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January 31, 2022

Unsung Heroes: Indian River County to have first ceremony honoring Black law enforcement officers Feb. 2 - TCPalm

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — An Oslo Middle School teacher said her search to answer students’ questions about race, policing and Gifford led her to organize the county’s first event recognizing local Black law enforcement officers. Police, deputies and officials will gather Wednesday at Vero Beach High School from 4 to 6 p.m. for the Unsung Heroes of Indian River County ceremony, organized to reco...
January 31, 2022

Ninth Circuit Upholds California Net Neutrality Law in Preemption Challenge - Law Street Media

In a published opinion issued last Friday, a unanimous appellate panel said that California’s open-internet law requiring Internet Service Providers to treat all web traffic equally was enacted within the state’s right. The decision comes after an Eastern District of California judge upheld the statute nearly a year ago and denied the broadband provider association plaintiffs’ bid for a preli...
January 31, 2022

BUSINESS PEOPLE: New president takes over at Icard Merrill law firm - Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Sarasota Herald-Tribune Telese L. Zuberer has succeeded Robert G. Lyons as president of the Icard Merrill law firm, based in Sarasota. The change in leadership is the first in 23 years, and Zuberer is the first woman to hold the position. Lyons, who joined Icard Merrill in 1986, has been at the helm of the firm since 1999. He will continue his mediation and arbitration practice at the firm’...
January 31, 2022

Cyrus Vance, the Manhattan prosecutor who probed Trump, joins law firm - Reuters

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 NEW YORK, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Cyrus Vance Jr, whose 12 years as Manhattan district attorney was notable for a criminal probe into Donald Trump's business as well as high-profile sex crime cases, is joining the law f...
January 31, 2022

Paterson council passed residential permit parking law for two Paterson streets nearly 2 years ago. Sayegh administration never implemented the ordinance. - Paterson Times

Nearly two years ago, the City Council passed an ordinance creating residential permit parking zones on Paterson Street and Tyler Street. But mayor Andre Sayegh’s administration never implemented the measure. Member of the City Council voted to create residential permit parking on Paterson Street between Memorial Drive and Governor Street and Tyler Street between Ann Street and Bridge Street ...
January 31, 2022

Adler’s laws of venture capital - The San Diego Union-Tribune

I often turn to the advice of my elders. However, as I age, that runway is getting shorter. But there is still a bit of room left, and today let’s meet Fred Adler, born 1926. He is a legendary and successful venture capitalist, who in the 1980s was one of the early kings of the startup business. He was, by his own admission, impatient, arrogant and tough. Others agreed with him, but often inc...
January 31, 2022

Big Law Salary War Throws Cold Water on In-House Recruiting | Corporate Counsel - Law.com

Credit: Alexander Zaitsev/Adobe stock “The reality from where I sit as a recruiter is that when we approach in-house candidates with great opportunities, they often stop listening once they find out it could be a 30-50% pay cut," legal search consultant Stacy Humphries said.
January 31, 2022

Net neutrality remains the law in California after court ruling - WRAL TechWire

Pixabay image A federal appeals court has upheld California’s net neutrality law, rejecting an attempt by telecommunications industry groups to prevent the state from enforcing it. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a previous ruling, which means the status quo stays and the state can continue to enforce the law. This means California can continue its ban on internet providers slowing do...
January 31, 2022

OPINION: Georgia wants to loosen gun carry laws. What can go wrong? - The Atlanta Journal Constitution

It’s election year in Georgia, time for Republicans — again — to push the notion that there needs to be more weaponry out there. A rising tide of shootings and homicides in many cities, notably Atlanta, is driving the idea that more guns on the street will make society safer. You know, an armed society is a polite society. Or, as the NRA likes to say: The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun...
January 31, 2022

Unvaccinated and undeterred: Austria holdouts dig in despite new law - Medical Xpress

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Despite vaccination against COVID-19 becoming mandatory in Austria on Friday, musician Katharina Teufel-Lieli insists she won't bow to pressure to get the jab. "I have the right to decide over my body... to simply say 'no,'" the harpist told AFP at her home in Neumarkt-am-Wallersee, not far from the western city of Salzburg. Austria this week becomes the fir...