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Credit: mamanamsai/Shutterstock At some point (usually early in law school), a new lawyer considering a career in Big Law decides whether to become a litigator or a transactional lawyer. It’s a big decision—one that can affect your entire working life. What are the best criteria for making that choice? Once decided, are you stuck with it? Where can you get good advice? Let’s look at the diffe...

The Sundial Bridge in Redding, California, the county seat of Shasta County California state lawmakers revised campaign finance laws in 2019, setting a default limit on contributions to campaigns for city and county elections. “No politician is ever going to tell you that money affects how they vote,” says Sean McMorris with California Common Cause, a progressive advocacy group seeking to r...

(Photo via Getty) * Meaning what you say: Climate change activist self-immolated in front of the Supreme Court on Earth Day. [Independent] * Are our founding principles stronger than historical revisionism? This 1st Amendment suit against banning history will let us know. [WCGU] * Nixing the 77%: Mississippi now requires that women be paid the same amount as men for the same work. Fanfare apl...

LOS ANGELES, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Schall Law Firm, a national shareholder rights litigation firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit against Gatos Silver, Inc. ("Gatos Silver" or "the Company") (NYSE: GATO) for violations of the federal securities laws. Investors who purchased the Company's shares pursuant and/or traceable to the Company's initial public offering con...

BURNETT COUNTY — Multiple felony charges have been filed against Randy Bedell for making threats to law enforcement officers during an incident that occurred on March 18, 2022. Burnett County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched at around 7p, on March 18, 2022, regarding an intoxicated man who had locked his keys in his vehicle in the area of Pete Nelson Road and Gile Road. The man was reported...

Vladimir Putin greets Russian forces in 2019. (Official photo by the Office of the President of the Russian Federation; kremlin.ru) The Russian armed forces and their commanders know they are committing war crimes in Ukraine. It says so in the 2001 “Manual on International Humanitarian Law for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.” In my 2017 book, “The Law of War in the 21st Century,” ...

Atlanta, GA – On Monday, April 25, 2022, Governor Brian P. Kemp, joined by First Lady Marty Kemp, Attorney General Chris Carr, members of the Georgia General Assembly, and local, state, and federal law enforcement officials, signed legislation to further public safety efforts in Georgia. The following legislation was signed at a ceremony in the Buckhead community of Atlanta: Gang Prosecution...

Fashion is dirty business. Facts and figures abound that prove how objectively harmful the industry is to the planet and its residents. Maybe you've even seen the statistics yourself: Between 4-8.6% of total global greenhouse gas emissions are produced by the apparel and footwear sectors, sectors that are largely made up of women and intricately linked with child and forced labor. We can reci...

State relies on activists to enforce duplex law  San Mateo Daily Journal

Seven Hills City Council. (John Benson/cleveland.com) SEVEN HILLS, Ohio -- City council recently introduced two ordinances related to the city’s law department billing policies. “As we were going through the budgetary process this issue arose because we couldn’t get a handle on exactly what employee expenditures were for the law department,” said Ward 2 Councilman Norm Martin, who authored th...