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January 25, 2022

The Pa. governor’s race will shape voting laws — and maybe the 2024 election - The Philadelphia Inquirer

A voter holds a sign on the lawn in front of the Independence Visitors Center in Philadelphia as Joe Biden supporters rallied to ensure every vote was counted in the 2020 presidential election. The Democratic push to change voting laws fizzled in Washington this month, but Pennsylvania is about to see its own battle on the issue: the governor’s race. This fall’s election will almost certainly...
January 25, 2022

Stars Realigned: Big Law's Top Lateral Hires of 2021 | The American Lawyer - The American Lawyer

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January 25, 2022

Law School Ethics Becomes 'Real,' Tackles Covid, Social Justice - Bloomberg Law

People watch as the statue of Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart is removed from Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., on July 7, 2020. Dialogue has shifted in classroom to real issues of the day, professors say Students are more engaged, see how ethics rules help practice of law Standard legal ethics courses, long considered dry and theoretical by many students, have experienced a renaissance o...
January 25, 2022

Spurred by investor-friendly law, palm oil firms sue to get licenses back - Mongabay.com

Two palm oil companies in Indonesia’s West Papua province are suing the local government to win back their permits that were revoked last year. The new filings are the latest wave of litigation in the province since authorities across West Papua’s eight districts revoked the permits of 16 palm oil companies over administrative violations. Lawsuits filed by three other companies were thrown o...
January 25, 2022

ICRC Humanitarian Law & Policy blog: Explosive weapons with wide area effects: a deadly choice in populated areas - World - ReliefWeb

Legal Adviser, ICRC The use of explosive weapons with a wide impact area in populated areas is one of the main causes of civilian harm in today's armed conflicts. Despite their widespread and reverberating effects, they are the weapons predominantly in use in urban warfare today. In this post, part of our urban warfare series and marking the launch of a new ICRC report, ICRC Legal Adviser Eir...
January 25, 2022

Ohio Families Urged to Act on Nursing-Home Camera Law - Public News Service

Esther Piskor's family says she suffered abuse and neglect in six different nursing homes over a 15-year period. Her struggle resulted in passage of a new law in Ohio. (Elderly Nursing Home Abuse Advocates) A Cleveland man's crusade to help Ohio families better protect their loved ones in nursing-home care from abuse and neglect will soon come to fruition. Esther's Law goes into effect March ...
January 25, 2022

State Law Privacy Video Series | Employee Exemptions | McDermott Will & Emery - JDSupra - JD Supra

California, Virginia and Colorado have new privacy laws coming into effect in 2023. But now is the time to start preparing your business or organization for compliance. In this video series, we examine the different aspects of these laws and provide you the knowledge and tools you need for proper compliance. In this next video of our series, Associate Fran Forte explores one of the notable e...
January 25, 2022

California court delays enforcement of part of pig welfare law - 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. CHICAGO, Jan 25 (Reuters) - A California court said it will delay enforcement of part of a law aimed at ensuring more humane...
January 25, 2022

Power plant projects in developing nations delay decarbonization, says Stanford Law lecturer - The Stanford Daily

(Photo: NATALIE DMAY/Pexels) Too many of the power plant projects in developing countries are fired by natural gas, rather than renewable energy, resulting in higher projected carbon emissions than what would be needed to keep the earth’s temperature rise under 1.5°C, according to Stanford Law School lecturer and scholar-in-residence at Stanford’s Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Fi...
January 25, 2022

Newly proposed SC law would make it a crime to ask about vaccine status - FOX Carolina

Newly proposed SC law would make it a crime to ask about vaccine status  FOX Carolina