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Welcome to Part 2 of the 2021 Year-End Edition of the State Law Round-Up, covering states in the second half of the alphabet. Part 1, covering the first part of the alphabet, can be found here. Maine: Maine’s “ban-the-box” law, HP 845, went into effect October 18, 2021. The law prohibits private employers from requesting criminal history record information on an initial application form or ...

55_plus_web_ new logo_1-300x134 It’s January. It’s cold. The holidays are over. What a great time to hunker down and stay home. There’s no place like home. Now may be a good time to consider your options to stay home as long you can. First, take a fresh look at your home. Is it a safe place for you to live as you get older? Does the bathroom have the grab bars you may need? Are the washer and...

A Jacksonville Police Department vehicle. An investigation is ongoing after a Jacksonville law enforcement officer allegedly accidentally shot his 15-year-old son Monday afternoon, according to a news release from the Onslow County Sheriff's Office. Deputies and emergency medical services were called to a residence on Haw Branch Road at 4:36 p.m. on Monday afternoon regarding an accidental sh...

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) between March 22, 2021 and March 29, 2021, inclusive (the “Class Period”), of the important February 14, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline. SO WHAT: If you purchased Baidu securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to comp...

At first glance, the trio sitting at a red-blanketed table at the University of Alabama School of Law looked like they were touting their latest research or class project. Instead, they were telling their stories of how they came to offer up a kidney to a complete stranger. Angelica Mamani, Katrina Smith and Ryne Smith, at different times and in different ways, heard about the critical need o...

The logo for the Grubhub Inc. application is displayed on an Apple Inc. laptop computer in an arranged photograph taken in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Friday, April 10, 2020. New York City agreed not to enforce against Grubhub Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc.‘s Uber Eats a new law the companies are challenging that mandates delivery apps share customer data with restaurants. Gru...

Dec. 28—BEMIDJI — The Beltrami County Sheriff's Office and Bemidji Police Department are partnering with the nonprofit Crime Stoppers of Minnesota to increase public safety as it relates to reporting crime. As 2022 participants in the Crime Stoppers Law Enforcement Partnership Program, both law enforcement agencies invite the public who want to or may need to remain anonymous to submit any in...

U.S. corporations face a tough balancing act between following U.S. law, maintaining orderly supply chains, and Chinese public opinion A pedestrian walks past a Wal-Mart signboard in Beijing, China. America’s largest companies are already facing a backlash from the passage of a new U.S. law that severely restricts imports from the Xinjiang region in China, where the U.S. government and huma...

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz reminds investors that class action lawsuits have been filed on behalf of shareholders of the following publicly-traded companies. Investors have until the deadlines listed below to file a lead plaintiff motion. Investors suffering losses on their investments are encouraged to contact The Law Offices of Frank R. C...

By Valerie Volcovici | Reuters LOS ANGELES – Big retailers are breaking California law and misleading consumers by selling plastic shopping bags bearing language and symbols that falsely suggest the bags can be recycled, a state-appointed commission alleged this month. The group has asked California to force retailers to strip these bags of the ubiquitous “chasing arrows” logo and the words “...