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November 29, 2021

Van Leeuwen Ice Cream Continues to Violate New York's Cashless Ban Law - Eater NY

Last month, Eater New York reported that New York City slapped Van Leeuwen with over $12,000 in fines for violating a recently enacted law banning cashless businesses from operating in the city. At the time, the fancy ice cream brand faced 17 violations in 2021 for not accepting cash at its 17 outposts spread throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn. Apparently, the city’s penalization wasn’t enough...
November 29, 2021

Texas Tech Law Receives $500K Donation From Trial Lawyer Alum - Law.com

(Left to right) Paul Glasheen and David Glasheen (Kevin Glasheen’s sons), Kevin Glasheen and Jack Wade Nowlin, Dean and W. Frank Newton Professor of Law. What You Need to Know Glasheen presented a check for $500,000 to Jack Wade Nowlin, dean of the Texas Tech University School of Law, on Nov. 23. His most recent donation of $500,000 establishing the Glasheen Family Endowed Scholarship, bring...
November 29, 2021

Law Would Ban ‘Cyber Grinches’ From Price-Gouging Popular Toys - Forbes

Topline A group of Democratic lawmakers introduced legislation Monday intending to stop “Cyber Grinches” from snatching popular toys online and reselling them at inflated prices, further exacerbating supply chain shortages ahead of the holiday season. Key Facts Majority Leader Chuck Shumer (D-N.Y.), Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Rep. Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) ann...
November 29, 2021

Mystery buyer spends $41.5M in Jennifer Lawrence's West Village building - New York Post

Can't miss Katniss: When the girl next door is Jennifer Lawrence (inset), you know your new home ain't cheap. Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence has a new neighbor in the West Village. The “Hunger Games” star — who is pregnant and on the cover of this month’s Vanity Fair — and her husband, art gallerist Cooke Maroney, were the first to buy at 17 Jane St. That’s the discreet, seven-unit, ...
November 29, 2021

Abortion opponents say anti-bias law would control their ranks - Courthouse News Service

This photo of a protest outside the Choices Women’s Medical Center in Queens appeared in a harassment complaint that New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed in June 2017. (Image via Courthouse News) MANHATTAN (CN) — Three Trump appointees to the Second Circuit presided over a tense hearing Monday on a New York law that tightens discrimination protections for workers based on their r...
November 29, 2021

Ultra-Orthodox sect leader’s son-in-law among suspects in 1980s murder - Haaretz

Baruch Sharvit is brought to court for a hearing, last month. The names of two suspects in two three-decade-old murder cases in Israel were revealed Monday, after a gag order was lifted by the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court. Zvi Zucker and Baruch Sharvit, both past or present members of the Shuvu Banim ultra-Orthodox religious community led by Rabbi Eliezer Berland, are suspected in the kidnapp...
November 29, 2021

Capito, Manchin Announce Funding to Hire Law Enforcement in Three West Virginia Counties - Shelley Moore Capito

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced a total of $750,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program. This funding will be used to hire full-time law enforcement officers in Berkeley, Wood, and Fayette counties. “West...
November 29, 2021

Law enforcement search for missing 13-year-old girl possibly with unknown man in Georgia - fox28media.com

Kaydin Gordon (Credit: National Center for Missing & Exploited Children) DALTON, Ga. (WPDE) — The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children is searching for a missing teenager. Kaydin Gordon, 13, has been missing from Dalton, Georgia since Nov. 6 and law enforcement has reason to believe that Kaydin may be in danger and could still be in Dalton or the surrounding areas. According...
November 29, 2021

Law enforcement search for missing 13-year-old girl possibly with unknown man in Georgia - WTVC

Kaydin Gordon (Credit: National Center for Missing & Exploited Children) DALTON, Ga. (WPDE) — The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children is searching for a missing teenager. Kaydin Gordon, 13, has been missing from Dalton, Georgia since Nov. 6 and law enforcement has reason to believe that Kaydin may be in danger and could still be in Dalton or the surrounding areas. According...
November 29, 2021

Gov. Ron DeSantis proposes bonuses, pay raises for Florida law enforcement - WTSP.com

The governor reiterated his support for law enforcement members and advocates against the notion of "defunding the police." ORLANDO, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to propose pay increases and more bonuses for every law enforcement officer, first responder and EMT in the next legislative session, he announced Monday during a news conference. He shared the budget proposal alongside Florida Hi...