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December 16, 2021

Rebein Brothers Law Firm Named to Tier 1 in Best Law Firms 2022 - Dodge City Daily Globe

The Rebein Brothers law firm in Dodge City continues to receive accolades as it has been named to Tier 1 U.S. News & World Report’s Best Law Firms 2022. "We are honored and humbled to receive this prestigious award," said David Rebein. "Being recognized by your peers at this level, is an accolade our entire team is truly proud of." An award reserved for the highest scoring firms during ...
December 16, 2021

Report Shows Law Agencies Aligned - Good Times Weekly

All of the county’s four city police agencies—and the Sheriff’s Office—have similar policies when it comes to use of force and releasing of information to the public, according to a report released in November by the Criminal Justice Council of Santa Cruz County. The report—thought to be the first of its kind nationwide—examined policies and procedures of Capitola, Santa Cruz, Watsonville and...
December 16, 2021

Kingston committee backs passage of Good Cause Eviction law - The Daily Freeman

Apartment for Rent sign KINGSTON, N.Y. — A Common Council committee has recommended that lawmakers favor the Good Cause Eviction legislation that now includes a provision that was included in an original proposal, according to council’s Democratic Majority Leader Reynolds Scott-Childress. The Laws and Rules Committee voted 4-1 on Wednesday, Dec. 15, to recommend the passage of the amended reg...
December 16, 2021

Judge denies CMP's bid to block law banning corridor - Spectrum News

A Maine man holds up an anti-CMP corridor sign during a rally earlier this year. (Photo by The Associated Press) A judge has denied Central Maine Power’s request for a preliminary injunction against a new law, set to take effect Sunday, that casts doubt on the utility’s western Maine transmission line. The ruling from District Court Judge Michael Duddy came a day after a hearing on the issue ...
December 16, 2021

Stefanik, at O'burg event, claims Albany 'war on law enforcement' - WWNY

Congresswoman Elise Stefanik Thursday, addressing a crowd in Ogdensburg at a rally to keep the Ogdensburg Correctional Facility open. OGDENSBURG, New York (WWNY) - During a rally in support of the Ogdensburg Correctional Facility Thursday, north country congresswoman Elise Stefanik blamed the closing on “Albany’s war on law enforcement.” The Hochul administration announced in early November t...
December 16, 2021

Litigation Funding In Bankruptcy And Distressed Situations - Above the LawAbove the Law - Above the Law

Ed. note: Litigation finance is transforming the fields of both law and finance. To help our readers gain a better understanding of what litigation finance entails, we’ve partnered with Lake Whillans to present an ongoing series so you can better understand how litigation funding works, its pros and cons, and its past, present, and future. The COVID-19 pandemic thrust law firm bankruptcy prac...
December 16, 2021

Checking for Conflicts Becomes a Team Sport at Growing Law Firms | The Legal Intelligencer - Law.com

What You Need to Know Conflicts analysis duties are shifting to a specialized group of professionals, new data from Intapp shows. The evolution mirrors the upskilling of many administrative and support roles at law firms. Even well-resourced firms can face headaches over alleged conflicts, as some recent suits have shown. Top-down approaches to conflicts checks are increasingly a thing of...
December 16, 2021

ERISA Preemption of State Laws Requiring Employers to Report or Disclose Benefit Plan Information to Employers - JD Supra

Last December, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that provisions of an Arkansas law that regulated the use by pharmacy benefit managers (“PBMs”) of maximum allowable cost programs to limit retail pharmacy reimbursement levels were not preempted by Section 514 of ERISA, which preempts all state laws that impermissibly “relate to” ERISA plans. See, Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Manageme...
December 16, 2021

Gun makers challenge New York law allowing lawsuits against industry - Reuters

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. Dec 16 (Reuters) - A group of gun manufacturers, distributors and retailers on Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging the cons...
December 16, 2021

Vice President Kamala Harris and the bipartisan infrastructure law - CBS News

Surrounded by lawmakers of both parties and Vice President Kamala Harris, Joe Biden celebrated the biggest win of his presidency so far, signing into law the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill last month. "It's a big deal," the president said, a reference to something he had said more than a decade ago as vice president, when then-President Obama signed his landmark health care law. F...