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NEW ORLEANS — The new year brings about two dozen state laws voted on by the legislature and signed by Governor John Bel Edwards. Louisiana laws governing everything from changes to income taxes to deductibles, to how police departments deploy body cameras have gone into effect. Perhaps the most consequential is the allowance of smokable marijuana, or flower as it’s called, to be prescribed f...

Note: The video “Why Evolution is Different” further expands on the ideas in this article. 1. Extremely Improbable Events In a 2000 Mathematical Intelligencerarticle1 I claimed that: The second law of thermodynamics — at least the underlying principle behind this law — simply says that natural forces do not cause extremely improbable things to happen, and it is absurd to argue that because th...

(iStockphoto) The new year not only brings a host of resolutions and anticipation, but a slew of new state laws that Californians will need to follow. As always, the state’s lawmakers passed a variety of measures ranging from the symbolic to the annoying. They even passed a few substantive and important laws that just went into effect. Go figure. On the symbolic front, few things top Senate B...

NEW YEAR, NEW FIRM - Happy New Year! If your resolution for 2022 is to become more well-rounded, you’re not alone. As Law.com’s Justin Henry reports, firms are eyeing entering new practices and diversifying their existing practices in order to cash in on a spike in dealmaking activities and other hot practice areas. According to a Client Advisory for 2022 by the Citi Private Bank Law Firm Gro...

(iStockphoto) The new year not only brings a host of resolutions and anticipation, but a slew of new state laws that Californians will need to follow. As always, the state’s lawmakers passed a variety of measures ranging from the symbolic to the annoying. They even passed a few substantive and important laws that just went into effect. Go figure. On the symbolic front, few things top Senate B...

The new year not only brings a host of resolutions and anticipation, but a slew of new state laws that Californians will need to follow. As always, the state’s lawmakers passed a variety of measures ranging from the symbolic to the annoying. They even passed a few substantive and important laws that just went into effect. Go figure. On the symbolic front, few things top Senate Bill 1383, whic...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced the official launch of the Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection (LESDC), which took place on January 1, 2022. The LESDC provides a mechanism for law enforcement agencies to report suicides and attempted suicides of law enforcement personnel, as defined within the LESDC Act, for the purpose of compiling national statistics on these tragedi...

With Law & Order returning to NBC to take its place in a TV universe that currently spans three franchises with some long-running shows over two networks, there are some stars who have appeared as more than one character over the years. Jeremy Sisto portrayed NYPD Detective Cyrus Lupo in Law & Order during its original run and is currently Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valen...

* Teaching is fundamental: how teachers handle the return to in-person classes and the implementation of anti-CRT legislation is gonna be groundbreaking. [AP] * A civil rights lawyer from the Loving case thinks the case is still relevant to… a death penalty case? See if you follow the logic. [Bloomberg Law] * A change of scenery: Texan abortion providers want the district court to hear challe...

MONTGOMERY, Ala., Jan. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A growing number of non-traditional students seeking a law degree are discovering new opportunities to pursue a Juris Doctor (J.D.) through the expansion of distance learning and flexible scheduling options approved by the American Bar Association (ABA). One such offering is the Executive J.D. Schedule at Faulkner University Thomas Goode Jones Sc...