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Appeals decision puts focus on Swiss verein model Dentons firm was hit with $32.3 million jury award Law firms that use a Swiss structure to market operations risk having to bolster conflicts checks or face possible lawsuit damage awards in the tens of millions of dollars. At least six major U.S. firms affiliate with other law operations under the Swiss verein model to market services glob...

FILE - Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives to a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Friday, Oct. 22, 2021. The European Commission has launched proceedings that could ultimately lead to the partial suspension of support payments to Hungary for breaching the 27-nation bloc’s rule-of-law standards. The EU’s executive arm said Wednesday, April 27, 2022 that it has given...

Katie Boyd Britt speaks before the Business Council of Alabama. I’ve had the honor of serving in law enforcement for 36 years, including the past 15 years as sheriff in Baldwin County. I am a past president of the Alabama Sheriffs Association. Needless to say, the safety, wellbeing, and support of law enforcement officers is deeply personal for me. Not only is that why I’m proudly endorsing C...

FILE - Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives to a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Friday, Oct. 22, 2021. The European Commission has launched proceedings that could ultimately lead to the partial suspension of support payments to Hungary for breaching the 27-nation bloc’s rule-of-law standards. The EU’s executive arm said Wednesday, April 27, 2022 that it has given Hu...

Leaning on the nationwide crime wave, a state Senate committee without objection advanced legislation Tuesday to repeal the “Raise the Age" law and send 17-year-olds to adult prisons – even though five of the senators on the panel backed the law when it was passed in 2016. Recalling specifics about recent shootings involving teenagers, Attorney General Jeff Landry, 18th Judicial District Atto...

The legal tool, which has never been used before, could see Hungary stripped of its EU funding for breaching the bloc's democratic standards. Hungary's Viktor Orban has repeatedly clashed with the EU over democratic principles and allegations Hungary is eroding judicial and media independence The EU has officially launched its rule-of-law mechanism against the Hungarian government on Wednesd...

Yakima Valley schools say they are ready for new state law that solidifies language access  Yakima Herald-Republic

European Union flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo BRUSSELS, April 27 (Reuters) - The European Union executive proposed on Wednesday laws to curb excessive litigation aimed at silencing critical journalists and rights advocates by governments and businesses, a form of harassment it said was on the rise from...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union executive proposed on Wednesday laws to curb excessive litigation aimed at silencing critical journalists and rights advocates by governments and businesses, a form of harassment it said was on the rise from Croatia to Poland. In its latest health check of the state of democracy in the 27-nation bloc, the Brussels-based European Commission said last yea...