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The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE -- A pair of bills signed this year by Gov. Ron DeSantis, involving vehicle rentals and notaries public, will become law Saturday. Meanwhile, also starting Saturday, Florida employers will see an average 4.9 percent decrease in workers’ compensation insurance rates. The vehicle-rental measure (SB 566) sets insurance and other requirements for people wh...

Ty Law, seemingly like everyone else in the football world, has an issue with the NFL’s new taunting rules. The NFL entered the 2021 season with an objective to crack down on taunting, but those efforts largely have yielded frustration among players and fans alike. Referees have been far too quick with the whistle, much like they were during Sunday’s game between the Bills and the Patriots. N...

Passed during the 2021 legislative session, SB8 is meant to allow for the development of affordable housing on land currently zoned for commercial or light industrial uses. It restricts local governments from denying affordable housing applications, with certain exceptions, such as being located on a floodplain or unable to be served by utilities. Developments are required to serve people who...

When Felicia Value sits down at her desk on Monday, Jan. 3, she’ll no longer be a solo practitioner. She’ll be an employee of Barron Smith Daugert PLLC of Bellingham, which recently purchased her law practice. “I feel like I’ve been invited to sit at the cool kids’ table,” said Value. “I’m also glad for our community, because they are such a good firm, with a deep bench in probate and estate ...

What You Need to Know Lawyers said they were happy to leave behind billable hours. They also were drawn by what they believed would be better work-life balance However, legal departments often have fewer resources than law firms. 2021 saw a deluge of lawyers leaving Big Law for in-house roles. While law firms often boast richer compensation packages, in-house counsel say legal department r...

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NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – In the last 12 years, New Mexico legislators have considered 104 bills focused on firearm controls, safety, licensing, or convictions. That means less than one percent of the 11,784 pieces of legislation considered in the Roundhouse over that time relate to firearm control. Of those 104 firearm-related bills, only 11 have been chaptered as laws. And data reveals that some ...

Shanin Specter is a founding partner of Kline & Specter, the largest personal injury firm in Pennsylvania and one of the largest in the country. Shanin Specter Earlier this month, Kline & Specter added its fiftieth attorney. Specter is known for being a trial lawyer. That is, he likes to go to trial. And he goes to trial – a lot. And he has some strong views about some of his colleagu...

Jennifer B. Barr. ATLANTIC CITY — Cooper Levenson law firm recently announced that two attorneys have been named partners at the law firm. Jennifer B. Barr of Margate and Brittany A. Bonetti of Haddonfield will partner in the firm’s Cherry Hill and Atlantic City offices. “These individuals have proven themselves in terms of their professionalism, their expertise, and their dedication. We are ...