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Cryptocurrency’s market cap reached $2.7 trillion this month—more than doubling in less than a year. In September, El Salvador adopted Bitcoin as legal tender in an effort to increase financial inclusion, innovation, and tourism. And this month, New York City’s next mayor, Eric Adams, pledged to convert his first three mayoral paychecks to Bitcoin, and he wants all New Yorkers to have the opt...

The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) Committee for Bar Leaders of New York State has announced that the Bond, Schoeneck & King Series on Race and Justice in Central New York (CNY) is the 2021 winner of the NYSBA Innovation Award for medium-sized associations. The series—launched in fall 2020—is a collaboration among Syracuse University College of Law, Onondaga County Bar Association...

WASHINGTON — A federal judge has blocked a law that was set to take effect Thursday in Texas that would prohibit large social media platforms from censoring users based on their viewpoints. U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman for the Western District of Texas granted a preliminary injunction requested by two trade associations whose members operate major social media platforms that would be aff...

LAWRENCE — As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, officials are struggling to convince large numbers of Americans to be vaccinated. Yet, even before COVID-19 existed, the United States was dealing with another pandemic — that of racial inequality, which has led to a current state of parallel pandemics that must be acknowledged and understood before real progress can be made, a University of Kans...

Court advised to dismiss challenge against law that lets EU block funds to states that curb judicial independence EU authorities can cut funds to member states that are corrupt and curb independent courts, a senior adviser to the bloc’s top court has said. In a setback for the nationalist governments of Poland and Hungary, a European court of justice senior lawyer said a law linking EU funds ...

Seneca Falls Police, the Seneca County Sheriff’s Department and the Seneca County District Attorney have released a public letter in response to what they say is misinformation about law enforcement interactions with the competing factions of the Cayuga Indian Nation. The letter says law enforcement has tried to protect the public, while not taking sides in the dispute between the Clint Halft...

As if "Law & Order: SVU" star Mariska Hargitay wasn't badass enough: A recent clip showed the Emmy-winning actress springing into action to save a shoot from a disruptive singing man. Mariska Hargitay has laid down the law — all while stealthily avoiding one of those cringe-worthy “don’t you know who I am?!” moments. As if “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” star wasn’t badass enough:...

Dr. Jill A. Fisher of the UNC Center for Bioethics and the UNC Department of Social Medicine will speak on how social inequalities are exacerbated during the U.S. drug approval process. As part of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s 2021-2022 Lecture Series on Race and Regulation, Dr. Jill A. Fisher, Professor of Social Medicine at the UNC School of Medicine, will present “How ...

Draft legislation also proposes maximum fine of €150,000 in most serious cases The French parliament has voted to make school bullying a criminal offence punishable by up to three years in prison, as MPs said society needed a wake-up call on the seriousness of children targeting their peers. The proposed law was supported by Emmanuel Macron’s education minister, Jean-Michel Blanquer. Blanquer...

A law school in South Florida will announce on Thursday the creation of a social justice center named after Ben Crump, the Black civil rights attorney who has gained national notoriety representing victims of police brutality and vigilante violence. The Benjamin L. Crump Center for Social Justice, housed at the St. Thomas University College of Law in Miami Gardens, aims to nurture the next ge...