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January 31, 2022

Law enforcement split on practicality of ‘permit-less’ carrying of handguns in Ga. - Atlanta Journal Constitution

Georgians seeking to carry a handgun have to apply for a license with their local probate court, get fingerprinted, submit to a background check and pay a fee up to $75. Legislation scheduled to be heard in a Senate committee on Tuesday would get rid of that process, and current and former law enforcement officials are split over whether the state should move toward allowing Georgians to carr...
January 31, 2022

Fourth Law Firm Signs Lease at Block 162 - Mile High CRE

A rendering of Block 162's terrace in Denver's CBD, courtesy of Gensler. Lathrop GPM is the fourth law firm to commit to a lease, beginning this September, at Block 162 in downtown Denver. The firm will join fellow law firms Sherman & Howard, Michael Best & Friedrich, and Haynes and Boone as tenants of the 30-story, 596,295-square-foot, Class A speculative office building that is cert...
January 31, 2022

Donald Trump just made it much more likely that Congress changes this election law for 2024 - CNN

(CNN)Congress has been talking about reforming the 1887 Electoral Count Act for a while now. Donald Trump may have (unwittingly) given elected officials the boost they needed to get something done. "If the Vice President (Mike Pence) had 'absolutely no right' to change the Presidential Election results in the Senate, despite fraud and many other irregularities, how come the Democrats and RINO...
January 31, 2022

Florida voting law put under the microscope in federal court - NBC News

Civil rights groups went to federal court on Monday morning to challenge Florida’s new restrictive voting law, lambasting state lawmakers for making it harder to vote. Florida is one of 19 states that enacted new voting restrictions last year, fueled by former President Donald Trump’s stolen election lie. Gov. Rick DeSantis signed Senate Bill 90 into law live on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends,”...
January 31, 2022

Pay transparency requirements grow more common with NYC law - Fast Company

New York City will soon require companies to list the salary range when advertising a new job opening—the most sweeping law yet in the growing trend toward greater workplace pay transparency. The rule, which became law after Mayor Eric Adams declined to veto it, will go into effect on May 15. Employers with at least four employees will have to post a minimum and maximum salary for jobs they’r...
January 31, 2022

Ohio Liquor Law Updates For Bars, Restaurants And Homebrewers - JD Supra

Ohio recently updated its liquor laws when Governor Mike DeWine signed Senate Bill 102. The new laws are effective March 23, 2022. We at KJK have included highlights below. OHIO HOMEBREWERS UPDATE Homebrewers can now rest assured that homebrewing beer without a permit is legal. Federal law allowed for homebrewing, but Ohio law had previously been silent on this issue. The new law recognizes t...
January 31, 2022

Bill would change Utah public records law to limit 'vexatious requests' - Deseret News

The Capitol in Salt Lake City on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. A proposed bill would change Utah records law and potentially make records requests more costly to the public. HB96 would change the state's Government Records Access and Management Act, also known as GRAMA, to allow government entities to charge for all the time spent fulfilling a records request if the requester has filed a separate...
January 31, 2022

The path to law firm partnership just keeps getting longer - Reuters

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) - The number of years it takes to become partner at a major law firm is getting longer and longer, new research sh...
January 31, 2022

Bill aims to erase duty to retreat in New York law - Auburn Citizen

Deposit Photos ALBANY — When threatened by an aggressor outside their homes, people in New York, under current law, have a duty to retreat — if possible — before resorting to force. Now, an upstate lawmaker, state Sen. George Borrello, R-Chautauqua County, has introduced a measure that would scrap the duty to retreat requirement, framing his proposal as a public safety measure that wil...
January 31, 2022

Harvard Law Review elects first Latina president - Reuters

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) - The Harvard Law Review has named a California-born daughter of Mexican immigrants as its newest president, eleva...