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December 02, 2021

Washburn celebrates progress on law building with beam signing - WIBW

Washburn School of Law (WIBW) TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Washburn University celebrated the progress of their new law building by inviting the community to leave their mark on it. Faculty, staff, and donors to the $34 million law building got to sign the final steel beam being placed in the new building. Washburn President Dr. Jerry Farley says the building wouldn’t be a reality without the commun...
December 02, 2021

Trump's Niece Says His Suit Over Tax Story Violates N.Y. Law - Bloomberg

Donald Trump’s niece said her uncle’s lawsuit over her role as a source for an award-winning New York Times report on the former president’s tax avoidance violates a New York law against frivolous litigation. The complaint was filed as punishment for the Times story as well as her own damning memoir about the former president and his family, making the case an illegal attempt to chill free sp...
December 02, 2021

Federal judge finds Mississippi eviction law unconstitutional - WJTV

JACKSON, Miss. (Mississippi Today) – 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 sta...
December 02, 2021

Shelbyville man allegedly leads law enforcement on chase through 2 counties - KLTV

Source: Shelby County Sheriff's Office Facebook page (Shelby County Sheriff's Office Facebook page) SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY, Texas (KTRE) - Authorities arrested a Shelbyville man Tuesday after he allegedly led law enforcement officers on a vehicle chase through two East Texas counties. Joshua Bearden, 32, was booked into the Shelby County Jail on charges of evading arrest with a vehicle, two cou...
December 02, 2021

New state law allows younger tractor trailer drivers in NY - WWNY

WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - The country faces a laundry list of shortages, including truck drivers transporting goods. A new state law looks to fill the need in New York by letting younger drivers behind the wheel. There are still tractor-trailers on the roads, but state Senator Pattie Ritchie says there aren’t as many as there used to be. “We are short 80,000 truck drivers across the United...
December 02, 2021

Ex-congressman's paid suspension from law firm not race bias: 11th Circ. - Reuters

Former U.S. Rep. Artur Davis discusses his support of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney during the second session of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida August 28, 2012. REUTERS/Mike Segar Paid suspension doesn't trigger Title VII claims, court says Eight other appeals courts came to the same conclusion Former congressman can't sue nonprofit law firm he headed The...
December 02, 2021

Emporia Fire, law enforcement respond to trio of reported injury crashes near Emporia - KVOE

KVOE News file photo. Emergency personnel and law enforcement dealt with several reported injury crashes Thursday. Emporia Fire/EMS and Lyon County deputies responded to a two-vehicle crash near the intersection of US Highway 50 and Road E. According to Lyon County Deputy Jody Meyers, a 2020 Chevrolet Pickup truck driven by 37-year-old Joe Miller of Berryton was stopped at the intersection wa...
December 02, 2021

Online Safety: Local law enforcement and BBB suggest tips and tricks for holiday shopping - WeAreGreenBay.com

(WFRV) – ‘Tis the season for holiday shopping! Local law enforcement and the Wisconsin Better Business Bureau (BBB) are giving tips for safely shopping online – hopefully in time to save you from a holiday headache. According to a release from the BBB, a shift toward online shopping during COVID-19, a global supply chain crisis, and a resurging economy have all created a recipe for a breaknec...
December 02, 2021

Federal judge finds Mississippi eviction law unconstitutional after 'Kafkaesque nightmare' removal - Mississippi Today

Samantha Conner, a 44-year-old mother of two and paralegal, fell behind on rent in 2019 after she struggled to maintain consistent employment following a mental health crisis. When her landlord and a county constable came to evict her, she didn’t know she wouldn’t be able to take anything with her. “Being 16 days late on rent didn’t warrant them taking everything that I own,” she said. Credit...
December 02, 2021

Tri-Cities company says WA agency violated state law with ‘arbitrary’ $304,000 fine - Tri-City Herald

A Pasco land company is appealing a $304,000 fine over water use, saying the Washington state Department of Ecology acted unlawfully. The Department of Ecology fined Frank Tiegs LLC for irrigating land from the Snake River’s McNary Pool this year without prior authorization, although the company had sufficient unused water rights to cover the water it used, according to the appeal. At the sam...