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December 02, 2021

Buzbee Law Firm Sues Houston Trial Firm, Alleges Tortious Interference with Client Contract | Texas Lawyer - Law.com

Tony Buzbee What You Need to Know Buzbee Law Firm sued Gutierrez Law Firm of Houston, alleging tortious interference with a client contract. The plaintiff, represented by firm founder Tony Buzbee, alleges it was hired by two adult children of a man killed in an accident.. The petition alleges the defendants have deprived Buzbee Law Firm of its fee interest. The law firm founded by Houston t...
December 02, 2021

Missouri representative prefiles bill to change state's restitution law - KSHB

Generic image of cash money KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri state representative has prefiled a bill to change the state's restitution law for people wrongfully convicted and incarcerated for crimes they didn't commit. Rep. Mark Sharp, who represents a southern portion of Kansas City, Missouri, in the state legislature, sent a copy of the bill to KSHB 41 News Thursday. Under current Missouri la...
December 02, 2021

What the new social districts law could mean for Wilmington - WECT

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Drinking alcohol in public will usually get you in trouble with the police, but thanks to a new law passed by the General Assembly, cities now will have the chance to create social districts. Basically, it would allow bars and restaurants that are licensed by the ABC Board to sell alcoholic drinks to customers, who would then be permitted to leave the bar — with thei...
December 02, 2021

Florida lawmakers file 'Greyson's Law' to help protect children at risk of parental harm - WPLG Local 10

A fundraiser has been set up for the mother of Greyson Kessler who was killed in a murder-suicide. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A mother’s hope that no one else will have to endure the pain she has suffered is one step closer to coming to fruition. Alison Kessler’s 4-year-old son Greyson was killed by his father, John Stacey, in a murder-suicide. It happened in May of this year, at Stacey’s Fort Laude...
December 02, 2021

Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg tout $1.2 trillion infrastructure law in Charlotte visit - WFAE

Vice President Kamala Harris spoke Thursday in Charlotte. Vice President Kamala Harris touted the Biden administration’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure law during a stop in Charlotte on Thursday, saying robust transit systems help low-income workers. Harris and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited the Charlotte Area Transit System light rail maintenance facility on South Boulevard....
December 02, 2021

California lawyer defends legality of law requiring women on corporate boards - MarketWatch

Associated Press ‘They are creating a classification that either prefers or discriminates against one class or in preference of another’ Then-California Gov. Jerry Brown talks during an interview in Sacramento, Calif., on Dec. 18, 2018. LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawyer for the state of California defended the constitutionality of the nation’s first law requiring women on corporate boards Wedne...
December 02, 2021

Burns seeks to streamline state open records law after legal battles - Pennsylvania House Democratic Caucus

Bill would require requests be completed in timely manner EBENSBURG, Dec. 2 – Inspired by his nearly two-year legal battle to extract records from the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, state Rep. Frank Burns, D-Cambria, is seeking to ensure elected officials have prompt access to the information they need when making decisions for the public good. “A few years ago, I made a simple request to...
December 02, 2021

My father-in-law announced my miscarriage on Facebook - New York Post

A woman says her father-in-law announced her tragic miscarriage on Facebook. Unfortunately, miscarriage is quite a common phenomenon – an estimated one in four pregnancies end in miscarriage. It’s an extremely emotional and distressing time for everyone, especially the woman mourning the death of her unborn child. Very personal, this is also an unfortunate event many choose not to reveal to o...
December 02, 2021

Large law enforcement presence on MSU campus for Brendan Santo search - The State News

“We have the Oakland County Sheriff's Office, the Macomb County Sheriff's Office, the Wayne County Sheriff's Office and the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office, and all of their respective dive teams and search teams here today,” MSUPD inspector Chris Rozman said. During the search, the river has been divided into sections each team was assigned to search. Of particular interest has been the ar...
December 02, 2021

Successful Law Firms Use Legal Project Management. Should You? - Above the Law

Most law firms have dozens, if not hundreds, of professionals helping them run their law firm “like a business.” But in-house legal departments have been much slower to adopt best practices for operations management. A new book looks at the reasons for this – and how legal departments can catch up. Co-authored by seasoned “legal ops” experts Connie Brenton, of NetApp, Inc., and Susan Raridon ...