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Congratulations to the Pleasanton Police Department for receiving the award for “Recognized Law Enforcement Agency” from the Texas Police Chiefs Association Law Enforcement Recognition Program. The presentation of the award will take place at the Jan. 20, 2022, Pleasanton City Council meeting. PLEASANTON POLICE DEPARTMENT | COURTESY PHOTO On Nov. 5, the Pleasanton Police Departm...

Yamina will support the conversion law of Yisrael Beytenu in a preliminary reading when it is brought to the Knesset in two weeks, even though it does not include a Rabbinate veto on the conversion of city Rabbis, Kan News reported Tuesday. This comes despite the many issues still under discussion and not approved by Yamina. According to the report, one of the proposals that are being examine...

Tero Vesalainen/Shutterstock.com What You Need to Know Inadvertent tokenism can exist anywhere there are underrepresented groups, which encompasses virtually all of the Am Law 100. The lure of the practice is that clients want diverse teams, and outside firms want to illustrate they can provide those. The way to mitigate the practice starts well before the client asks for a diverse team an...

Amy Dickinson writes the syndicated Ask Amy column. Dear Amy: I’m a new mom to a wonderful, healthy and happy baby. The birth was traumatic. My postpartum period was marred with unbearable pain, physical limitations, and multiple surgeries. It was a difficult time of my life that I’m trying to move past in order to enjoy the happy times of new parenthood ahead. I’m having a lot of trouble wit...

FILE - Supreme Court building (AP Photo/Jon Elswick) (Jon Elswick - AP) Regardless of what you think about abortion rights, Texas’ poorly crafted abortion law is about to unleash a slew of unintended constitutional consequences across the country. California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he favors California using the Texas law as a model to ban semiautomatic weapons and “ghost gun kits” by letting ...

David Louk. Courtesy photo What You Need to Know Cooley has hired former Ginsburg-Breyer clerk, David Louk. Louck is the second U.S. Supreme Court clerk to join Cooley this year. Julie Veroff, a former clerk to Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined Cooley in February.

Credit: 1000 Words/Shutterstock.com What You Need to Know According to newly-released ABA data, total law school enrollment for fall 2021 is 138,545, an increase of 2,733 (2%) over 2020. Meanwhile, law schools reported that 42,718 first-year students began studies in the fall of 2021 (plus the preceding winter/spring/summer terms for schools with multiple start dates), an increase of 4,516 ...

By Suzie Ziegler MIAMI — When Art Acevedo was ousted as Miami’s Chief of Police – after just six months – the former Houston chief said that he’s “not a quitter.” In an interview with NBC, just a week after his October firing, Acevedo said, “I don’t plan on quitting on being a voice for this profession and being a voice for the good police officers in this country.” Now, we may have a clearer...

A man claimed he had an ongoing issue of watches, delivered through a monthly subscription service, being stolen from his mail. He said the timepieces stopped arriving after changing his address, and alleged his ex had been keeping them for six months, amounting to nearly $5,000 worth of watches. An older man wearing a blue coat reportedly kept jumping out in front of vehicles and an employee...

Crime & Courts (Bill Roth / ADN) Facing chronically high rates of domestic violence and sexual assault in Alaska, and criticism about a lack of law enforcement in rural areas, Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced a broad initiative on Tuesday to improve public safety in the state. The effort will cost millions of dollars and will also seek to address other longstanding issues in Alaska, includin...