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With the Winter Olympic Games set to get underway in Beijing, U.S. companies face heightened scrutiny of their global supply chains as the Biden administration implements a law aimed at blocking imports of Chinese goods made with forced labor. The Department of Homeland Security is seeking recommendations for best practices on providing transparency and accountability in supply networks of co...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky law that's been on the books for more than four decades has added years of prison time to the sentences of tens of thousands of people. It's called the persistent felony offender law — or PFO for those who know of it. Prosecutors hail it as a necessary tool to keep communities safe and enable stiffer punishments for people who continue to break the law. Locked awa...

Tyrone Sergio of Britcher, Leone & Sergio. - Britcher, Leone & Sergio Britcher Leone has changed its name to Britcher, Leone & Sergio in recognition of Tyrone Sergio, who has become a named partner, according to an announcement from the firm, which has offices in Glen Rock and Morristown. Sergio heads up the personal injury and medical malpractice law firm’s Morristown office. “Ty...

Polish President Andrzej Duda will propose a bill to scrap a controversial mechanism that disciplines judges in an attempt to end the country’s rule-of-law row with the European Union. The move comes amid an impasse in governments talks over how to resolve its escalating dispute with Brussels over democratic backsliding. The standoff has already cost Poland billions of euros in funds withheld...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Business and Contract Law Training Course" training has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. This programme combines up-to-date commercial law with practical methods of translating this law into documentation. It identifies and analyses the different types of contract and how the various statutes affect them, ensuring that you fully understand the imp...

Gov. Kathy Hochul attends a Times Union editorial board meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, at the Hearst Media Center in Colonie, N.Y. ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed an executive order once again extending a statewide disaster declaration and postponing a controversial new law that would require nursing homes to boost spending on resident care and staffing while capping profits at 5 pe...

Woman with smartphone is seen in front of displayed social media logos in this illustration taken, May 25, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo MANILA, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Philippines lawmakers have approved legislation requiring social media users to register their legal identities and phone numbers when creating new accounts, a senator said on Thursday, in an ambitious move to thw...

The School of Law has won recognition from the White House and Department of Justice for taking “immediate action to increase housing stability and access to justice” in Erie County during a remote ceremony Jan. 28 from the White House. UB was among 99 U.S. law schools responding to the attorney general’s “Call to Action to the Legal Profession” to address the housing and eviction crises that...

Five Reasons for Wives to Lean In I met my future mother-in-law when I was barely 17 years old. Barb was warm and welcoming, and I instantly liked her. As a brand-new Christian, Barb was a mentor to me and someone I looked up to. But once I was engaged to her son, tensions emerged. Ben and I had unique offers in different states, with a scholarship that was enticing. Barb suggested we wait...

In his attack on Black elected officials, Trump is harkening back to the worst of post-Reconstruction America. Over a chaotic span of days this past weekend, Texas was the main stage for an increasingly indistinguishable group of political actors, those who form what remains of the Republican “establishment,” and the many strands of the far right, a joint production that has come to dominate ...