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The Equal Rights Amendment is a step towards true gender equality that we should have taken years ago. Yet, Congress struggles to make it law because of groundless reasons. (Photo courtesy of Unsplash) The United States Constitution is a long-winded, verbose document that gives anyone working in law a headache. So you probably didn’t know it got 58 words longer last Thursday. I most certainly...

WINTHROP — Gibbon Fairfax Winthrop (GFW) Public School and local law enforcement quickly responded and resolved a bomb threat made on social media Wednesday morning. GFW School Resource Officer Aron Hacker was advised by GFW Superintendent Jeff Horton and Technology Director Wade Werner of the threat to the schools at 8 a.m. Wednesday. Hacker said law enforcement responded, including Winthrop...

Donald Trump is toe-to-toe with the law like he’s never been. On February 1, both Fani Willis, Fulton County’s elected district attorney, and the serious investigators for the House Select Committee probing January 6 punched back. Trump’s January 29 Texas rally speech had included trash-talking those who would hold him to account. Trump labeled the prosecutors who are closing in on him in Atl...

Sponsored by Insurance Journal In a federal lawsuit filed this week, State Farm Insurance accuses a chiropractor and his string of Florida clinics of widespread fraud by regularly and falsely claiming that car accident victims needed emergency care, so that the clinics could take advantage of the maximum reimbursement allowed under Florida’s no-fault insurance laws. “When the bills and suppo...

Other People Agree That This is the Weirdest Law in Wyoming By now, you're aware that Wyoming has some bizarre laws. In fact, every state has some very weird laws. We've recently even discussed what the '10 Most Bizarre Laws You Probably Didn't Know Existed'. It just so happens that one popular publication recently agreed that one of those laws is the weirdest law in the state of Wyoming. The...

Xiaomi Corp. said it has passed an external audit on its compliance with Europe's strict data privacy law. The annual review, conducted by San Francisco-based privacy compliance company TrustArc, concluded that Xiaomi's handling of customer personal data meets the requirements of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation, the Chinese smartphone maker said in a statement on Thurs...

Jessie Hill, an attorney who worked on the case brought by abortion clinics, says the new law targets them. A Hamilton County Judge Alison Hatheway has put on hold the state’s new law that requires abortion providers to cremate or bury fetal remains. An attorney for the abortion clinics who brought the suit, Jessie Hill, says this law targets them. “Although the state claims that this law i...

Dallas, Texas (February 1, 2022) - In a year that seemed to be dominated by COVID-19 and vaccinate mandates, Texas had several legislative and case law developments that impacted employers. Our team briefly summarizes some of the more prominent legal developments of 2021 from the Lone Star State. Expanded Liability for Sexual Harassment Claims Under new laws that took effect on September 1, 2...

Seyfarth was named a 2022 "Trailblazer" for Legal Technology by the National Law Journal. The firm was recognized for its new advanced immigration management platform, Caribou. You can read the full profile on p. 24 here. Seyfarth's Caribou transforms the often cumbersome immigration process into a manageable, more predictable journey for HR representatives, in-house counsel, and foreign tale...

The office of Arkansas' Attorney General Leslie Rutledge held a de-escalation training for law enforcement agencies (Photo: KATV) LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — A classroom filled with officer from 20 different departments across Arkansas we're taught a lesson on de-escalation Wednesday. The coordinated effort came from Arkansas' Attorney General Leslie Rutledge. She said the purpose of the class was, ...