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A first-of-its-kind law in Illinois limiting law enforcement access to data from household digital devices sits at the forefront of an emerging legal debate over protecting the privacy of such records. The state’s law, which takes effect Jan. 1, comes as law enforcement seeks to tap into consumers’ growing collection of internet-connected devices, from smart speakers to security cameras. Thes...

The Federal Aviation Administration has announced that they will award $2.89 billion, made available by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, to 3,075 airports across the U.S. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $2.89 billion made available by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to 3,075 airports around the nation. The money can be invested in ...

Credit: alexmillos/Adobe Stock What You Need to Know Compensation costs have grown as firms use monetary incentives to attract and retain talent. Some firms have offered other perks, like training and flexible work, in lieu of or in addition to bonuses and raises. Experts say the war for talent will continue at this pace into the beginning of 2022. Outside of COVID-19 and the effects it has...

This illustration picture shows debit and credit cards arranged on a desk on April 6, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia. By sharply favoring debt over equity, the U.S. corporate tax code does considerable economic damage, write professors Mark Roe and Michael Troege. Instead, they suggest we take a look at the Allowance for Corporate Equity—or ACE—which fixes a tax-deductible cost to equity based o...

India's flag. (Shutterstock) In what may come as a major disappointment for India’s crypto community, a law to regulate cryptocurrencies is unlikely until at least after next April, several people familiar with the matter told CoinDesk. The legislation is still a work in progress. While the bill titled “The Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021″ was listed on t...

On December 23, 2021, President Biden signed into law the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, a bipartisan bill to ensure that goods made with forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China do not enter the United States market. The law is a direct response to reports of Uyghurs and other Turkic minorities being subjected to forced labor and other atro...

President Biden on Thursday signed into law the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, a bipartisan bill that bans imports from China’s Xinjiang region unless the importer can prove they were not made with forced labor. The House and the Senate passed the measure last week. Lawmakers from both parties welcomed Biden’s signing of the law, with Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), a co-sponsor of the legis...

New Balance has been named in a new lawsuit over its “Made in USA” marketing. In a proposed class action complaint filed on Monday in a federal court in Massachusetts, plaintiffs Matthew Cristostomo, Anthony Bollini, Spencer Verrilla, Derrick Evans, Clifton Bradley, and Robert Kaminsky allege that Boston, Massachusetts-based New Balance is misleading consumers in representing that its footwea...

As corporate transactions picked up at the end of 2020, there were signs the Big Law talent market was ready to take off. Still, nobody could have predicted the frenetic pace of lateral moves in 2021. The 50 largest firms hired nearly 1,100 lateral partners through mid-December, according to Firm Prospects, which tracks law firm rosters. That’s up 76% from 2020—a relatively down year for Big ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — Illinois State Police are reminding you to slow down and move over when you approach emergency vehicles with their hazard lights flashing. Thursday is Scott’s Law Day, in memory of CFD Lieutenant Scott Gillen, who was killed by a drunk driver 21 years ago today while assisting at a crash scene, on the Dan Ryan. READ MORE: ISP said “Scott’s Law” crashes are up this year over l...