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February 06, 2022

Business Law professor 'Law Dog' approaches his 50th year with GU - Bulletin

Donald Hackney has been working at Gonzaga University since 1974. When Donald Hackney first enrolled at Gonzaga University in 1966, the kid from Kennewick couldn’t have imagined his office 47 years in the future would sit in a coal dumping ground by the river. Through a few twists and not too many turns, the Jepson Center was erected in 1987 and the “Law Dog” settled into his office on the se...
February 06, 2022

AG Bonta: Woodside ‘Not Exempt’ from Housing Law After Declaring Whole Town a Mountain Lion Sanctuary - CBS San Francisco

OAKLAND (CBS SF) — California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Sunday sent a letter to Woodside officials warning that the recent declaration that the entire town is a mountain lion sanctuary does not exempt it from state housing laws. The Attorney General’s Office issued a press release Sunday morning stating that Bonta sent a letter to Woodside after its Planning Manager issued a memorandum de...
February 06, 2022

New state bill would equate handgun permit holders to law enforcement - WYMT News

The bill was introduced on January 3 and would expand the definition of “law enforcement officer” to include a person who has been issued an enhanced handgun carry permit. This Jan. 8, 2020, photo shows the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) – Tennessee legislature is considering a bill that will expand the definition of Law enforcement o...
February 06, 2022

New York State Department of Health Provides Self-Attesting Quarantine Forms - The National Law Review

The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) has made available on its website self-attesting quarantine and isolation forms that employees may use to demonstrate eligibility for the state’s COVID-19 quarantine leave law or for other purposes in which they must verify quarantine or isolation for themselves or their child/dependent (such as for return to school purposes). As we have previo...
February 06, 2022

Bill aims to reform law that means second chance for most, but can trigger deportation for Maryland immigrants - The Southern Maryland Chronicle

ANNAPOLIS – Under Maryland law, first-time, nonviolent offenders of relatively minor crimes can plead guilty and receive probation, and after successful completion, go on without the burden of a criminal conviction haunting the rest of their lives. Not so for immigrants in the state. In order to receive probation, they must plead guilty to a crime, which for them can lead to deportation or ma...
February 06, 2022

Man suspected of carjacking woman at Costco in custody, law enforcement sources confirm - NOLA.com

The Costco gas station is seen in New Orleans on Wednesday, February 2, 2022. (Photo by Brett Duke, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate) A man suspected of carjacking a woman who was left with a fractured skull is in custody and being questioned by the New Orleans Police Department, multiple law enforcement sources confirmed Sunday. Police are expected to book the suspect...
February 06, 2022

REPORTS: Missouri Supreme Court to hear challenge to new gun law Monday - KY3

(Unsplash) SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - The Missouri Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday in a case challenging a controversial gun law. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch and other media organizations report that the Missouri Supreme Court will hear a challenge to the Second Amendment Preservation Act, which Gov. Mike Parson signed into law in July 2021. The new law, introduced by Missouri State Re...
February 06, 2022

Eva Guzman: 'Ken Paxton doesn't know the law. He doesn't know how to follow the law' - WFAA.com

With a little more than a week before early voting begins, the former Texas Supreme Court justice is making her push for attorney general.
February 06, 2022

Legendary lawman L.J. 'Joe' Trupo has died; served 46 years in law enforcement, was proud U.S. Marine - WV News

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WV News) — Lawman L.J. "Joe" Trupo has died at his home in Bridgeport at the age 91, son Mike Trupo confirmed Sunday morning. Trupo served 46 years in law enforcement — 30 years with the State Police including leading the Shinnston detachment, two terms of Harrison County Sheriff and 8 years as U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of West Virginia. He also was a proud vet...
February 06, 2022

Woman Accused of Stealing $222K From Bismarck Law Firm - U.S. News & World Report

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Bismarck woman has been charged with stealing more than $222,000 from the law firm where she worked for five years. The Bismarck Tribune reported Friday that Barbara Norman faces up to 20 years in prison if she’s convicted. According to court documents, Norman worked for Larson Latham Heuttl Law Firm from December 2014 to January 2020. An audit of the firm’s books laun...