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This week we highlight petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether the Biden administration properly terminated the Trump administration’s “remain in Mexico” policy or must continue to enforce it, and whether abortion providers’ challenge to Texas’ restrictive anti-abortion law can return to the district court in place of the 5th Circuit. “Remain in Mexico” p...

NBC's long-lived crime drama "Law & Order" has spawned many spin-offs. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and "Law & Order: Organized Crime" have both been successful in their own right, creating individual fanbases and loyal audiences which are distinct from their mothership, and "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" also ran for 10 healthy and well-attended seasons. "Law & Ord...

Antonio Brown's attorney says his client plans to take legal action, but the league and union's CBA presents obstacles. On the heels of Antonio Brown’s unusual departure from last Sunday’s Buccaneers-Jets game, Brown’s attorney, Sean Burstyn, reportedly told ESPN’s Michele Steele that his client “will take legal action against the responsible individuals.” One hurdle for Brown is that, as an ...

Credit: BGStock72/Shutterstock What You Need to Know Firms are taking varying approaches to the recent COVID-19 surge. Some are waiting it out, while others are tentatively planning a return within a month. Others don't see any end to the uncertainty and surges, and have realized that normalcy may not return anytime soon. More than two years into the pandemic, and with the vast majority ...

A new law that could protect small businesses has gone into effect in Alabama. Gov. Kay Ivey signed the Alabama Non-Disparagement Obligations (NDO) Act into law last year. The AL NDO Act, which took effect Jan. 1, lays out a structure for non-disparagement agreements to follow, potentially offering more protection for businesses concerned about what a former employee or business partner may s...

David Guinn, the master teacher affectionately called "the Godfather" for his more than five decades of training lawyers in his unique style at Baylor University Law School, died Thursday. He was 82. Services for Guinn, who retired in 2020 as the Lyndon L. Olson and William A. Olson Professor of Local Government and Constitutional Law, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul’s Episcopal Churc...

PEORIA – A law sponsored by State Senator Dave Koehler, a longtime advocate to streamline the FOID card process for responsible gun owners, took effect earlier this week. “This law will address a years-long backlog of FOID card applications across Illinois while closing loopholes that allow firearms to fall into dangerous hands,” said Koehler (D-Peoria). “The modernized system will save time ...

ATLANTA – Republican gubernatorial candidate David Perdue is challenging a new state law that gives incumbents an advantage in fundraising. The legislation, which the Republican-controlled General Assembly passed last March virtually along party lines, allows Georgia’s governor, lieutenant governor, the general-election nominees opposing those two statewide incumbents and the heads of the maj...

Lani Guinier, civil rights champion and Harvard law professor, dies at 71  The Boston Globe

(Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Sky News) I love it. I got a 3.5 in my first semester. — Former Trump White House aide and “Apprentice” star Omarosa Manigault Newman, commenting on her experience thus far as a first-year law student at Southern University Law Center. Newman was inspired to go to law school in the wake of her brother’s 2011 murder. “When I was sitting in the courtroom w...