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Equal pay issues are becoming more prominent across the country, and significant new legislation in Illinois is worth noting (whether or not the company does business there). Joining Michael Schmidt to discuss the law and its implications on equal pay trends generally are the Assistant Director of the Illinois Department of Labor, Jason Keller, and two Cozen O'Connor colleagues, Jeremy Glenn ...

Brandon Jackson, 50, was convicted in the late 1990s by a law rooted in the Jim Crow era that allowed for a non-unanimous jury verdict. At its inception, the law was designed to mute the voices of Black jurors and convict more Black people [Henrietta Wildsmith/The Shreveport Times] My stomach was in knots as I watched Brandon Jackson’s Louisiana parole hearing via Zoom on Friday morning. Bran...

DENVER (CBS4)– The way the law defines sexual assault in Colorado could soon change. Right now, there is no mention of the word “consent” in the law, even though consent is key in proving sexual assault cases in court. (credit: CBS) “What we’re trying to do is help juries understand that sexual assault occurs when there is no consent,” says Rep. Dafna Michaelson Jenet, a Democrat who is spons...

Law enforcement searching the home of Lee Chatfield's former Chief of Staff (WILX) LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Michigan State Police are at a house belonging to Rob and Anne Minard. Rob is the former chief of staff to Lee Chatfield. Chatfield was House Speaker until recently, when an investigation in to allegations of sexual abuse of a teen became public knowledge. Background: Former Michigan Rep...

SEN. GARY STUBBLEFIELD: Speaking for Texas-style anti-abortion bill. The Senate today decided not to take up Sen. Gary Stubblefield’s proposal to adopt a Texas-style law to ban abortion by civil enforcement. The Senate voted on his resolution to allow the introduction of a non-budget bill on this topic. It required a two-thirds vote. It fell well short of the required 24 members of the 35-mem...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced two Requests for Information (RFI) to collect feedback from stakeholders to inform the implementation and design of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Regional Hydrogen Hub and the Electrolysis and Clean Hydrogen Manufacturing and Recycling Programs. This request will help accelerate progress, reduce technology cost, and ...

FILE - Generic gavel on wooden table. HARRISBURG, Pa. - A former Democratic state lawmaker who pleaded guilty to theft and campaign finance violations in December was fined $150 on Monday by a county judge in Harrisburg. Margo Davidson, who had represented a Delaware County district in the state House before she resigned after being charged last year, had pleaded guilty in December to theft b...

SAN ANTONIO — Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is also up for re-election, is suing Meta's Facebook. Paxton made the announcement Monday. He claims the tech giant violated state law by using facial recognition on its users without them knowing. The lawsuit claims about 20.5 million Texans are on Facebook and says Facebook's empire was built on "deception, lies and brazen abuses of Texas priva...

In an open letter, 21 Canadian laws firms Monday urged the government to “respond meaningfully to the crisis in Afghanistan.” The letter calls on the Canadian government to “satisfy fully its promise of resettlement – effectively, efficiently, and without delay.” The letter addressed to the government by a group of Canadian national and regional law firms highlighted the perils of the Taliban...

Sheriff Michael Chitwood to file brief in Florida Supreme Court case Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood back at work on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, after recovering from COVID-19. (Image: @SheriffChitwood/Twitter) VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Volusia County Sheriff Michael Chitwood received approval Monday from the Florida Supreme Court to file a friend-of-the-court brief arguing that a 2018 constitut...