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A new law that could close the two surgical abortion clinics in southwest Ohio would leave patients traveling to Columbus or Louisville to be patients at the nearest alternative clinics. The Dayton area’s only abortion clinic, which opened shortly after Roe V. Wade was decided, is facing potential closure because of a new law going into effect March 21 that would make it unlikely the clinic w...

Big Law rushed into SPAC market but fees may dwindle Regulatory, trading performance cited as headwinds The SPAC market went to the moon last year, as blank-check companies raised a record of more than $160 billion and reaped windfalls for a long list of Big Law firms. Kirkland & Ellis aided issuers on $15.5 billion worth of deals, Ellenoff Grossman $14.8 billion, and White & Case $...

WARSAW, Poland -- A Polish diplomat charged with improving contacts with Jews worldwide has been fired after he criticized his own government's approach to regulating Holocaust speech, the Foreign Ministry said Monday. Jaroslaw Nowak, the plenipotentiary for contacts with the Jewish diaspora described a Holocaust speech law passed by his country's ruling party as “stupid." Nowak also said Pol...

WARSAW, Poland — A Polish diplomat charged with improving contacts with Jews worldwide has been fired after he criticized his own government's approach to regulating Holocaust speech, the Foreign Ministry said Monday. Jaroslaw Nowak, the plenipotentiary for contacts with the Jewish diaspora described a Holocaust speech law passed by his country's ruling party as "stupid." Nowak also said Pola...

P.E.I. judges have for years been urging successive Island governments to enact legislation to provide a framework for class proceedings. Since Nova Scotia brought in legislation in 2008, P.E.I. has been the only province without any. (CBC) A bill passed in the P.E.I. Legislature in November, described by government as a way to make it easier for litigants to bring forward class action lawsui...

A new law that could close the two surgical abortion clinics in southwest Ohio would leave patients traveling to Columbus or Louisville to be patients at the nearest alternative clinics. The Dayton area’s only abortion clinic, which opened shortly after Roe V. Wade was decided, is facing potential closure because of a new law going into effect March 21 that would make it unlikely the clinic w...

Pro-choice activists demonstrate outside the Supreme Court on October 04, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Pro-choice groups in Ohio are asking a court to decide again whether a law regarding disposal of fetal remains after an abortion should stand. The ACLU of Ohio and the Planned Parenthood Federation of America filed the lawsuit in Hamilton County Common Pleas,...

Health classes in California high schools will soon cover more than nutrition and exercise. Thanks to a new law that went into effect Jan. 1, students will learn about depression, schizophrenia, mood disorders and other serious mental health conditions. Senate Bill 224 requires all school districts that offer health classes to include mental health as part of the curriculum. The California De...

The Supreme Court U.S. sentencing commission lacks quorum, Sotomayor and Barrett point out They hope commission will “resume its important function in our criminal justice system” Justice Sonia Sotomayor called again for the deficient U.S. sentencing commission to resume functioning, but this time she was joined by the newest justice: Amy Coney Barrett. Justice Neil Gorsuch had previously ...

This computer-generated image, provided by Yonhap News TV, depicts industrial accidents. (Yonhap) SEJONG -- The government plans to provide support to companies in preventing and dealing with industrial hazards, as a new workplace disaster punishment law is set to come into effect this month, officials said Monday. The law, passed by the National Assembly last year, will go into effect on Jan...