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A U.S. district judge ruled several letters the city sought to keep confidential be unsealed in a case a group of law professors have brought against Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz and the city. Eagle file photo by David Brand Last year, when a group of law professors made public a number of complaints against current and former prosecutors in the Queens District Attorney’s office, the...

With consumer data being collected, stored, shared - and in some cases, misused - at scale by organizations, lawmakers have called for regulatory efforts aimed at protecting data privacy over the years. However, the U.S. still lacks an all-encompassing federal data privacy law. Data privacy is being tackled at the state level, as well as in the courts - most recently, with four attorneys gene...

Morning Word Header COVID-19 by the numbers New Mexico health officials on Friday reported 5,291 new COVID-19 cases, a close to 7.5% decrease from the day before, bringing the statewide total so far to 470,513; DOH has designated 336,396 of those cases as recovered. The statewide test positivity rate rose slightly from 29.9% to 30.1% (the target is 7.5%). Bernalillo County had 1,305 cases, f...

Georgetown Law * GULC’s Black Law Student Association wants Ilya Shapiro’s teaching contract revoked. My only question is, how do you get fired on your day off? [Newsone] * Swiper, No Swiping! Jersey has new heavy penalties for porch thieves. [UPI] * Another gun rights case could be headed to the Supreme Court soon if these 25 states get their way. [The Center Square] * Is recording officer a...

The strongest case for the work of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and for that committee to move quickly to public hearings, is that former President Donald Trump continues to make it clear that he set out to undermine democracy, that he sees nothing wrong with having done so, and that he would do it again if given a chance. I’d prefer to ignor...

FILE PHOTO: Manhattan district Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. arrives at the District Attorney’s Office in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., July 1, 2021. REUTERS/Angus Mordant Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams Cy Vance Jr, whose 12 years as Manhattan district attorney was notable for a criminal probe into Do...

Marijuana plants in bloom. Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Monday, Jan. 31. I’m Justin Ray. An odd situation involving money from marijuana sales in California highlights the awkward tension between California’s progressive stance on cannabis and federal law. The story begins in November, with an armored car carrying $712,000 in cash from licensed mar...

“When you see things across the county, it also gives you that energy to make sure that you are a good police officer, and you’re giving people good experiences with law enforcement,” ND Highway Patrol Sergeant, Jenna Clawson Huibregtse said. Good experiences that led to Darcy Aberle’s son, Brady Aberle, saying ‘Dad I want to be just like you.’ Darcy Aberle is a second-generation police offic...

A new law in Maine that requires the installation of gas detectors for propane, natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas is now in effect. The requirement applies to owners of: multifamily occupancy buildings; fraternity houses, sorority houses and dormitories that are affiliated with educational facilities; children’s homes, emergency children’s shelters, children’s residential care facilitie...

EXPLAINER: New federal law targets medical bill surprises  Sentinel-Tribune