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A map showing the status of SALT Parity efforts across the country. The Minnesota Legislature did something nice for a batch of state businesses during the 2021 session: passing a law that could save them hundreds of millions of dollars in federal income taxes. The change was all the more attractive to lawmakers from both parties because it didn’t cost the state a penny. Known as the “pass-th...

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A southwest Miami-Dade man was arrested after he reportedly posed as a law enforcement officer at a school. On Thursday Erick Moore Jr., 18, went to Miami Palmetto Senior High wearing a jacket with the wording “Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department” and a state of Florida corrections department ID, according to his arrest report. READ MORE: While talking wit...

istock So wrote Martin Luther King, Jr. And he continued, “We shall then have discovered our souls and be worthy of living on this planet with them.” He should know about living and sacrificing his life for the noblest ideal one can dedicate one’s life to. And Martin Luther King should know something about slavery, where it came from, physically, ontologically and morally, or lack thereof. Th...

Draconian law applies only to Palestinians and has remained a stable policy for Israel for more than half a century, legal experts tell MEE A supporter of the Palestinian Salhiya family stands amid the ruins of their house in occupied East Jerusalem on 19 January 2022, after it was demolished by Israeli forces (AFP) With more than a dozen pages and 39 articles, the Absentees' Property Law is ...

Columnist Vivia Chen In the wake of George Floyd’s murder and the social justice movement, expectations ran high that we’d see real improvements in the numbers for Black partners and associates. That didn’t happen, judging by NALP’s latest diversity report. So where’s all the momentum? Judging from the headlines about the National Association for Law Placement’s diversity report, you’d think ...

If you have dreamed of becoming a lawyer since childhood, it's understandable that you might be willing to invest a lot of money in a J.D. degree to pursue that goal. But if you must incur debt in pursuing a legal education, it's prudent to keep your student loan balance as small as possible, law school financial aid experts say. "Significant amounts of debt can mean that graduates must accep...

Three Ward and Smith labor and employment attorneys analyzed a number of real-life situations many employers are dealing with in the current landscape. The webinar, part of Ward and Smith's In-House Counsel virtual conference, challenged attorneys to provide solutions for workplace issues such as vaccination mandates, religious accommodations, hiring practices, and discrimination. The session...

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit The rumors are true. Law and Order's Olivia Benson is in love with Elliot Stabler, according to Mariska Hargitay. The actress addressed fan speculation (and hope) that Benson and Stabler would fall in love years after their characters met on Law and Order: SVU, and despite their tangential love lives. "He is free, and I think he's got eyes for me," Hargit...

Ranked by Bay Area lawyers This List includes law firms located in the Greater Bay Area, which is defined as the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano and Sonoma. Information was obtained from firm representatives and websites and reflects data as of December 2021-January 2022. In case of ties, companywi...

Ranked by East Bay lawyers This List includes law firms located in the East Bay, which is defined as Alameda and Contra Costa counties. Information was obtained from firm representatives and websites and reflects data as of December 2021-January 2022. In case of ties, Greater Bay Area was used as secondary ranking criteria. Greater Bay Area is defined as the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa,...