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FILE - (AP Photo/John Hanna) (John Hanna | AP) TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - After a county in Kansas voted to become a ‘sanctuary’ for immigrants, AG Derek Schmidt has called on the legislature to create a law to block sanctuary cities. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt says on Thursday night, Feb. 10, the Unified Government of Kansas City, Kan., and Wyandotte Co. passed a new local ordinance. S...

Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz<p>{/p} PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Pensacola law firm Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz announced Thursday afternoon the passing of attorney Neil Overholtz. Overholtz leaves behind his wife Gaye Overholtz, his children Grace and Katie Overholtz and his step-children, Carl and Emily Dawson. Overholtz fought for his clients primarily in the areas of ph...

When Law & Order returns to NBC later this month, fans can expect the action-focused series that made it a television staple. During the show’s panel at the Television Critics Association winter press tour, Sam Waterston, who will return as fan favorite Jack McCoy, opened up about the revival’s focus on the story rather than the characters. “Dick [Wolf] always says that action is characte...

Larimer County Sheriff’s office car. Colorado’s transportation department and local law enforcement agencies will be ramping up their DUI enforcement over the weekend as the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals face off in Super Bowl LVI Sunday night. According to a release from the Colorado Department of Transportation, The Heat is On Super Bowl Weekend DUI enforcement will run from F...

Photo: Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan Some things just don’t mesh well together. On their own, for example, dogs and robots are pleasant, sometimes even joyous additions to the human experience. When combined though, they can lead to dystopic results. Despite the uncomfortable optics, “robo-dogs” have experienced a resurgence in recent years, particularly among law enforcement agencies. These quadruped...

From Judge George Hanks Jr.'s decision two weeks ago in Easyknock, Inc. v. Feldman & Feldman, P.C. (S.D. Tex.): Easy Knock operates an alleged "sale-leaseback" business whereby Texas homeowners deed their homesteads over to Easy Knock in exchange for payment of a percentage of the appraised value of their home, the entry of an agreement to lease back the homestead property, and an option...

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to an analysis by University of Louisville law professor C.J. Ryan and University of Iowa law professor Derek Muller which law school is the top overperformer on the bar exam, meaning the school’s graduates perform better on the bar exam than their LSAT scores and undergraduate GPAs would predict? Hint: The top over...

U.S. currency is arranged for a photograph. A Maine law prohibiting companies such as TransUnion, Equifax, and Experian from issuing credit reports that include certain types of debt will remain on the books for now because federal law doesn’t fully preempt it, the First Circuit said. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit vacated a lower court decision holding that the federal Fair ...

Those in Kamila Valieva Case May Be Prosecuted Under New U.S. Law: Report  Newsweek

On February 10, 2022, the United States Senate passed H.R.4445, which, if signed into law, would amend the Federal Arbitration Act with respect to the arbitration of disputes involving sexual assault and sexual harassment. The bill is expected to be signed by President Biden. The law would dramatically change the landscape for employer arbitration agreements and class or joint-action waivers ...