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OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Changes could be made regarding Oklahoma’s health care power of attorney laws yet again if a new bill passes this legislative session. KFOR reported that the medical power of attorney would be no more as of November 1, 2021. It then became the Uniform Power of Attorney Act. The problem with the change was that the new law got rid of healthcare power of attorneys altoget...

HARRISBURG, Pa (WHTM) — The Pennsylvania Department of Aging announced a new law that expands eligibility limits for the Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly Needs Enhancement Tier (PACENET). Governor Tom Wolf signed the legislation into law that allows an additional 100,000 older adults to now become eligible to be a part of the program, with enrollment starting this month. Thi...

Large companies operating in the European Union could be held responsible for environmental violations or human rights abuses committed by businesses in their supply chains under a law proposed on Wednesday by the European Commission, the bloc’s administrative arm. “We can no longer turn a blind eye on what happens down our value chains,” said Didier Reynders, the European Union’s commissione...

Rutgers Law School students described the impact of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) backlogs on the low-income clients they represent during a press conference called yesterday by U.S. Senator Bob Menendez to demand more support for taxpayers. The third-year students work in the school’s Federal Tax Law Clinic in Newark, directed by professor Sandy Freund, and represent pro bono clients, many ...

We are back with a fresh episode, hot on the heels of Russia’s latest incursion into Ukraine. Tune in as we survey some of the legal dimensions to this latest development (including discussion of the impact of diplomatic recognition on UN Charter Article 2(4)), as well as the various sanctions frameworks that are now in play. We also check in on an important district court ruling in the civil ...

Luis Mora EXCLUSIVE: Kacey Rohl is set as a lead in ABC drama pilot L.A. Law, a revival of the iconic Steven Bochco legal drama. She joins original cast members Blair Underwood and Corbin Bernsen, who are reprising their roles as Jonathan Rollins and Arnie Becker, respectively, as well as fellow new series regulars Hari Nef, Toks Olagundoye, Ian Duff, John Harlan Kim and Juliana Harkavey. In ...

Washington DC — In 2021, a number of state legislatures took the threat of gun violence seriously and passed 75 new laws in 27 states and Washington DC. In the latest edition of the Annual Gun Law Scorecard, Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence graded and ranked each state on the strength of its gun laws, showing that states with stronger gun laws have lower gun death rates and save mo...

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Lee Merritt, a civil rights attorney who has made a name for himself nationally by representing the families of police brutality victims, is taking heat ahead of his race to be Texas’ top lawyer because he’s not licensed to practice in the state. He has represented the families of Both...

News Martin Bernstein's renovation of historic home began in October 2020 without needed permits Palo Alto City Hall. Embarcadero Media file photo. Martin Bernstein, the former Historic Resources Board chair who received a notice of violation from the city for failing to take out a permit before renovating his historic downtown home, began work on the project more than a year prior to the ci...

State Attorney General Steve Marshall presented a proclamation to the family of fallen Selma Police Officer Marquis Moorer at a ceremony on Wednesday at Selma City Hall. Marshall presented a plaque to Moorer’s mother, Monica Moorer, grandmother, Jessie Mae Moorer-Snow, aunt Sabrina Underwood, daughter Makenyl Campbell and nephew, Sidney Underwood. On July 27, 2021, Moorer was killed between ...