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January 24, 2022

Announcing the dean of UIC Law finalists presentation schedule - UIC Today

Dear faculty, staff and students, I am pleased to announce that five finalists for the UIC School of Law will be interviewing on campus in the next three weeks. We invite and encourage you to attend the public presentations, meet the finalists and provide your feedback through a survey that will be sent to attendees after each presentation. All public presentations will take place in person, ...
January 24, 2022

Texas schools, sports, and the possibly-impossible law - KAMR - MyHighPlains.com

Remarkable Women Banner AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) – Among the vast number of bills relating to public education that passed through the Texas State Legislature in 2021 was House Bill 25, a measure that set restrictions banning student-athletes from joining sports teams according to their gender identity instead of their sex listed on their earliest birth certificate. Not only has the law ra...
January 24, 2022

Elder Law Guys: Are you eligible for Pennsylvania's prescription drug programs? That might have changed - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Since 1984, the Pennsylvania Department of Aging has offered two very helpful programs to assist eligible seniors age 65 and older with their prescription drug costs. The Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly and Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly Needs Enhancement Tier programs cover most medications that require prescriptions, including insulin and diabetes supp...
January 24, 2022

Anthrax's Scott Ian Pays Tribute to His Father-in-Law Meat Loaf - Loudwire

Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian has honored the rock singer Meat Loaf, who died last week at age 74. Meat Loaf was Ian's father-in-law. The late singer's real name was Michael Aday, and he was the adopted father of singer Pearl Aday. Pearl is married to Ian and has a 10-year-old son with him, Revel Ian. Many musicians praised Meat Loaf in the immediate wake of his death last Thursday (Jan. 20). A...
January 24, 2022

In championing Nathan Law, US media is whitewashing his record - South China Morning Post

Law has been charged with attending an illegal assembly in Victoria Park in 2020 and made remarks on many occasions that violate the national security law Nathan Law announces his intention to run in the democratic camp’s primary before the Legislative Council election, in June 2020. Law left Hong Kong before the primary was held. Photo: Felix Wong Over the past weeks, American media outlets ...
January 24, 2022

SCOTUS won't decide if whistleblower law protects ex-employees - Reuters

Appeals courts split over scope of whistleblower protections 6th Circuit revived neurologist's claim he was blacklisted after firing Hospital said ruling would be devastating for employers 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, whic...
January 24, 2022

Data Matters Privacy Blog Uniform Law Commission Proposes “Reasonable” Uniform Personal Data Protection Act for State-by-State Adoption as Federal Privacy Bills Languish - Data Matters Privacy Blog - Sidley Austin LLP

Introduction As data breaches become more common, increased public attention on privacy has led to a flurry of state-level activity on the issue. With a federal privacy bill languishing in Congress, the states have taken the lead. California, Colorado, and Virginia have all passed comprehensive privacy laws in the past three years. In 2021, an additional twenty-one states considered a compreh...
January 24, 2022

10 things to expect from UK competition law in 2022 - JD Supra

With the festive decorations away and the days (very slowly) starting to get longer, it can only mean that a new working year is underway. 2021 was an eventful year for UK competition law, as the UK’s regime (and competition authority, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)) stood on its own following the end of the Brexit transitional period and grappled with the global pandemic, the cl...
January 24, 2022

Opinion: Abortion access must be written into Colorado law because Roe vs. Wade is in jeopardy - The Denver Post

Stephen Parlato of Boulder, Colo., holds a sign that reads “Hands Off Roe!!!” as abortion rights advocates and anti-abortion protesters demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, on Dec. 1, 2021, in Washington. With Roe v. Wade facing its strongest threat in decades, a new poll finds Democrats increasingly view protecting abortion rights as a high priority for the government. This year c...
January 24, 2022

New California law aims to bring down STDs with at-home testing - Here And Now

A sign is posted outside The Night Ministry bus on Aug. 9, 2000 in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, informing citizens of the free STD testing offered by The Outreach and Health Ministry program. The Night Ministry reaches out to individuals who are living on the streets, many of whom do not have access to social services. (Tim Boyle/Newsmakers/Getty Images) California is the first state i...