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A bump stock device (left) that fits a semi-automatic rifle. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives properly banned “bump stocks"—which let semiautomatic guns fire like automatic weapons—under a longstanding federal law prohibiting personal ownership of “machineguns,” a federal appeals court in New Orleans ruled Tuesday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld...

One of the most challenging aspects of assisting clients with international tax planning is determining the right entity to use for that client’s situation. Although the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) simplified the process of determining the classification of business entities by issuing the so-called Check-the-Box Regulations in 19971, an issue that remains as difficult to navigate as...

(Reuters) - George Washington University Law School is scrambling to recover from what it described as a cyberattack in the middle of final exams that knocked out the platform that houses course materials. The outage was limited to the law school, according to a spokeswoman. It has left students without access to study materials, though students and faculty rushed to create a crowdsourced sta...

On December 8, 2021, a federal district court granted a preliminary injunction temporarily enjoining enforcement of the California state law Preserving Access to Affordable Drugs, which attempts to sanction reverse-payment patent settlement agreements. Judge Troy Nunley of the Eastern District of California held the plaintiff—a trade association of generic pharmaceutical companies—was likely ...

WASHINGTON—The state of Arizona asked the Supreme Court Tuesday for an emergency order reinstating a law passed earlier this year that imposes criminal penalties for abortions performed because of fetal genetic abnormalities. Lower courts, noting the law likely violated Supreme Court precedents entitling women to end unwanted pregnancies, have blocked enforcement of the measure while a challe...

In this file photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019, is Sgt. Matthew Elseth with "ghost guns" on display at the headquarters of the San Francisco Police Department in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Haven Daley,File) CARSON CITY — A district judge in Lyon County has nullified part a new state law banning untraceable firearms assembled from kits, siding with a Dayton-based gun kit manufacturer in findi...

In 2008, Microsoft launched the Law Firm Diversity Program (LFDP) to reward law firm partners who make progress in diversifying their workforce. The company is committed to accelerating this progress, and in the last 13 years, it has seen consistent and steady progress in legal workforce diversification, including an almost 33% increase of hours worked on Microsoft’s behalf by lawyers from div...

Two Kansas City-area law firms specializing in intellectual property will combine to create a new firm. Leawood-based Avant Law Group and Overland Park-based Erickson Kernell IP LLC will merge on Jan. 1 to create AVEK IP. The new firm will have 13 lawyers, including 12 who are registered patent attorneys. Overall, AVEK will have 24 people in two offices because both firms plan to stay in thei...

BPD – Bakersfield Police Department BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Bakersfield Police Department and Kern County Sheriff’s Office are working with High Desert Distributing to provide 500 baskets of food to local families Wednesday. Recipients were nominated by law enforcement and community partners. This is the 37th year the organizations have partnered to supply the baskets.

LAS VEGAS, Dec. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Stephen J. Cloobeck, Chairman of the Nevada Athletic Commission ("NAC" or "the Commission"), today announced the emergency regulation titled "Nathan's Law" was signed by Gov. Steve Sisolak following unanimous passage by the NAC. The law, prompted by the death of 20-year-old UNLV student Nathan Valencia, expands the Commission's regulatory oversight to ...