test

A man who was executed in Mississippi last month for killing his estranged wife admitted to another killing, and his confession could resolve a 2007 cold case, a prosecutor said Monday. Before his execution on November 17, David Neal Cox told his attorneys he killed his sister-in-law Felicia Cox in 2007 and provided detailed instructions on where investigators could find her remains, said Joh...

On the second day of his “Thank you Virginia” tour, Governor Ralph Northam announced that he will be proposing pay raises for law enforcement in his outgoing budget. The proposal is largely symbolic as Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin will take over budget negotiations with the General Assembly on Jan. 15 when he is sworn into office Youngkin pushed for law enforcement pay raises throughout his camp...

Photo by Ashley Golledge, courtesy of University of the Pacific The immigration law clinic at the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law is assisting the local Afghan community with weekly workshops assisting refugees in filing out humanitarian parole applications. More than 30 McGeorge students have provided assistance recently, all under the leadership of Blake C. Nordahl, Immigra...

In the past decade, numerous mobile lending apps have been launched in Kenya, riding on the growing need for quick loans. However, these startups have been operating in an unregulated environment — until today, when the country’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta, approved a new law that gives the country’s monetary authority, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), the power to regulate the industry and ta...

Travis Scott performs onstage during the third annual Astroworld Festival at NRG Park on November 05, 2021 in Houston, Texas. A Houston law firm is demanding $10 billion for the resolution of more than 1,500 cases it has filed on behalf of victims of the Astroworld Festival tragedy at NRG Park in Houston on Nov. 5 that resulted in 10 people dead and hundreds of injuries. Attorney Brent Coon, ...

Indiana Law Enforcement Academy Lt. Brian Ringer died Saturday, Dec. 4 from complications of acute pancreatitis. PLAINFIELD, Ind. — The Indiana Law Enforcement Academy is mourning the loss of one of its own. The academy said senior instructor Lt. Brian Ringer died Saturday, Dec. 4 from complications of acute pancreatitis. According to the academy's website, Ringer led the Emergency Vehicle Op...

Andy Mensah. “We live in a very connected world and being able to understand each other, being able to understand where we all come from, is imperative.” (Tom Kojcsich, University Marketing) Born in Italy to Ghanaian immigrant parents and orphaned in the U.S. at age 11, the VCU soccer player and School of Business student now sets his sights on being “a voice for my community.” Andy Mensah ma...

Practice area(s): Labor and Employment Law Years practicing: 8 Law school: Cumberland School of Law Why did you decide to be a lawyer? I have always been a bit of a history nerd and, regardless of era, many of the most interesting and impactful people in history were lawyers or jurists at some point in their career. What project/case/client has most influenced your career and why? I recently ...

MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday announced she is appointing law enforcement veteran John Hamm, the current deputy secretary of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, to serve as the next commissioner of the Department of Corrections. The Ivey Administration has made tackling the decades-neglected challenges of the state’s prison system an imperative focus, and under Commissioner Dunn’s...

SDI Productions via Getty Images Dive Brief: The National Restaurant Association's Restaurant Law Center and the Texas Restaurant Association have filed a lawsuit against the Department of Labor over its revisions to the Fair Labor Standards Act tip regulations, which are set to take effect Dec. 28. The DOL's new 80/20 rule applies to tipped employees performing work that produces tips and ...