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With all eyes on implementation of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure law, the U.S. Department of Transportation has tapped a new academic center to push for more public-private partnerships and provide assistance to the thousands of local governments in line for a slice of the transportation funding. The DOT on April 8 announced a $5 million grant to the University of Maryland to establish the...

In November 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized value-based exceptions under the Stark law, and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) finalized value-based safe harbors under the Anti-Kickback Statute to accommodate and facilitate the evolution of value-based care arrangements among health care providers. These new rules protect compensation relationships wi...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) told then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in January 2021 that some members of Congress were calling for Donald Trump to impose martial law to remain president, according to text messages Meadows recently provided to the select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob. News of the text messages, which was fi...

Construction law is NOT boring, at least that’s what I tell my daughters. In these series of posts, I will explore some of the VERY interesting historical facts about construction law that can be used at your next motion hearing, family gathering, social event or fellow lawyer meeting. While these anecdotes may not keep your kids or significant others from rolling their eyes, hopefully they c...

Russell Squire representing Manhattan Community Board 8 at a street fair | CB8 Candidate Russell Squire has received two illegal five-figure corporate contributions from an LLC with ties to his brother. In a particularly brazen example of the widespread flouting of a campaign finance law meant to reduce corporate dark money in New York elections, a candidate for the New York state legislature...

NC Wildlife Submitted The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission Law Enforcement Division will soon be accepting applications for the 59th Wildlife Law Enforcement Basic Academy and will be hosting a virtual recruitment event on Thursday, May 26th, 2022, at 7:00PM. During this event, NC Wildlife Law Enforcement Officers will give a presentation on the duties and responsibilities of the...

The first instance of an Air Force general officer being convicted in a court-martial moved to its sentencing phase today, with the sister-in-law of Air Force Maj. Gen. William Cooley telling the court how the two-star general’s misconduct upended her life. Cooley’s sister-in-law said she allowed the two-star general into her New Mexico home, a home that had been full of love and friendship, ...

State governor Ron DeSantis has passed legislation that will strip the Orlando theme park’s status as an ‘independent special district’ Disney workers protest against CEO Bob Chapek's handing over Florida's ‘Don't Say Gay’ law.Irfan Khan (Los Angeles Times via Getty Imag) Disney World in Orlando, Florida has been living the corporate dream: to pay less in taxes. But this happy ending has bee...

The latest effort to close a loophole in Missouri’s conceal-carry gun law is likely dead this year. A bill in the Missouri Senate would adjust the 2016 conceal-carry law to forbid someone subject to a restraining order from carrying a firearm while under that order. It would also make it illegal for anyone convicted of domestic violence misdemeanors to possess a firearm. The measure was filed...

NASHVILLE, TN—Joining a growing number of states imposing waiting period restrictions, Tennessee passed a new law Monday requiring women to wait 24 hours before getting a burger. “Thinking about getting a burger isn’t something anyone should do lightly, and we want women to understand there are consequences,” said Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R), whose signature on the bill subjected all women in ...