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February 22, 2022 February 16, 2022 February 15, 2022 Legislative Gazette photos by Devin Cabrera Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill today, clearing the way for qualified farmers to begin planting cannabis this spring. The legislation creates a new “Conditional Adult-use Cannabis Cultivator” license, establishing a pathway for existing New York hemp farmers to apply for a condition...

Industry Voices Across-the-board new-car markups could carry repercussions beyond customer annoyance. Dealers charging high prices above MSRP across the board are creating national news and public backlash, and it’s not just the OEMs that are watching. In my recent Wards article, “Dealers Marking Up Above MSRP on Dangerous Ground,” I outlined how some dealers are taking advantage of the curre...

(Photo by Andrew Crider) RICHMOND, Va. (Capital News Service) — A Senate committee is set to consider a bill that would reverse a policing law intended to reduce racial profiling. The General Assembly in 2020 passed a law along party lines to end pretextual policing, or the practice of stopping someone for a minor traffic violation. Such traffic stops are made for broken tail lights, tinted w...

The move also marks the launch of a real estate sector offering in South Africa which has an environmental component. February 22, 2022

President Biden speaks before signing the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill into law during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in November. AP Photo/Susan Walsh The infrastructure deal passed last year by Congress was written to address climate change over the long term. But increasingly activists see it as one of President Biden’s best tools for cutting emissions righ...

Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise In 2002, Oklahomans successfully fought long and hard to ban cockfighting from our state. This year, Rep. Justin Humphrey, R-Lane, has filed a bill to severely weaken our voter-approved cockfighting ban. He seeks to reduce the punishment for cockfighters from felony level to misdemeanor level. In addition, he wants to remove language from the existing law tha...

The pits In 2002, Oklahomans successfully fought long and hard to ban cockfighting from our state. This year, Rep. Justin Humphrey, R-Lane, has filed a bill to severely weaken our voter-approved cockfighting ban. He seeks to reduce the punishment for cockfighters from felony level to misdemeanor level. In addition, he wants to remove language from the existing law that would redefine the crim...

Ohio's strangulation law has made its way through the legislature multiple times over the course of the past six years, but has never made it across the finish line. TOLEDO, Ohio — Unlike nearly every other state in the country, Ohio still does not have a strangulation law. This would create harsher punishments for abusers, specifically by making strangulation a felony. "It’s so hard to fin...

And any California resident could sue a wide swath of those involved in the gun industry — from the manufacturer to the local gun shop owner — if one of their assault rifles or “ghost gun” kits are used to injure or kill someone. They don’t even have to be a victim of the violence. All three proposed laws, which promise awards of at least $10,000, have one thing in common: They’re among numer...

WHO GOT THE WORK?℠ - Music platform Spotify has acquired Podsights and Chartable in a deal guided by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. Financial terms were not disclosed. Podsights and Chartable were represented by a Skadden Arps team including partners Christopher Barlow, Howard Ellin, Stuart Levi, Steven Matays, Joseph Penko, David Schwartz, Kenneth Schwartz and Ingrid Vandenborre. ...