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North Carolina voters will consider six constitutional amendments in 2018. By Bryan Anderson, WRAL statehouse reporter The North Carolina Supreme Court on Monday will hear a case challenging an amendment voters passed in 2018 requiring residents to present an ID when they show up at the polls. The NAACP argues that the legislature’s GOP majority in 2018 emerged after Republicans unconstitutio...

A rapid rise in rejected mail-in voting applications and ballots. Limited resources among election workers. Confusion galore, and a March 1 primary election quickly approaching. This is the reality in Texas as SB 1—a controversial voting bill signed into law last year—goes into effect. With primary voting already underway, election officials, advocates, and everyday voters are struggling to n...

LGBTQ activists in Taiwan say the island's same-sex marriage law has unfairly separated international couples Sam Yeh AFP Taipei (AFP) – LGBTQ activists in Taiwan braved a Valentine's Day downpour Monday to protest against the island's same-sex marriage law, which critics say falls short of full recognition for many international couples. Under the law, Taiwanese people may legally wed f...

LGBTQ activists in Taiwan braved a Valentine's Day downpour Monday to protest against the island's same-sex marriage law, which critics say falls short of full recognition for many international couples. Under the law, Taiwanese people may legally wed foreigners but only from countries that also recognise marriage equality. Taiwan's courts have been open to considering challenges on a case by...

Embedded in abortion laws in Texas are disputed assertions about embryonic development and the procedure’s risks. Chief among them: whether the early embryo has a heart. A Texas woman received a sonogram at an abortion clinic in Oklahoma City. Some women are now leaving Texas for abortions since it enacted a “heartbeat” bill restricting the procedure last year.Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters The Tex...

Photo by Robert Llewellyn The University of Virginia School of Law has the second-highest percentage of recent alumni working at the 10 highest-grossing U.S. law firms, among other recent accolades for the Law School community. GradReports, a college rankings and research website, used LinkedIn data to track alumni from U.S. News & World Report’s top 50 law schools who graduated between 2...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Philadelphia ordinance that requires gun owners to tell police when a firearm has been lost or stolen was ruled illegal Monday by a state court, with one of the judges who voted to throw out the law lamenting that their ruling would put people’s lives at risk. A three-judge Commonwealth Court panel ruled unanimously against the city law and issued a permanent injuncti...

Comal County Court at Law No.1: The candidates speak  Herald Zeitung

Image from Shutterstock. Updated: Lawyers in Iowa and Virginia have been sanctioned for their association with a national bankruptcy law firm accused of using high-pressure tactics to sign up clients. Dubuque, Iowa, lawyer Christopher Soppe was reprimanded by the Iowa Supreme Court in a November 2021 order for his work with the bankruptcy firm. The reprimand included a July 2021 reprimand let...

Cecile Bonmarin graduated from Cincinnati Law's LLM Program in 2019. After graduating, she returned to Fribourg, Switzerland where she works at L’Etude Swiss Lawyers SNC, specializing in personal injury law. She spoke with us about how her experience in the LLM program has helped her advance in her career and given her more confidence in her practice. What is your favorite memory of...