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January 06, 2022

Sen. Susan Collins leads push for potential election law reform - WMTW Portland

Sen. Susan Collins WASHINGTON — On the eve of the first anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins convened a bipartisan group of fellow senators to advance potential election law reforms, a person familiar with the meeting confirmed to WMTW. The Zoom meeting organized by Collins on Wednesday night was described as a wide-ranging discussion of election issues,...
January 06, 2022

US Rep. Hinson hosts law enforcement roundtable | Iowa | kimt.com - KIMT 3

Play Video 00:00 00:00 spaceplay / pause qunload | stop ffullscreen shift + ←→slower / faster ↑↓volume mmute ←→seek . seek to previous 12… 6 seek to 10%, 20% … 60% Law Enforcement Roundtable NORTHWOOD, Iowa - Before U.S. Representative Ashley Hinson heads back to Washington, D.C. for the resumption of the Congressional season, she's conducting another 22 county tour across ...
January 06, 2022

'Search Warrants Rot Law Enforcement': Paper - Crime Report

Photo by Logan Weaver via Unsplash. When 26-year-old Breonna Taylor, a Black medical worker, was shot and killed by Louisville police officers in March 2020 during a botched raid on her apartment, the country was collectively “traumatized” — particularly marginalized communities. While her death is an absolute tragedy, a law professor at the University of Kentucky writes that her death “trans...
January 06, 2022

Texas enacts nation's strongest flood disclosure law - E&E News

A man carries water-soaked items from a house after it was flooded by Hurricane Harvey in 2017. AP Photo/Charlie Riedel The nation’s strongest flood-disclosure law for rental properties has taken effect in Texas and is forcing landlords to tell prospective tenants whether an apartment has been flooded and whether it’s in a flood zone. The Texas law, which took effect Jan. 1, is the first to r...
January 06, 2022

SLO city doesn't expect big impact from SB 9 housing law - New Times SLO

A controversial new state housing law that's been called the "death of single-family zoning" isn't likely to soon have a big impact in the city of San Luis Obispo, according to local officials. But some residents remain skeptical. Senate Bill 9 (SB 9), which took effect Jan. 1, allows California property owners to subdivide single-family lots into two, and build up to two primary homes on eac...
January 06, 2022

Kushner Cos., firm controlled by family of Trump son-in-law, buys apartments in Houston - Houston Chronicle

Hines is developing the Cypress Creek Lakes Apartments in Cypress. Designed by Meeks+Partners, the 360-unit project, was completed in 2020. Kushner Cos., a real estate investment and management firm controlled by the family of Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of former president Donald Trump, has entered the Houston market with the acquisition of three suburban apartment properties from Houston-...
January 06, 2022

Local law enforcement vigilant as the country marks the first anniversary of the Capitol insurrection - FOX43.com

Hundreds of people have been charged with crimes they allegedly committed that day, including several from across Central Pennsylvania. HARRISBURG, Pa. — Today is the first anniversary of the Capitol insurrection, when supporters of President Donald Trump attacked the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. while Congress was certifying the 2020 presidential election results. The violent a...
January 06, 2022

Who the Move Over Law applies to - WJXT News4JAX

Learn how to make money with this $20 real estate investment course bundle Construction workers (Copyright 2021 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Drivers know they are supposed to move over for first responders, but they might not realize Florida’s Move Over law also applies to construction crews. The law requires you to move over for sanitation and utility vehicle...
January 06, 2022

University of Akron names historic, unconventional picks for law, business school deans - Akron Beacon Journal

The University of Akron will have new deans leading two of its five colleges, with one an unconventional pick and the other historic. Emily Janoski-Haehlen has been named dean of the University of Akron School of Law, beginning Feb. 21, pending approval by the board of trustees. She will be the first woman to permanently hold the job of dean of the law school. Also pending trustee approval, ...
January 06, 2022

Vinson & Elkins Tops Big Law in Taking on Activist Investors - Bloomberg Law

Velodyne Lidar Inc. devices sit on an experimental self-driving Ford Fusion vehicle in Detroit. The car-sensor maker was among those that Vinson & Elkins LLP represented in 2021 against activist investors seeking management changes. V&E advised companies on 38 activist campaigns last year Law firm’s clients included AGCO, Velodyne Lidar Vinson & Elkins LLP helped companies fight...