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February 03, 2022

'Serious Constitutional Issues': 16 Law Professors Support Dismissal of Talc Bankruptcy | New Jersey Law Journal - Law.com

What You Need to Know The law professors include UC Berkeley Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and J. Maria Glover, of Georgetown Law. The amicus briefs come ahead of a Feb. 14 hearing on whether to dismiss the Chapter 11 case of LTL Management. Johnson & Johnson subsidiary LTL Management questioned the impartiality of the law professors, some of whom had ties to the claimants' committee...
February 03, 2022

Court upholds density bonus law that exempts certain housing projects from local restrictions - San Francisco Chronicle

A state appeals court ruled that developers who agree to include affordable housing in their projects can be exempted from zoning rules, height limits and other local restrictions on neighborhood construction. The ruling came after a challenge to a housing project in San Diego overlooking Balboa Park. A state appeals court says developers who agree to include affordable housing in their proje...
February 03, 2022

Few hourly workers compensated for shift cuts required by law, UC Davis study finds - Woodland Daily Democrat

In California and seven other states, and Washington, D.C., some hourly workers, by law, have to be compensated if they report to work only to have their shift cut short. But some hourly workers may not be receiving this pay, and if they are not, it’s often on the employees to call attention to the law, according to a University of California, Davis, study. “Shift cuts undermine the well-bein...
February 03, 2022

Napa County Planning Commission endorses micro-winery law - Napa Valley Register

Napa County Planning Commission endorses micro-winery law  Napa Valley Register
February 03, 2022

Loveland, Berthoud law enforcement calls: Loveland man arrested on assault, child abuse charges - Loveland Reporter-Herald

Loveland Police Department arrests Tuesday 6:33 p.m. In the 2000 block of West Eisenhower Boulevard, a 39-year-old Windsor man on a misdemeanor warrant. 11:23 p.m. In the 100 block of South Lincoln Avenue, a 36-year-old Loveland woman on two misdemeanor failure-to-appear warrants. Wednesday 8:46 a.m. At the Loveland Police Department, 810 E. 10th St., a 56-year-old Loveland woman on a felo...
February 03, 2022

South Dakota governor signs 2022’s first trans athlete ban into law - NBC News

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem signed a bill Thursday that bans transgender girls and women from playing on female sports teams, making the state the first this year — and the 10th nationwide — to enact such a bill into law. "This bill has been an important priority for a lot of the people behind me," Noem said as she signed the bill at a news conference, "and I appreciate all of their hard wo...
February 03, 2022

Black voters sue NYC over noncitizen voting, claim it violates civil rights law - Fox News

Democrats pushing voting rights for noncitizens 00:00 00:0006:06GO LIVE Facebook Twitter Email Embed SpeedNormal Autoplay A group of Black New Yorkers sued the Big Apple's Board of Elections, claiming that the new law allowing noncitizens to cast ballots in local elections violates federal civil rights law because the New York City Council passed the law in order to strengthen the voting p...
February 03, 2022

Local agency: Care for pets in freezing weather; it’s the law - Tyler Morning Telegraph

Local agency: Care for pets in freezing weather; it’s the law  Tyler Morning Telegraph
February 03, 2022

Local law enforcement agencies increase recruitment as vacancies persist - Idaho State Journal

Idaho State Police Lt. Mike Winans sits in his patrol car. State police are hosting a rare recruitment open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday at the ISP District 5 office at 5255 S. Fifth Ave. in Pocatello. The Idaho State Police are upping their trooper recruiting efforts in response to a significant number of longtime vacancies that have the potential to hinder the force’s response t...
February 03, 2022

Internal Documents Show Multiple Mistakes by Law Enforcement in Wrong Arrest - NBC 6 South Florida

Newly released internal documents from the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office show the department started its own investigation that revealed multiple layers of mistakes by different law enforcement agencies in the wrong arrest of a Coconut Creek man who spent almost six days behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit. The documents provided by the PBSO lay out how the wrong Leonardo Silva Oliv...