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December 23, 2021

High Court Again Taps Election Law Expert to Redraw Lines - U.S. News & World Report

The Connecticut State Supreme Court has again tapped law professor Nathaniel Persily to help redraw the state’s congressional district lines after a legislative commission couldn’t reach a bipartisan agreement and missed its deadline earlier this week. Persily, who is a law professor at Stanford University and formerly at Columbia University, the University of Pennsylvania and other instituti...
December 23, 2021

ALERT: Rowley Law PLLC is Investigating Proposed Acquisition of Hexion Holdings Corporation - PRNewswire

NEW YORK, Dec. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Rowley Law PLLC is investigating potential securities law violations by Hexion Holdings Corporation (OTC: HXOH) and its board of directors concerning the proposed acquisition of the company by affiliates of American Securities LLC. Stockholders will receive $30.00 for each share of Hexion Holdings stock that they hold. The transaction is expected to clo...
December 23, 2021

Biden signs ALS Act, endorsed by Congressman Fortenberry, into law - KLKN

Biden signs ALS Act, endorsed by Congressman Fortenberry, into law  KLKN
December 23, 2021

New Illinois law to allow students five mental health absences beginning in January - CIProud.com

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) – At the start of the new year, Illinois students public school students will be allowed to take off five days for mental health purposes. Illinois joins states such as Arizona, Virginia, and Colorado that has passed similar legislation. In March 2020, as COVID-19 changed everyday life for adults across the world, children were no exception. “Their access to school has cha...
December 23, 2021

Lee County shooting suspects may be posing as law enforcement - Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

Lee County shooting suspects may be posing as law enforcement  Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
December 23, 2021

Kim Potter made a mistake. Her jury did not, but maybe the law needs to be reviewed - Fox News

Turley on Potter case: Minnesota population has 'been through a lot' 00:00 00:0002:22GO LIVE Facebook Twitter Email Embed SpeedNormal Autoplay The conviction of former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter for manslaughter brought closure for the family of Duante Wright and many in our society. The fact, however, is that it will not bring closure on the problem that originally lead to a hung...
December 23, 2021

Law Enforcement Collaboration Leads to 34 Arrests in RGV - Customs and Border Protection

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents interdicted three migrant smuggling events that resulted in 34 arrests. On Dec. 22, Weslaco Border Patrol Station agents received information of a residence in Weslaco possibly being used to harbor illegal migrants. Agents along with Weslaco Police Department officers responded and encountered nine migrants from Mexico illegally ...
December 23, 2021

Law firm diversity gains mainly confined to junior ranks, survey finds - Reuters

(Reuters) - Large law firms collectively increased their hiring of diverse summer associates in recent years but struggled to retain those lawyers over time, according to a new report by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. Based on lawyer demographic data submitted by 225 large law firms, it found that 36% of 2020’s summer associates - law students who spend a summer working at a firm...
December 23, 2021

Multnomah County DA's Office Takes On Less Than Two Thirds of Car Theft Cases From Law Enforcement Agencies - Willamette Week

Subaru Outbacks are the fourth most-stolen car in Portland. (Sam Gehrke) Data provided by the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office shows that prosecutors continue to reject more than a third of the auto theft cases presented to them by police. That rate remains essentially unchanged despite a 2019 law aimed at making it easier to prove someone stole a car. In 2015, the DA’s office took...
December 23, 2021

Four New Crime Novels - The New York Times

Credit...Pablo Amargo Murder is a shock to anyone’s system, but especially so for Molly Gray, the titular character of Nita Prose’s endearing debut, THE MAID (Ballantine, 304 pp., $27). Molly, who revels in her job at the Regency Grand Hotel, where she transforms guests’ chaos into sparkling clean rooms, is still reeling from the death of her grandmother — guardian, longtime protector and buf...