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February 18, 2022

“Love Me Tinder”: Roanoke law enforcement urges online dating safety - WDBJ7

Swiping right through dating apps is easy. But when it comes to meeting Mr. or Mrs. right in person, things could go left. ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Valentine’s Day may be over, but the search for true love never stops. “It’s always best to be safe than sorry,” says Detective Frank Leftwich of the Roanoke City Police Department. Something true of wearing a seatbelt, packing an umbrella, and jumpi...
February 18, 2022

2022 IP Outlook Report: The Developments Shaping Patent Law - JD Supra

KEY TAKEAWAYS AND OUTLOOK FOR 2022 - Tracking with this era’s continuation and uncertainty trends―global supply chain disruption, innovation outpacing legislation, the unstoppable internet of [all the] things (IoT)―2022 is expected to be another busy year in the world of patent litigation. We fully expect persistence in these spaces: STANDARD-ESSENTIAL PATENT (SEP) LICENSING AND THE GROWING D...
February 18, 2022

Law-enforcement shakeup: Miami-Dade’s jail director, public safety chief transferred - Miami Herald

Law-enforcement shakeup: Miami-Dade’s jail director, public safety chief transferred  Miami Herald
February 18, 2022

Opinion: Proposed legislation would gut Sunshine Law - Springfield Business Journal

It has been almost 50 years since the original Missouri Sunshine Law was adopted by the state of Missouri. But over the years, the changes to that law usually have been an effort to ensure broader access to public information, not narrow the access, as is inherent in many changes proposed this legislative session by Rep. Bruce DeGroot, R-Ellisville, in House Bill 2049. Since its early drafts,...
February 18, 2022

MLB's Owners Want To Make Their Favorite Loopholes Into Law - Defector

Why is Major League Baseball’s lockout still happening? Or why, anyway, besides the fact that the league’s owners wanted to implement it and do not desire to lift it just yet? The conflict between the league and the MLB Players Association is about more than just cost-of-living increases and bumps to the minimum salary, although it is also rightly about those things. The league wants to furth...
February 18, 2022

Law Weekend and Reunion to return in March - St. Mary's University

The St. Mary’s University School of Law will host Law Weekend and Reunion on Friday, March 4, and Saturday, March 5. The event returns after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. St. Mary’s Law alumni can look forward to a number of events during Law Weekend, including luncheons, reunions, donor events, campus tours and more. “Alumni regularly report some of their best years were sp...
February 18, 2022

Massachusetts Man Arrested on Charges For Assault on Law Enforcement During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach - Department of Justice

WASHINGTON — A Massachusetts man was arrested today for assaulting law enforcement during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related to the presidential election. Vincent J. Gillespie, 60, of Athol, Massachusetts, is charged in a criminal complaint filed i...
February 18, 2022

Specialized training for emergency K9 care under Nero's Law at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University in Grafton - WCVB Boston

NORTH GRAFTON, Mass. — Emergency medical responders may soon begin training on how to administer lifesaving medical attention to law enforcement K9s if they are injured in the line of duty after Nero’s Bill was signed into law. Nero's Law is in response to the 2018 shooting that claimed the life of Yarmouth Police K9 Sgt. Sean Gannon, a New Bedford native, and severely injured his K9 partner,...
February 18, 2022

Missouri takes months to process Medicaid applications — longer than law allows • Missouri Independent - Missouri Independent

(Eric Harkleroad/KHN illustration; Getty Images; Unsplash; Missouri Department of Social Services) This story was originally published by Kaiser Health News. Aneka French applied for Medicaid in October, not long after Missouri became the 38th state to expand eligibility for the program. But her application sat for months in a backlog with tens of thousands of others. While she waited, Frenc...
February 18, 2022

It’s not child neglect if a kid plays outside or walks home from school, proposed law says - The Denver Post

Rep. Kim Ransom, right, as seen during the 2020 legislative session. She is sponsoring a bill to specify that children can play outside without it being grounds for neglect. When Brinley Sheffield was 7 years old, she took a sudden interest in running. Her parents, eager to encourage her interests and exercise, made sure she knew their Castle Rock neighborhood, and set her loose. A harmless e...