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April 21, 2022

Florida Republicans vote to dissolve Disney's special district, eliminating privileges and setting up a legal battle - CNBC

In this article DIS+0.08 (+0.07%) watch now Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has his guns pointed at Disney World. On Thursday, the Republican-held Florida legislature passed a bill seeking to dissolve a special district that allows the Walt Disney Company to act as its own government within the outer limits of Orange and Osceola counties. The bill passed the state Senate on Wednesday with a vote of...
April 21, 2022

Family Law Day set April 29 in Fort Collins - Loveland Reporter-Herald

People representing themselves in family law cases in Larimer County can get education and consult with an attorney, free of charge, during a Family Law Day event being offered in person and via videoconference on Friday, April 29. Larimer County Access to Justice Committee will present the event, which runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Larimer County Justice Center, 201 La Porte Ave., in For...
April 21, 2022

Florida Legislature Exacts Revenge On Disney Over Anti-Gay Law - HuffPost

A functional local government built by the Walt Disney Corporation, tasked with maintaining its colossal Orlando theme park for the past 55 years, is now on the verge of being dismantled thanks to Florida Republicans. Lawmakers in the state House joined the state Senate on Thursday in voting to approve a bill that, starting in June 2023, would revoke the special self-governing privileges affo...
April 21, 2022

Kentucky abortion clinics in limbo after new law's passage - 14 News WFIE Evansville

Kentucky State Capitol(WKYT) FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Frustration is building among abortion rights groups in Kentucky, where a restrictive new law has thrown the state’s only two remaining clinics into limbo. For women seeking abortions, it means traveling elsewhere or waiting for a judge to rule on requests to block the law. The Republican-led legislature passed the new restrictions a week ago...
April 21, 2022

Supreme Court rules California law will decide case involving French painting, Nazis and Spanish museum - CNBC

Section of Pissarro’s Rue Saint-Honoré in the Afternoon, Effect of Rain Source: The Supreme Court The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday that California property law will be used to decide who owns a French painting — now in the possession of a renowned museum in Spain — that a Jewish woman surrendered to the Nazis in 1939 so that she could flee Germany. The Supreme Court said lowe...
April 21, 2022

Middleburg Heights removes pit bulls from dangerous animals law - cleveland.com

The pit bull breed has been removed from Middleburg Heights' dangerous animals law. (Pitbullinfo.org) MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, Ohio – After discussions at the April 11 Middleburg Heights City Parks, Recreation and Services Committee meeting, as well as questions addressed at City Council the following evening, council voted 6-1 to amend city legislation by removing pit bulls from its dangerous ani...
April 21, 2022

Supreme Court Patent Law Outlook 2022 - Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch For the first time since 2008, the Supreme Court’s October 2021 term will come to a close without any patent decisions. I have included a chart below, but should note that there is some debate around the edges about what constitutes a “patent decision.” Here is my list: SCTPatentCases. In addition, the Court has also not granted writ of certiorari in any pending cases. Thus,...
April 21, 2022

More Than 2 Years After Illinois Legalized Recreational Marijuana, Some Say Law Falls Short of Promise - WTTW News

The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported. Chicago’s cannabis companies and aficionados celebrated 4/20 with contests, concerts, a yoga workshop and chef specials. (Paulie Gee’s Wicker Park location served up pizza slices topped with gooey nacho cheese, Flamin’ Hot Cheetohs and jalapenos.) But many people of color looking...
April 21, 2022

Kesha Lost a Big Ruling, But Now the Senator Who Wrote the Law Says That’s Wrong - Billboard

Kesha attends the Open Road's premiere of "Studio 666" at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood, Calif. on Feb. 16, 2022. Last month, a New York court ruled that the state’s expansive new free speech law won’t help Kesha beat Dr. Luke’s defamation case. Now, the state senator who wrote the statute says the court should have sided with Kesha. Issued in early March, the ruling by a New York appe...
April 21, 2022

Effective Law Enforcement Partnership Leads to the Arrest of a Convicted Human Smuggler along with 21 other Non-citizens in Rangeley, Maine - Customs and Border Protection

RANGELEY, Maine — On April 14, 2022, in two separate events, U.S. Border Patrol agents stationed in Rangeley, Maine, arrested 22 subjects: fifteen (15) individuals in Wilton, Maine, and seven (7) others in Rangeley, Maine. The first interaction occurred at approximately 6:00 a.m. when Border Patrol agents assisted a Franklin County Sheriff's Deputy during a vehicle stop near the town of Wilto...