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November 19, 2021

Theane Evangelis Named a Los Angeles Leader in Law in Labor & Employment - Gibson Dunn

The Los Angeles Business Journal named Los Angeles partner Theane Evangelis the winner in the Labor & Employment category at its Leaders in Law Awards, which recognizes attorneys “for their exceptional legal skills and achievements across the full spectrum of responsibility, exemplary leadership, and contributions to the Los Angeles community at large.” The honorees were announced at an e...
November 19, 2021

Wisconsin wolf hunt: DNR broke law, judge says - FOX 6 Milwaukee

MADISON, Wis. - A Wisconsin judge says the state Department of Natural Resources violated the law by not immediately scheduling a wolf hunting season after federal protections were removed in February. The injunction was issued in response to a lawsuit brought by Hunter Nation Inc. that challenged the agency’s decision not to hold a hunt as soon as the gray wolf was removed from the endangere...
November 19, 2021

Tennessee adopts rules for teaching on racism under new law - Chalkbeat Tennessee

A teacher instructs her students at G.W. Carver College and Career Academy in Memphis in 2019. Tennessee has bolstered the financial penalties against large school districts that violate the state’s new law regulating discussions on race and gender in the classroom. The state also lengthened the amount of time allowed for filing a complaint against a teacher who has allegedly crossed the l...
November 19, 2021

Local school districts only 'encouraging' mask wearing since DeSantis law took effect - WPLG Local 10

Masking in schools will now be encouraged, not required. It's a decision both Miami-Dade and Broward schools made following several bills the governor signed into law. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Masking in schools will now be encouraged, not required, which is truly disappointing to some parents like Robyn McCarthy. “I feel like it’s a really childish political move because we have innocent chil...
November 19, 2021

Here’s Why Ohio’s Proposed Abortion Law Could Be Even More Harmful Than S.B. 8 - NowThis

Credit: Getty Images SOPA Images / Contributor Ohio lawmakers are proposing a new law, House Bill 480, which would make abortion at any stage of pregnancy illegal throughout the state. The highly restrictive bill would allow any citizen to sue those who perform an abortion, and would grant $10,000 in damages to anyone who is successful in their complaint. Much like S.B. 8, the Texas law banni...
November 19, 2021

Close contact quarantine orders dropped in Memphis due to new state law, health department says - The Commercial Appeal

People in Shelby County who have possibly been exposed to COVID-19 by a person who is sick no longer have to quarantine, according to the health department. The updated guidance is to bring the county in compliance with the slew of new state laws that, among other restrictions on mitigating COVID-19, also strip the autonomous department of much of its authority. Close contacts are now "high...
November 19, 2021

Loveland, Berthoud law enforcement calls: Loveland man arrested on charges of illegal discharge of a firearm, felony menacing - Loveland Reporter-Herald

Loveland Police Department arrests Wednesday At East 11th Street and North Monroe Avenue, a 36-year-old Loveland man for investigation of driving under the influence of drugs and driving with defective license plate lamps. Thursday 1:38 p.m. In the 1300 block of North Denver Avenue, a 47-year-old Northglenn man for speeding 40 miles per hour above the posted limit. 7:41 p.m. In the 1800 bl...
November 19, 2021

Who Got the Work? : 3 Big Law Firms Tapped in Beauty Brand SPAC IPO | The Recorder - Law.com

Photo: Africa Studio/Shutterstock.com Welcome to “Who Got the Work?℠,” a weekly column that highlights the law firms and lawyers who are being brought in to handle key California cases and close major deals for their clients. In this week’s column, a beauty brand SPAC IPO draws counsel from three Big Law firms; Miramax sues director Quentin Tarantino over “Pulp Fiction” NFTs; and Iowa pork pr...
November 19, 2021

Kansas law enforcement officers learn jiu-jutsu to help minimize injuries in arrests - KSNT News

Officers are trained in the defensive style of fighting known as jiu-jitsu. HUTCHINSON (KSNT) – Law enforcement officers from 12 agencies across Kansas completed a one-week certification program to become jiu-jitsu instructors at the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center. A total of 27 officers were enrolled in the intensive Gracie University jiu-jitsu instructor certification program. “Our ...
November 19, 2021

Stanford Criminal Law Experts David Alan Sklansky and Robert Weisberg on the Kyle Rittenhouse Acquittal | Stanford Law School - Stanford Law School

On August 25, during protests about the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, seventeen-year old Kyle Rittenhouse, armed with a semiautomatic gun reportedly to help keep the peace, shot three protesters, killing two. He was charged with first-degree murder and other charges. On Friday, November 19, the jury acquitted Rittenhouse of all charges. Here, Stanford Law School crimin...