctions on Russia - Reuters

(Reuters) - Attorneys who advise clients with business in Russia - including Michael Volkov of Volkov Law Group and Caroline Brown of Crowell & Moring - explain how they are preparing for further sanctions across a broad array of industries.
February 23, 2022

Nevada To Begin Enforcing Pharma Sales Force Registration Law - JD Supra

Back in 2017, the state of Nevada passed a sweeping bill into law that addressed not only drug pricing transparency, but also reporting obligations applicable to pharmacy benefit managers and non-profit organizations and also imposed certain requirements on manufacturer sales forces. Arent Fox wrote about the bill in a past blog post. The Arent Fox blog post can be found here. Regardless of ...
February 23, 2022

Available Once Again: Provisional Employment Under the Pennsylvania Child Protective Services Law - JD Supra

On February 17, 2022, employers whose employees must obtain background check clearances under Pennsylvania’s Child Protective Services Law (“CPSL”) received good news. The Governor of Pennsylvania approved House Bill No. 764, now called Act 12 of 2022, which amends the CPSL to permit employers to hire employees on a provisional basis while the employees wait to obtain their clearances. In 201...