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A federal judge has struck down the part of Mississippi’s eviction law that allows landlords to immediately seize the property of delinquent tenants, saying it has “unpredictable and absurd results.” In 2019, an apartment manager stood in front of Columbus paralegal Samantha Conner while he took nearly everything she owned — the electronics she used to stay employed, her children’s birth cert...

Jennifer Collins, currently the law school dean at Southern Methodist University in Texas, will become the next president of Rhodes College. Collins is set to begin her role this summer, roughly one year after former president Marjorie Hass' departure. Carroll Stevens, a member of the college's board of trustees, will continue as interim president for the rest of the school year. Rhodes ann...

(Wilcox District Attorney’s Office) MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The family of a retired Wilcox County deputy who was working as a constable could be the first person to receive compensation under a change in state law made earlier this year. The Alabama Constable’s Association says survivors of Constable Madison “Skip” Nicholson could be compensated under a law passed earlier this year that inclu...

--> Sorry, we're having issues playing this video. In the meantime, try watching one of the videos below. Winter has finally arrived. But what if, heaven forbid, you are injured this winter in the snow and ice on someone else’s property? The Michigan Supreme Court issued an important decision earlier this year in the area of law called premises liability. Here to break it down for us is ...

Michael Avenatti and his stand by counsel Courtney Cummings Cefali outside the Ronald Reagan Federal Building and Courthouse. (Credit: Meghann M. Cuniff/ALM) A federal judge has cleared the way for the trustee in Michael Avenatti’s law firm bankruptcy to seek money from three lawsuits that are in the hands of an ex-Avenatti law partner, including one that settled last year for $10.3 million. ...

California's female director quota law was on trial last week. According to Brian Melley, a reporter for the Associated Press, a witness from the Secretary of State's office testified "It’s required but there’s no penalty, so it’s essentially voluntary." While the Secretary of State's office has yet to impose any fines, I don't believe that anyone believed that the law was "voluntary". The st...

NEW YORK, Dec. 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CorePoint Lodging Inc. (NYSE: CPLG) Lifshitz Law Firm, P.C. announces investigation into possible breach of fiduciary duties in connection with the sale of CPLG through a joint venture between affiliates of Highgate and Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. for $15.65 in cash per share of CPLG owned. If you are an investor, and would like additional inf...

St. Thomas University College of Law, Ben Crump Announce Center for Social Justice By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Renowned civil rights attorney Benjamin L. Crump and St. Thomas University College of Law announced Thursday, December 2, an initiative to prepare new and diverse lawyers to lead the fight against injustice The Benjamin L. Crump Center for Social Ju...

Ecoams Planet faces environmental challenge posed by plastic bottles As of this week, Israel’s Deposit Law will also apply to beverage containers from one-and-a-half liters up to five liters. Israel’s bottle Deposit Law, passed in 1999 and implemented in October 2001, requires beverage manufacturers and importers to collect and recycle empty drink containers. Initially, only bottles between 1...

Christopher Benos ’22 is a member of the Raven Society and was a Jefferson Scholar as a UVA undergraduate. Photo by Julia Davis Christopher Benos, a third-year student at the University of Virginia School of Law, will pursue a master’s degree in global affairs at Beijing’s Tsinghua University as a Class of 2023 Schwarzman Scholar. Among the most competitive and prestigious graduate fellowship...