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CHICAGO — As people are busy buying Christmas gifts, federal law enforcement is warning shoppers about counterfeit goods. Officials said consumers really need to follow the Golden Rule when comes to buying anything, but they need to be especially careful online. If a deal is too good to be true, it probably is. Customs and Border Protection officers are doing what they can to stop the knockof...

The University of Illinois Chicago School of Law. Photo from Wikimedia Commmons. Over the past year, various academics have expressed support for a University of Illinois Chicago School of Law professor who faced student criticism after he used abbreviated racial and gender slurs as part of a hypothetical fact pattern for a civil procedure final exam. One of the words used by professor Jason ...

A contractor works at the Presidential Inaugural Reviewing Stand being built in front of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. The Biden administration’s mandate for federal contractors’ employees to be vaccinated will be halted nationwide, amid a slew of challenges from states that say the president overstepped his authority in requiring the Covid-19 shots. T...

Maria Vargas Paralegal Student When Maria Vargas received her law degree in Mexico, she could not have foreseen that she would find a job in Hoffman Estates 30 years later with Metcalf & Associates, a firm that practices immigration law. The path from there to here wasn’t always straight, but it brought Maria, of Schaumburg, right through Harper College’s Paralegal Studies Program. Harper...

Credit: Shawn Hempel/Shutterstock.com This is our final mediation column for the New York Law Journal. When we first pitched an editor the idea for this regular feature back in the spring of 2007, the concept was new, and we were met with a measure of skepticism. “Just don’t write about international arbitration,” she said. We assured her we knew nothing of that subject area. For so many year...

On November 10, 2021, President Biden signed the Reinforcing Nicaragua’s Adherence to Conditions for Electoral Reform Act (“the RENACER Act”) into law, which calls for increased sanctions against Nicaragua. This followed November 7 elections in Nicaragua that allowed President Daniel Ortega to stay in power for a fourth consecutive term. President Biden had issued a statement referring to the...

LAS VEGAS, Dec. 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Richard Harris Law Firm is pleased to announce its inclusion on the Top Ten Wrongful Death Verdicts in the United States in 2020 list. The list, compiled by Top Verdict, is comprised of various case types that were tried in one of the nation's state or federal courts. Benjamin Cloward, lawyer with Richard Harris Law Firm, represented the estate of ...

Jack Tuholske teaching students during his experiential course in Montana. (Photo: Dave Colwyn) Jack Tuholske, the innovator of place-based legal education at Vermont Law School, learned his legacy would live on before he died last year following a lengthy illness. Vermont Law School’s Environmental Law Center has launched the Tuholske Institute for Environmental Field Studies, a program that...

The trucking industry is one of those hit by labor shortages. A new bill signed into law by Governor Hochul aims to make it easier to attract and train new drivers. State Senator Pam Helming announced the bill will now allow 18 to 20 year olds to obtain a Class A commercial driver’s license in order to drive tractor trailers. According to the American Trucking Associations, the U.S. trucking ...

--> Sorry, we're having issues playing this video. In the meantime, try watching one of the videos below. RICHMOND, Va. -- A pay raise could be coming for Virginia State Troopers, correctional officers, deputy sheriffs and regional jail officers thanks to Governor Ralph Northam's proposed, two-year state budget. If approved, it would be the largest dollar investment in public safety in V...