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April 26, 2022

Robins Kaplan Announces Event to Feature National Figures From Law, Politics, News, and Higher Education to Gather to Discuss Growing Threats to the Judiciary - Business Wire

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nearly 40 major figures from the legal, judicial, political, academic and media worlds will gather in Chicago on May 26 to discuss growing threats to the independence and impartiality of courts in the United States and other democracies, and how to fight back. “This symposium is just one example of our standing up for judicial independence, which the Model Code ...
April 26, 2022

Area law enforcement officers complete Crisis Intervention Team training at BRCC - BlueRidgeNow.com

FLAT ROCK — Officers from five are North Carolina law enforcement agencies are better equipped to respond to people experiencing a behavioral health crisis following a 40-hour training in Henderson County. According to a press release by VAYA Health, six participants completed Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training, coordinated by VAYA Health, from April 4-8 at Blue Ridge Community College...
April 26, 2022

Lexington candidate forum to focus on law enforcement, racial justice, accountability - LEX 18 News - Lexington, KY

--> Sorry, we're having issues playing this video. In the meantime, try watching one of the videos below. LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — A candidate forum on law enforcement, racial justice, and accountability is happening 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Lyric Theater. The forum will feature candidates running for Lexington mayor and Fayette County Attorney in the May 17 primary election. Five candi...
April 26, 2022

How much a map costs: one law firm accounts for 1/3 of redistricting expenses - Athens Messenger

How much a map costs: one law firm accounts for 1/3 of redistricting expenses  Athens Messenger
April 26, 2022

Despite order halting new law, some women still can't get abortion in Kentucky. Here's why - Courier Journal

Abortions still are not available to patients in Kentucky who are 15 weeks pregnant or more, despite a federal judge's April 21 ruling temporarily suspending a new, restrictive abortion law. That's because EMW Women's Surgical Center, the only provider of abortions beyond 15 weeks of pregnancy, is seeking clarification from U.S. District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings about her order barring ...
April 26, 2022

Bloomberg Law Leadership Forum to Examine the Changing Legal Risks of Covid-19 & the Workplace - PR Newswire

Event Features Keynote Interview with OSHA Head Douglas L. Parker ARLINGTON, Va., April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bloomberg Law announced today that its Leadership Forum, Covid-19 & the Workplace: Navigating the Changing Legal Risks, will be held virtually May 3 from 1-2:40 pm ET. The Leadership Forum will feature insights that corporate legal departments, and law firms that advise them, n...
April 26, 2022

Anaheim Denies Breaking State Law While Agreeing to $96 Million Fine for Breaking State Law - Voice of OC

Already now in March, Angel of Anaheim Stadium sits in dead silence as the franchise is eager for the season to start. Anaheim officials repeatedly claimed their secret sale of Angel Stadium didn’t break state law on Monday while agreeing to pay a $96 million fine for breaking state law. Yet State Housing and Community Development officials told Voice of OC – just hours after the penalty was ...
April 26, 2022

Hearing set in effort to block Alabama transgender law - Alabama Daily News

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge will hear arguments next month on whether to block enforcement of an Alabama law outlawing the use of gender transition medications to treat transgender people under age 19. The May 5 hearing is scheduled just days before the law is set to take effect on May 8. U.S. District Judge Liles Burke set the evidentiary hearing, scheduled to last up to two days...
April 26, 2022

Kansas Denied Supreme Court Review of 'Ag Gag' Law Provisions - Bloomberg Law

The U.S. Supreme Court building stands in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, June 17, 2020. A lower court’s decision to toss certain parts of Kansas’ law that prevents animal rights and food safety groups from using deception to investigate agricultural facilities won’t face the Supreme Court’s review. The high court’s decision Monday came as a win for groups that challenged the state’s so...
April 26, 2022

Text messages from Greene put new focus on martial law testimony - NBC News

New text messages from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene surrounding the 2020 election are drawing attention to recent court testimony in which the Georgia Republican said she did not recall any involvement in efforts to keep former President Donald Trump in office. When asked during a hearing Friday if she had advocated for martial law to keep President Joe Biden from taking office, Greene said sh...