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The front of The Ranch for Kids School in Rexford, Montana on July 26, 2019. Montana state officials removed 27 children from the treatment facility for troubled youth on July 23, 2019 after allegations of abuse against the children by ranch staff. Five days after Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed a law meant to provide stronger oversight of the more than 100 residential youth treatment programs...

Windrush victim fears 'disturbing' new law will lead to another British immigration scandal Scrap The Nationality and Borders Bill' placard is seen during a demonstration outside UK parliament. Powers granted under a new law would allow the Home Office to strip an individual's British citizenship without giving them notice. But the move has been likened to the Windrush scandal, with one vict...

Government urged to protect media from abusive legal action used to ‘intimidate and destroy’ reporters Wealthy clients and oligarchs from autocratic countries are using prestigious London law firms to intimidate and silence journalists, MPs have said. A cross-party group of MPs called on ministers to introduce legislation to prevent deep-pocketed individuals and powerful corporations from mis...

TAMPA, Flo., Jan. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hoyer Law Group, PLLC, is pleased to announce the $500,000 settlement of a case brought on behalf of whistleblower Christine Kibler. Hoyer Law Group founding partner Jesse Hoyer Estes had the privilege of representing Ms. Kibler when she courageously came forward to expose the fraud she observed at Dover Air Force Base during her time as a Community ...

A new Florida law may help ward off unwanted texts and calls from telemarketers. No matter how many times she said “stop,” the texts kept coming. They made jokes and promises; they told her she was about to miss out. “Hellllo,” one said in all-caps. They came all through the summer of 2021, at 10:03 a.m. or 1:46 p.m. or 8:01 p.m.. The messages sent to Cheri Aul’s cell phone weren’t from an ir...

Saul Ballardo was booked on numerous charges, including terrorism and aggravated assault on officers with a deadly weapon. EL MIRAGE, Ariz. (3TV/CBS 5) — An El Mirage man is facing more than three dozen charges after investigators said he shot at law enforcement at least five times in a span of nearly five months. No one was hurt in the incident. The Arizona Department of Public Safety said t...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) - A new state law is helping Iowa adoptees over the age of 18 access their original birth certificate. Before the bill passed, Iowa adoptees got a secondary birth certificate, telling them when and where they were born. But now they can apply to have the original one unsealed. That could lead to a possible reunion with their biological parents.. and medical records. Mi...

The New York City Council has recently enacted two bills that are of particular note for our New York City (NYC) clients. The first, which became law on Dec. 24, 2021, provides sick leave for parents taking their child(ren) for a COVID-19 vaccine, or caring for them due to temporary side effects from the vaccine. The second, which was enacted on Jan. 15, 2022, requires a salary range to be po...

A new law proposed in November 2021 by Senator Brad Hoylman (D-Manhattan), Senator Jamaal Bailey (D-The Bronx), and Assemblymember Catalina Cruz (D-Queens) has the support of some big-name musicians. According to reports, artists like Jay-Z, Meek Mill, Fat Joe, Kelly Rowland, Killer Mike, and Robin Thicke are backing the new New York State proposed law, which would prohibit lyrics from being ...

Signed into law on October 7, 2021 by California Governor Gavin Newsom and effective January 1, 2022, the “Silenced No More Act” amends and expands the previous Stand Together Against Non-Disclosures (STAND) Act. The STAND Act was passed in 2018 in the wake of the #MeToo movement and focused specifically on claims of sexual harassment and discrimination or retaliation based on sex. The new la...