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A petition for an order of protection The following is part of a multi-week series on domestic violence in South Carolina. HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) – A 2017 legal case declared that South Carolina’s law barring same-sex couples from receiving domestic violence services – including an order of protection – is unconstitutional. However, years after a judge made that ruling, the law remains on ...

It’s no secret that many cities are scrambling to cope with a homicide increase in 2020 that stretched deep into 2021. In July, the Council on Criminal Justice launched the Violent Crime Working Group to produce concrete guidance that leaders can use to curb gun violence in their communities now. I am one of several law enforcement professionals on the 15-member panel, which also includes rep...

The logical reasoning section of the LSAT can seem daunting, like an assault of barbed questions from all directions. One minute you’re trying to nail down a logical flaw, the next you’re trying to strengthen a causal argument. To make sense of this barrage, it is critical to realize that all logical reasoning questions fall into roughly a dozen categories, each one of which has its own tacti...

FILE PHOTO: British pound coins are seen in front of displayed stock graph in this illustration By Iain Withers and Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) -Britain is open to legislating to stop an explosion in scam adverts online being a significant source of fraud, financial services minister John Glen has told lawmakers. Victims' groups and campaigners have called for fraudulent adverts to be incorpor...

Law Roach is reeling from the loss of his nephew after a tragic accident that involved the three-year-old falling to his death from a Chicago high rise. On Saturday November 27, the "Legendary" judge took to Instagram to mourn his nephew, Lamar Roach Jr, who died on Tuesday November 23 after he fell out of a 17-story window in Chicago's East Pilsen neighborhood. The celebrity stylist wrote in...

Pro-choice and anti-abortion demonstrators rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 1, 2021, as the court heard arguments on a controversial Texas abortion law, Senate Bill 8, that bans abortions after 6 weeks. AUSTIN — The state’s new six-week abortion ban doesn’t just cut off the procedure in the here and now. It could make it harder to challenge any state abortion restriction in the lo...

The Knesset plenum extends by two months the COVID-19 emergency law giving the government extended powers to manage its pandemic response. The law was set to expire at the end of November, which has now been delayed until January 31. Here’s a Hanukkah gift that sparks knowledge and insight about Israel and the Jewish people. A Times of Israel Community gift membership entitles your recipient...

Signed into law by President Joe Biden Nov. 15, Western water infrastructure funding stands among the top of the $1 trillion package. After months of negotiations, President Joe Biden signed his $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law Nov. 15. The bipartisan backed law seeks to address provisions related to transportation methods and climate change, as well as projects ta...

Credit: Shutterstock.com Job Title: Chief Operating Officer. John Meredith. (Courtesy photo) College / Advanced education and year of graduation: I earned an undergraduate degree in business from the University of North Georgia in 1984, an MBA from Georgia Tech in 1985, a law degree from Baylor University School of Law in 1988, and a master’s in public administration from Harvard University i...

The Low Income Taxpayer Clinic, one of the 11 legal clinics at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, recently received a $100,000 grant for 2022 by the Taxpayer Advocate Service, an independent branch of the Internal Revenue Service. This is the maximum grant awarded under the program and will be used to continue funding the clinic’s work in representing, educating and advocating ...