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Law and policy Policies and practices What, in general terms, are your government’s policies and practices regarding oversight and review of foreign investment? Opening up is the hallmark of contemporary China. Foreign investment plays a significant role in the construction of a prosperous society and has made an important contribution to China’s economy. In his keynote speech, titled 'Let th...

Susan Duncan is encouraged by several positive trends at the University of Mississippi School of Law, where she is the dean. (By Tim Kalich) Five years ago, an alarm went off over the high number of law school graduates in Mississippi who were failing the state bar exam required to get their license to practice. The University of Mississippi School of Law has been able to turn i...

Law firm leaders, partners, and recruiting departments already know how to find the same small number of diverse candidates year in and year out, say Intellectual Ventures’ Arvin Patel and Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP partner Jonathan K. Waldrop. The key to improving firm diversity is to dramatically increase diverse hires, implement diverse hiring panels, and implement metrics, they say. As tw...

In This Podcast Episode WilmerHale's podcast, In the Public Interest, welcomes Partner Alyssa DaCunha, who speaks with Walmart's Executive Vice President of Global Governance, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary Rachel Brand. In her role, Brand oversees hundreds of employees in the company's legal, compliance, ethics, corporate security, corporate governance, digital citizenship, avia...

Mateusz Marek/PAP Polish President Andrzej Duda has rubberstamped the 2022 budget law that envisages a 4.6 percent economic growth rate and annual average inflation at 3.3 percent, the President's Office reported on Wednesday. According to the law, the government's revenues will reach PLN 491.9 billion (EUR 107.6 billion) while the expenditures will be at PLN 521.8 billion (EUR 114.2 billio...

The entrance to University of Virginia's School of Law (FILE) (WVIR) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - The University of Virginia School of Law is receiving funds to help low-income students. A total of $200,000 from the Jefferson Trust will soon fund a Roadmap Scholars Initiative. These students will live in Charlottesville for four weeks in the summer. During that time they will see first-hand ...

Donald Trump’s relentless, false claims about the 2020 presidential election have sparked fresh urgency in Congress for changing the Electoral Count Act WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump’s relentless, false claims about the 2020 presidential election have sparked fresh urgency in Congress — and in both parties — for changing the Electoral Count Act to ensure no one can undo a future presidential el...

North Iowa law enforcement agencies preparing for RAGBRAI  KIMT 3

Dianne Grossman, founder of anti-bullying advocacy group, Mallory's Army, with a poster of her daughter, Mallory. TRENTON, NJ -- New Jersey’s anti-bullying statute, already among the nation’s most stringent, will be strengthened even further under legislation recently signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy. The bipartisan legislation (S-1790), which Senators Joe Pennacchio, R-Essex/Morris/Passai...

Hong Kong's universities rank among the top in Asia but have found themselves caught up in Beijing's crackdown on dissent (AFP/Bertha WANG) (Bertha WANG) An American legal scholar specialising in LGBTQ rights said Wednesday he was denied a visa to teach at a Hong Kong university, as concerns deepen about academic freedom in the city. Hong Kong's universities rank among the top in Asia but hav...