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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – The Supreme Court continues to weigh disputes over the Texas fetal heartbeat law that went into effect back in September. The case being argued this December 1 comes from Mississippi, where a 2018 law would ban abortions for anyone over 15 weeks of pregnancy. Opponents argue that the case could overturn Roe v. Wade. Shannon Brewer, who runs the only abortion clinic in ...

President Joe Biden speaks about the end of the war in Afghanistan from the State Dining Room of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, in Washington. As a longtime federal prosecutor in Albany, Robert P. Storch took on fraud, Ponzi schemes and terrorism. Then he took on a different role within the federal government - its watchdog. And now Storch - already the first-ever presidentially app...

Bootcamp program is aimed at minority and first-generation law students Participants will spend a year prepping for the LSAT and law school, with the promise of admission and a scholarship (Reuters) - Ten U.S. law schools have agreed to offer one-year deferred admission and scholarship money to promising, underrepresented candidates whose initial applications don't make the cut, according t...

ATLANTA (AP) — More than half of absentee ballot applications rejected in Georgia in advance of the Nov. 2 elections were turned down because they came in after a deadline created in Georgia’s new voting law. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports 52% of applications were rejected because voters asked for an absentee ballot within the last 11 days before the election, too late to meet the r...

Sarasota Herald-Tribune After adding four attorneys to its Litigation and Disputes Service Line this year, the national law firm of Shumaker is continuing to expand the team, adding five new associates across its Sarasota, Tampa and Toledo offices. The new attorneys in the Sarasota office are Jacqueline Gardner and Travis Taaffe, who are also members of Shumaker’s Financial Services Busines...

New York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - November 29, 2021) - The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of D-MARKET Elektronik Hizmetler ve Ticaret Anonim irketi a/k/a D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading d/b/a/ Hepsiburada (NASDAQ: HEPS) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws. This lawsuit is on behalf of person...

PRO POACHING - If you run a law firm and have been under the impression that the legal industry talent war is just about attorneys, you might want to check on your other staff members before the resignation letters start rolling in. As Law.com’s Andrew Maloney reports, everyone from secretaries and litigation support professionals to financial analysts and strategic C-suite leaders are being ...

Aldgate Tower, Ince’s HQ U.K-listed law firm The Ince Group has launched a private wealth advisory service as it continues its push to broaden out beyond law. The firm has set up what it claims is the legal sector’s first ever fully-integrated private wealth offering for high-net-worth clients. It aims to provide clients with a single managed offering including fiduciary and corporate service...

Pedestrians walk through the Scottsdale Quarter shopping mall in Scottsdale, Ariz., on April 11, 2017. Burford aims to be ‘broader investor’ in law firms Possible litigation funder role raises ethics concerns Two major litigation finance companies say Arizona’s loosening of legal industry regulations opens the door for them to co-own law firms. Burford Capital Ltd. and Longford Capital Mana...