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The Florida Supreme Court said Tuesday it will take up a legal battle about whether a 2018 constitutional amendment known as “Marsy’s Law” can shield the identities of police officers. An order issued by the court did not set a date for oral arguments. The voter-approved Marsy’s Law amendment included a series of protections for crime victims. The 1st District Court of Appeal in April sided w...

Federal agents focused on transnational crime will have to wear body cameras in some U.S. cities, as the Biden administration seeks to improve law enforcement transparency. Special agents in Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations will begin wearing body cameras for pre-planned operations in New York City, Newark, N.J., and Houston, the Department of Homeland Se...

On December 10, 2021, Judge Katherine Polk Failla (S.D.N.Y.) dismissed with prejudice a pro se plaintiff’s claim that the law firm Bracewell LLP induced infringement of his patent by providing legal advice to a direct infringer. See Ottah v. Bracewell LLP, No. 21 Civ. 455, 2021 BL 472911 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 10, 2021). The plaintiff, Chikezie Ottah, holds a patent (U.S. Patent No. 7,152,840, or th...

Texas-based public finance law specialist firm McCall, Parkhurst & Horton enters 2022 with a new managing partner. Mark Malveaux, who has represented some of the firm’s largest clients, will take the reins Jan. 1 from Carol Polumbo, who will remain as partner at McCall’s Austin office. Malveaux joined the Dallas-based firm 28 years ago and led its expansion in Houston. He has worked on so...

Seattle Man Sentenced to Nearly Four Years in Prison for Assaulting Law Enforcement During Capitol Breach on January 6  bigcountrynewsconnection.com

ROGERS COUNTY, Oklahoma - The Rogers County Sheriff has helped start a non-profit foundation that will donate ballistic shields to law enforcement agencies that could not otherwise afford them. The first shield was delivered today to the Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Office. A Pottawatomie County deputy was shot several times in October. Sheriff Scott Walton says the goal of this foundation ...

Sioux City law enforcement and school officials urged parents to monitor their children's social media posts in a press conference on Monday. Woodbury County law enforcement officers and school officials are asking parents to monitor their children’s social media use after a string of violent threats to schools in Sioux City last Friday. Nine students were arrested last week for threatening...

The company and law firm names shown above are generated automatically based on the text of the article. We are improving this feature as we continue to test and develop in beta. We welcome feedback, which you can provide using the feedback tab on the right of the page. (Reuters) - Two New England-based law firms said on Tuesday they will merge in the new year to create a nearly 150-lawyer fi...

We’ve all heard a lot this year about “The Great Resignation.” As is the case in many industries, law firms are contending with an unusual volume of resignations. In our role as recruiters, we at Lateral Link have a front row seat into both the mechanics of the resignation process and also the emotional angst that it sometimes entails. From uncertainty over the decision to resign to a lack of...

MADISON — A state appeals court is asking that the state Supreme Court decide whether a constitutional amendment that sought to enhance the rights of crime victims in Wisconsin was properly put before voters before it was enacted last year. Late last year, a Dane County judge ruled that the statewide ballot question on “Marsy’s Law” was improperly worded when it was presented to voters and th...