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Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Thursday “gross negligence” and violations of due process in the investigations of four politically sensitive murders that reveal donations failed to strengthen the rule of law in Lebanon. This comes a year after the assassination of pro-democracy activist Lokman Slim. The four murders were of Byblos Bank ethics department head Antoine Dagher (62) on June 4, ...

Printer-friendly On January 26, 2022, amendments to New York’s whistleblower protection law, codified at section 740 of the New York Labor Law (NYLL), took effect. As we previously reported, these amendments significantly expand the scope of section 740. Although New York employers that also operate in states with expansive private-sector whistleblower protection laws, such as New Jers...

Nebraska law community forms diversity council | Nebraska News | journalstar.com  Lincoln Journal Star

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Chances are, you or someone you know is a so-called "free kill" in the state of Florida. Someone not married, with no kids, and older than 25. If you fit that description and die as a result of medical negligence, your loved ones are not able to sue for grief, pain, or suffering. At Tradition Hospital in 2019, Marcia Scheppler said her 29-year-old son Jo Jo with down syndr...

The Golden Gate University School of Law will be the site of a new education and research center aimed at teaching lawyers, lawmakers and others about socially beneficial uses of blockchain technology, a Thursday announcement said. According to a news release, the Blockchain Law for Social Good Center is the first program of its kind in an American law school and will serve as a hub for discu...

Man attacked by Tiger at Naples Zoo will not face charges since no law on the books appliesFebruary 4, 2022CONNECTING... The man attacked by a tiger at the Naples Zoo will not face animal cruelty charges, according to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office. CCSO said in a statement, “The information we are sharing with you today is not exactly what we had hoped to be able to share with you regar...

Law enforcement try to intercept "Drone Attacks" at SC prisons (Photo: SC Department of Corrections)<p>{/p} BISHOPVILLE, S.C. (WACH) — Twenty arrests have been made and more than 100 pounds of contraband has been seized following an investigation at Lee Correction Institution in Bishopville. The eight month investigation by several agencies is part of the Department of Correction’s ba...

Santus Guerrero, a workforce development specialist for CASA de Maryland, helps a community member get a CASA ID card in the group's Hyattsville office. CASA, other immigrant organizations, the Maryland attorney general and some several state's attorneys are among those pushing for the adoption of legislation in the General Assembly to change a state law that helps many Marylanders but inadve...

Senate committee advances bill to expand witness intimidation law  coloradopolitics.com

PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of North Versailles, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of possession with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today. The three-count Indictment return...