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The new year brings with it worrying trends about the rising threat to law firms posed by ever-more sophisticated ransomware attacks. Cybersecurity firm Skybox Security reported that ransomware criminals are thriving in the remote work environment ushered in by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a recent Skybox security update, ransomware attacks rose 72% during the first half of 2021. While...

Click to View or Download the Quick Guide to Sorting. Sonoma residents, businesses, and institutions are now required to separate organic materials from trash and recycling as of January 1. The new ordinance was enacted as required by California Senate Bill 1383, which was passed in 2016 to reduce the generation of greenhouse gas emissions from landfills. The law seeks to reduce organic waste...

Virginia State Capitol (WDBJ7) RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - A bill in the Senate would ban Virginia law enforcement agencies from setting ticket quotas. If passed, the bill would mean agencies can not set a target number of tickets for officers to write or arrests they make. It now heads to the full Senate for a vote. Copyright 2022 WWBT. All rights reserved. Want NBC12’s top stories in your inbox ...

223 charges filed against former local law enforcement, EMS official  Cumberland Times-News

DALTON GARDENS, Idaho (AP) — Law enforcement officers in northern Idaho shot a man they described as armed and suicidal after an hours-long standoff at a Dalton Gardens home Monday evening. Neither the man's condition nor his name were released. The Kootenai County Sheriff's Office said deputies and officers from the Coeur d'Alene Police Department were called to a report of a suicidal and ar...

Kansas City is considering spending almost a half-million dollars to hire outside legal counsel to fight a bill that would force the city to increase its funding of the police department by 5%. The city is currently obligated to give the police department, which is under state control, 20% of its annual general revenue. The legislation, sponsored by Sen. Tony Luetkemeyer, a Parkville Republic...

Penn State Law Professor of Practice Christopher C. French Credit: Mary Szmolko. All Rights Reserved. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Christopher C. French, professor of practice and director of the Trial Advocacy Program at Penn State Law on the University Park campus, recently co-authored the release of the sixth edition of the book “Insurance Law in a Nutshell” (West Academic Publishing). The book ...

What You Need to Know The firm's algorithms for lawyers allow them to apply past data to predict the cost of new matters. The AI tools are geared toward business litigators and M&A lawyers. Real estate attorneys could be next. The effort demonstrates Big Law's continuing appetite to incorporate AI into business. Law firms have already found uses for artificial intelligence in litigati...

Kathy Hilton is opening up about the problems she had with Carter Reum and his wedding planning style. During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday, Kathy, 62, explained that she felt daughter Paris Hilton's fiancé got too involved in the wedding planning to the point where he offended her. The conversation started with Paris revealing that her mom called Reum, 40,...

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence presides over a joint session of Congress to count the Electoral College votes of the 2020 presidential election in the House Chamber on Jan. 6, 2021. Photo: Erin Schaff/The New York Times/Bloomberg What You Need to Know Supporters of Trump submitted slates in 2020 fraudulently indicating that he won elections in seven states. A Duane Morris lobbyist and a Mich...