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DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegalese lawmakers on Tuesday stopped from passing to parliamentary vote a draft bill that sought to toughen already severe laws against same-sex relations. Gay sex is punishable by up to five years in prison in Senegal, where arrests and prosecutions have risen sharply, according to a 2020 global review by the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Assoc...

The rainbow flag, commonly known as the gay pride flag or LGBT pride flag, is seen during the first Gay Pride parade in Skopje, North Macedonia June 29, 2019. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski DAKAR, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Senegalese lawmakers on Tuesday stopped from passing to parliamentary vote a draft bill that sought to toughen already severe laws against same-sex relations. Gay sex is punishable by u...

Seasonable conditions return APAnn Hermes/Christian Science Monitor/APTheodore Rugers By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN The dean at one of the country’s top law schools is calling comments from a professor at the university “racist” and “anti-intellectual” after she said the influx of “Asian elites” in the US is dangerous and problematic. Theodore Rugers, the dean at the University of Pennsylvania Law...

Lawyers get into law to practice, not to focus on administrative tasks or marketing. However, running a law firm is much more than practicing law – it’s running a business. If law firms want to stay in business, they need to put effort into keeping abreast with legal marketing trends to attract new clients and keep the firm growing and profitable. According to recent research, 57 percent of c...

Ron Sokol Q: Since California is a two-party consent state for recording conversations, when a company or other organization has an automated message informing me that my call is being recorded, does this mean I have permission to record my end? J.B., Fullerton A: California is an all-party consent state when it comes to recording a phone call. In fact, it can constitute a crime to record wit...

The University of Pennsylvania campus on December 16, 2013, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (CNN)The dean at one of the country's top law schools is calling comments from a professor at the university "racist" and "anti-intellectual" after she said the influx of "Asian elites" in the US is dangerous and problematic. Theodore Rugers, the dean at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, issued...

If you have kids in school, should the stay home if they have COVID-19 symptoms, which can be similar to the common cold? By David CaraccioIf you have kids in school, should the stay home if they have COVID-19 symptoms, which can be similar to the common cold? By David Caraccio None of North Carolina’s school districts have switched to remote instruction at a time when some schools across th...

Berkeley Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky. The University of California, Berkeley, School of Law has reappointed Dean Erwin Chemerinsky to another five-year term. Chemerinsky had become the school’s 13th dean on July 1, 2017, when he joined the faculty as the Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law. Prior to assuming that position, he was the founding dean and distinguished professor ...

Harris County Elections Administrator Isabel Longoria is asking a federal judge to block a portion of Texas election law on mail ballot applications before the 2022 primary elections. Along with Cathy Morgan, a volunteer voter registrar in Travis and Williamson counties, Longoria filed a federal lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a U.S. District Court in San Antonio last mo...

Credit: chase4concept/Shutterstock What You Need to Know Attorney George Saponaro is suspended for one year for abandonment of clients. Two clients each paid him $2,000 but never received any legal services, the Disciplinary Review Board said. In opting to impose a yearlong suspension, the DRB said Saponaro's failure to cooperate with disciplinary authorities and refusal to comply with a f...