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April 24, 2022

Bail reform in Nevada: another obstacle for crime victims, law enforcement - Reno Gazette Journal

This opinion column was submitted by Christopher J. Hicks, the 37th Washoe County district attorney. He is running unopposed for re-election. In 2018, Nevada voters overwhelmingly passed the Crime Victims’ Bill of Rights, or Marsy’s Law. This amendment to Nevada’s Constitution gave crime victims expressly stated and enforceable constitutional rights in the criminal justice process. However, b...
April 24, 2022

Michigan Auto Law gets teens talking to other teens during Distracted Driving Awareness Month - WZZM13.com

Each year, attorneys at Michigan Auto Law reward a scholarship to students who create content that teaches about distracted driving risks.
April 24, 2022

Florida dentist charged with fatal hit on ex-brother-in-law - Bay News 9

Charles Adelson, a Florida dentist, has been arrested on charges that he hired hit men eight years ago to kill his sister's ex-husband, a prominent law professor. (Broward County Sheriff's Office/AP) FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida dentist was arrested Thursday on charges that he hired hit men eight years ago to kill his sister's ex-husband, a prominent law professor, so she could move back...
April 24, 2022

Mississippi set to become final state with equal pay law - ABC News

JACKSON, Miss. -- Mississippi will become the final state with a law requiring equal pay for equal work by women and men. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed House Bill 770 on Wednesday, and it will become law July 1. A 1963 federal law requires equal pay for equal work, but Mississippi has the only state without its own law since Alabama enacted one in 2019. The Mississippi law says a lawsuit...
April 24, 2022

Mississippi set to become final state with equal pay law - Raleigh News & Observer

Mississippi will become the final state with a law requiring equal pay for equal work by women and men. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed House Bill 770 on Wednesday, and it will become law July 1. A 1963 federal law requires equal pay for equal work, but Mississippi has the only state without its own law since Alabama enacted one in 2019. The Mississippi law says a lawsuit must be filed wit...
April 24, 2022

Almost no laws protect workers from secret employer surveillance. A California bill would fix that - Yahoo Finance

The scope of workplace surveillance exploded during the pandemic as millions of workers turned their homes into offices. Some managers, accustomed to keeping tabs on their employees by walking past their desks, had to improvise by installing software on corporate laptops to monitor the keystrokes, mouse movement, and screen activity of their remote workforce. This virtual intrusion is largely...
April 24, 2022

Careers: Dansville native is named partner in Albany law firm - The Livingston County News

Manley ALBANY – An Albany-based law firm has promoted Dansville native Ryan E. Manley to partner and changed its name from Harris, Conway & Donovan, PLLC to Conway, Donovan & Manley, PLLC. Manley, a former assistant district attorney and state assistant attorney general, joined the firm in 2016, bringing with him experience and success litigating on behalf of the government in ci...
April 24, 2022

New Mississippi law bans COVID-19 vaccine mandates - Clarion Ledger

Associated Press Mississippi is enacting a new law that says state and local government agencies cannot withhold services or refuse jobs to people who choose not to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The ban applies to state agencies, city and county governments and schools, community colleges and universities. COVID-19 vaccination mandates have not been widespread in Mississippi, but some law...
April 24, 2022

Grumet: Gaps in Texas' sexual assault law mean some survivors are overlooked - Austin American-Statesman

Grumet: Gaps in Texas' sexual assault law mean some survivors are overlooked  Austin American-Statesman
April 24, 2022

Fight Club Conservatives, Gangster Government, and the Rule of Law - National Review

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at CPAC in Orlando, Fla., February 24, 2022. In his excellent discussion of Fight Club Conservatives, my NR colleague Phil Klein quotes Newsweek opinion editor Josh Hammer, who tweets of the State of Florida’s revocation of Disney’s special district: “This is a perfect example of the kind of fighting Right now required: a Right, that is, which is willing t...