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February 18, 2022

Law.com Trendspotter: Even in a Relationship Business, Data-Driven Lateral Hiring Can Give Law Firms a Leg Up - Law.com

Credit: everything possible/Shutterstock Scouting lateral talent in the legal industry is not so different from making trades and free agent acquisitions in pro sports. An organization assesses a need/want and then examines the available options to fulfill it. Within that process, there are two tacks organizations often take: the old school approach of assessing prospects based on gut feeling...
February 18, 2022

Opinion | Susan Collins: Reform the Electoral Count Act to Avoid Another January 6 - The New York Times

Electoral College ballot boxes being carried through the Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 6, 2021.Credit...Mark Peterson for The New York Times Imagine my surprise when on Jan. 6, 2017, I found out that I had received one electoral vote to be vice president of the United States — an office for which I was not a candidate — from a “faithless elector” from the state of Washington. Four years later, on J...
February 18, 2022

Governor signs SB739 into law | Fairfax County | fairfaxtimes.com - Fairfaxtimes.com

Governor signs SB739 into law | Fairfax County | fairfaxtimes.com  Fairfaxtimes.com
February 17, 2022

Oklahoma lawmakers file bills to change protective order law after push from BA mother - KTUL

46-year-old Stephen Bernius was killed while trying to evict a tenant in September 2021. (Courtesy: Maureen Bucchere) TULSA, Okla. — A Broken Arrow mother is one step closer to creating change in honor of her son. In December, NewsChannel 8 spoke with Maureen Bucherre about the push to change a law she believes could have saved her son's life. "This is suffocating," Bucherre said. "The pain t...
February 17, 2022

National Republican group sidesteps new disclosure law with $3 million donation in Alaska governor's race - Anchorage Daily News

Politics JUNEAU — A national Republican group donated $3 million last year to support the reelection of Gov. Mike Dunleavy, newly released campaign finance disclosures show. The donation from the Republican Governors Association is bigger than the amount raised by all governor candidates combined through the start of February, and Dunleavy’s opponents say it appears to be deliberately timed t...
February 17, 2022

No reversal on China's tech crackdown in sight as Xi calls for more work on laws - CNBC

The Great Hall of the People is seen after the closing meeting of the fourth session of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) on March 11, 2021 in Beijing, China. VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping told top leaders to speed up work on new laws for the technology sector during a speech in early December, according to the Chinese Communist Party’s...
February 17, 2022

Virginia state health commissioner weighs in on new mask law - WHSV

HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - Thursday was the first day in years that some students around the commonwealth saw their classmate’s smiling face. This is after a law was passed Wednesday leaving it up to parents to decide whether kids wear masks in schools. The basis behind the new law that was passed mainly concerns parents having a choice for what’s best for their child. It comes at a point in ...
February 17, 2022

State and local law enforcement navigate Carnival season amid staffing shortage - BRProud.com

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — State and local law enforcement are facing new challenges ahead of Mardi Gras parades. They’re trying to figure out how to keep you safe with a short staff. The City of Gonzales is hosting its first-ever Mardi Gras parade this year. Police Chief Sherman Jackson said they’re trying to let the good times roll even with a 10% vacancy. “We unify with the Ascension Par...
February 17, 2022

Law And Order's Sam Waterston Shares Two Reasons Why The Revival Is Finally Happening - CinemaBlend

(Image credit: NBC) Law & Order is finally just days away from returning to NBC with a revival, nearly five months after it was initially announced and more than ten years after it was originally cancelled at 20 seasons, just shy of making history. The return marks a “dream come true” for creator Dick Wolf, even though it once seemed unlikely that the original would ever rejoin SVU ...
February 17, 2022

Health care leaders and Alzheimer's Association officials celebrate passage of state law - TribLIVE

Jim Pieffer, president and CEO of Presbyterian SeniorCare Network, talks about the importance of early detection of Alzheimer’s Disease at a press conference Thursday afternoon in Oakmont. A new state law promotes Alzheimer’s awareness and, its backers say, will help provide assistance to families impacted by it and other degenerative diseases. Local health care leaders and other officials ...