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Written by Marie Blouin: This semester, we were thrilled to welcome two new part-time faculty in business law who will continue teaching next year in the Legal Environment of Business as well as some upper level and graduate courses in business law. Sarah Germonprez, B.A. (UT Austin), J.D. (University of Wisconsin). Before coming to Ithaca College as a lecturer for the Legal Environment of Bu...

WASHINGTON — A Florida man was arrested today for assaulting law enforcement officers with a dangerous weapon during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His and others’ actions disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election. Barry Ramey, 38, of Plantation, Florida, is charged in a criminal com...

Image from Shutterstock. There is some good news to celebrate, as women and people of color continue to progress in the legal field, according to Yale Law Women’s Top Firms Report for 2022. The U.S. Supreme Court will no longer made up of a majority of white men after the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. And in law firms, women made up over half of all summer associates for the fo...

There are more than a dozen two-year J.D. programs nationwide, allowing law students to complete the required course studies in two years rather than the traditional three. (Getty Images) Concerns about the amount of time it takes to get a law degree and the associated costs have resulted in more law schools offering accelerated Juris Doctor programs within the last 10 years. There are more t...

Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. PHILADELPHIA — If Bradford Gamble wanted to leave state prison, he had to decide to die. He found out about his late-stage cancer diagnosis unceremoniously: A guard ...

Lawmakers in one of the most liberal tax havens in the United States are pressing to end a key tenet of financial secrecy by requiring the owners of highly confidential trusts to identify themselves. The proposal in Alaska is part of a growing push to stop the flow of undisclosed money into the United States, which has for years drawn international wealth through state laws that provide anony...

House File 2767 would set up a formal council of industry players, including brewers, distillers, distributors, unions and liquor store owners. An agreement among the leaders of businesses that make up the Minnesota liquor industry has boosted the chances of the first reform of alcohol laws since Sunday sales were approved in 2017. The proposal would give craft brewers and distillers the abil...

Protesters rallied against Assembly Bill 2223 at the state Capitol in Sacramento on April 19, 2022. A bill that would abolish the requirement that coroners investigate stillbirths passed the Assembly Health Committee on an 11-3 vote late Tuesday, while hundreds of anti-abortion activists protested against the proposed change on the Capitol steps. Under current law, all fetal deaths at or af...

AppleInsider is supported by its audience and may earn commission as an Amazon Associate and affiliate partner on qualifying purchases. These affiliate partnerships do not influence our editorial content. A law firm based in Russia says that it will file a class action suit on behalf of Russians, arguing that the shutting down of Apple Pay in the region caused "intentional moral damage." Us...

Within the last decade a new niche has developed in the insurance business. No longer are associates needing to conduct on-site due diligence in the same way; instead, the buyer simply asked the seller to insure any representations and warranties. Most lawyers who have worked in M&A recently know about these policies. For those who are not familiar, here’s a link to an article describing ...