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January 31, 2022

Law Firms See 5% Revenue Growth After 2021 Boom, Survey Shows - Bloomberg Law

A Wells Fargo bank branch in San Francisco on April 12, 2021. Law firms don’t expect to match 14% growth of 2021 Inflation, interest rate hikes bring challenges in 2022 U.S. law firms facing economic threats of inflation and rising interest rates project 5.3% revenue growth this year, down from a 14% increase in 2021, a Wells Fargo & Co. survey shows. The prediction is close to the resu...
January 31, 2022

Mississippi bill would expand hate crimes law for gender ID, disability - WATN - Local 24

Activists want the state law to cover offenses committed because of a victim's disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity — just as federal law already does. JACKSON, Miss — Some clergy members, a group that advocates for LGBTQ rights, and a group that advocates for rights of people with disabilities are calling on Mississippi legislators to expand the state's hate-crimes law. They s...
January 31, 2022

Virginia Republicans push for changes in marijuana law - WWBT NBC12 News

Newly empowered Republican lawmakers in Virginia who opposed legalizing simple possession of marijuana say they don’t want to scrap the 2021 law, but they do want to make significant changes. (wdbj7) RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Newly empowered Republican lawmakers in Virginia who opposed legalizing simple possession of marijuana say they don’t want to scrap the 2021 law, but they do want to make sig...
January 31, 2022

Idaho Senate committee rejects Texas-style abortion law for now - Boise State Public Radio

Anti-abortion activists march towards the U.S. Supreme Court during the "March for Life " in Washington, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. An effort to adopt a litigious, Texas-style abortion law in Idaho narrowly failed to get introduced Monday morning. The proposal from the anti-abortion group, the Idaho Family Policy Center, would have let any family member of a pregnant mother sue the doctor who p...
January 31, 2022

Maine educators want paid COVID leave law clarified - NewsCenterMaine.com WCSH-WLBZ

A bill making its way through the Legislature would clarify a new law granting teachers 15 days of paid COVID time. MAINE, USA — For teachers and school staff, COVID-19 quarantine days happen often, and even more so for those who have kids of their own. "I have a 1-year-old son who's already had to do two 10-day quarantines from daycare," said Chelsea Cekutis, the mom of a toddler who is preg...
January 31, 2022

Bloomington names two local law enforcement officials as police chief finalists - Minneapolis Star Tribune

After conducting a national search for a new police chief, Bloomington city leaders announced Monday that they have narrowed the choice for the position to two local law enforcement officials. The finalists are Brooklyn Park Deputy Chief Mark Bruley and Booker Hodges, assistant commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety. City leaders plan to make one of them an offer following ...
January 31, 2022

Willie O’Ree’s Congressional Gold Medal Signed Into Law - CBS Boston

BOSTON (CBS) — Willie O’Ree, who broke the NHL’s color barrier in 1958, is another step closer to receiving his Congressional Gold Medal. On Monday, President Joe Biden signed legislation honoring O’Ree with a Congressional Gold Medal into law, the White House announced. This comes just days after the House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill to award the Medal to O’Ree, a bill which ...
January 31, 2022

Top NY Prosecutors Find Biglaw Homes - Above the LawAbove the Law - Above the Law

Audrey Strauss in her old job. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) All things must come to an end, and when it comes to government service, that end usually involves a return to private practice. And for the two recently departed top prosecutors in Manhattan, both have new Biglaw homes. Former SDNY U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss will rejoin Fried Frank, while former New York County DA Cy Vanc...
January 31, 2022

Wolf Administration Announces Release of Worker Protection and Labor Law Non-Compliance List - Governor Tom Wolf

List is available to the public online and will be updated every week. Allentown, PA – Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Secretary Jennifer Berrier today released the Worker Protection and Labor Law Non-Compliance List, a publicly available and regularly updated record of organizations in violation of Pennsylvania labor and workplace safety laws. Organizations are list...
January 31, 2022

Property rights law returns to Punta Gorda | News - yoursun.com

Property rights law returns to Punta Gorda | News  yoursun.com