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January 31, 2022

Advocates push for revisions to Mississippi's hate crime law - WDAM

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - There’s a renewed push to revise Mississippi’s hate crime law and the clock is ticking for lawmakers to take action this session. ”Here’s the bottom line: No Mississippian or any American should be targeted based on who they are,” explained Rob Hill, state director of Human Rights Campaign Mississippi. Mississippi has a hate crime law. There’s an enhanced penalty for a...
January 31, 2022

Advocates push for revisions to Mississippi's hate crime law - WLBT

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - There’s a renewed push to revise Mississippi’s hate crime law and the clock is ticking for lawmakers to take action this session. ”Here’s the bottom line: No Mississippian or any American should be targeted based on who they are,” explained Rob Hill, state director of Human Rights Campaign Mississippi. Mississippi has a hate crime law. There’s an enhanced penalty for a...
January 31, 2022

Law Firm Hiring, Awards & Women in Leadership - The National Law Review

Printer-friendly We're back with another edition of our legal news roundup. Read on below for the latest updates in law firm hiring, awards and leadership: Law Firm Hiring & Promotions Dinsmore & Shohl LLP announced the promotion of 21 attorneys to Partner, as well as new board and office leadership appointments. In recent years, the firm experienced considerable growth at the ...
January 31, 2022

Bennett, Sa’ar support ex-prosecutor with no criminal law experience to be Israel's next AG - Haaretz

Gali Baharav-Miara will likely serve as Israel's next attorney general, and the first woman to fill the role in Israel's history. Gali Baharav-Miara will likely serve as Israel's next Attorney General, and the first woman to fill the role in Israel's history, following Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar's announcemt Monday declaring her their preferred candidate....
January 31, 2022

Upstate NY DA drops last of five criminal probes into Cuomo but implores legislature to change sex offense law - Fox News

Fox News Flash top headlines for January 31 00:00 00:0002:37GO LIVE Facebook Twitter Email Embed SpeedNormal Autoplay A district attorney in upstate New York dropped the last of five criminal probes into former Gov. Andrew Cuomo over allegations of sexual misconduct and implored the state legislature to change the sexual harassment statutes. Oswego County District Attorney Gregory Oakes re...
January 31, 2022

Midsize law firm Michelman & Robinson opens in Houston weeks after Dallas launch - Reuters

A man runs at a park overlooking the Houston skyline. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare The company and law firm names shown above are generated automatically based on the text of the article. We are improving this feature as we continue to test and develop in beta. We welcome feedback, which you can provide using the feedback tab on the right of the page. (Reuters) - Less than three weeks after launc...
January 31, 2022

Weekend Denver Area Crime Surge Brings New Questions About Law Enforcement Staffing Shortages - CBS Denver

DENVER (CBS4) – After a weekend of violent crimes that peppered Denver and Aurora communities, and a recent surge in violent crimes nationwide, the White House has suggested using federal funding to try and increase the amount of police being hired throughout the country. (credit: CBS) During a media briefing at The White House on Monday, President Joe Biden said he believed hiring more offic...
January 31, 2022

House looks to boost law officer recruitment - South Florida Sun Sentinel

Cadillac unveiled its first two Halo concepts at last year's CES: the PersonalSpace single-seat vertical take-off and landing concept that literally elevates its passenger above the noise and congestion of ground traffic - and SocialSpace, a spacious, autonomous vehicle for up to for six people with a high relaxation and comfort factor. The concept of this portfolio is about showing passenger...
January 31, 2022

Judge hears arguments in challenge to new campaign funds law - The Independent

Election 2022 Georgia Perdue Lawsuit (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) Lawyers for Georgia gubernatorial candidate David Perdue and Gov. Brian Kemp sparred in court Monday over a new state law that allows certain top elected officials to create “leadership committees” that can raise campaign funds without limits, even when the legislature is in session. A lawyer for ...
January 31, 2022

No Surprises Act: Everything you need to know about new law reducing surprise medical bills - FOX 10 News Phoenix

The No Surprises Act protects Americans from surprise medical billsBeginning January 1, The No Surprises Act will safeguard millions of Americans from surprise medical bills in instances where they had no control or choice over their care. Patricia Kelmar, Director, Health Care Campaigns, U.S. PIRG joins us to explain how this will fix long-standing loopholes in our health system.CONNECTING.....