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Del. Mike Mullin (D-Newport News) at a 2018 event. (Photo: Craig Carper/VPM News) Last year, House Democrats cheered the passage of a bill that backers said would make it easier for employees who were denied their overtime wages to get relief in court. This year, the bill’s sponsor and a handful of other Democrats are joining Republicans in voting to scale back some of those rules. Labor advo...

The best employees are never employees. They are owners from the moment they start their jobs to the moment they retire. Owners don’t need to be told what their job is as they know their job is to do whatever is meet and proper to do to grow the law firm and help it succeed. Owners aren’t above menial tasks that they think others below them should do. Whether a first-year associate or a senio...

Image via AP Whether it’s the company’s acquisition by Microsoft, the ongoing discrimination lawsuit, or Raven Software’s battle to form a union, Activision Blizzard can’t seem to stay out of the news lately. In the midst of the various legal battles the publisher is waging is law firm Reed Smith, representing the company and, it seems, sharing valuable tips on how to identify and quash pote...

North Salem Supervisor Warren Lucas, Somers Supervisor Robert Scorrano, and other officials joined with gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino to publicly denounce the legislation on Feb. 14. WESTCHESTER, N.Y. - Local officials last week hailed Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision to remove accessory dwelling units (ADU) legislation from her Executive Budget for 2023. Critics had passionately argued it...

BRUSSELS — A top European Union official said Tuesday that serious concerns remain about the respect for rule of law in Poland despite plans by the country's president to abolish a disputed legal chamber. Vera Jourova, a European Commission vice president, said the EU's executive arm is currently analyzing a proposal by Polish President Andrzej Duda to replace the so-called Disciplinary Chamb...

Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor addresses the Republican Women’s Club South Tulsa United during a meeting on Feb. 21, 2022 in Jenks. CLIFTON ADCOCK/The Frontier Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor is reviewing dozens of books found in public school libraries to determine whether they violate state obscenity law. Books under review range from classics such as Of Mice and Men and Lo...

California employers should be on alert that President Biden signed new legislation curtailing the arbitration of sexual harassment and sexual assault claims. Titled the “Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act,” the new legislation was passed by Congress as H.R. 4445 and signed into law by the President on March 3, 2022. The bipartisan motivation behind H.R. 444...

Baker signs law to let EMTs treat and transport injured police dogs  WESTERNMASSNEWS.com

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Story at a glance The ACLU of Montana, Lambda Legal and the Center for HIV Law and Policy on Friday filed an amicus brief arguing that a ruling that Montana may not force someone to register as a sex offender for engaging in consensual same-sex activity must be upheld. The ruling was handed down in May on the case of Randall Menges, who had been required to register as a sex offender in Mont...