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November 17, 2021

UF professors blast DeSantis' election law as unfair to minorities - Orlando Sentinel

TALLAHASSEE — Political science professors embroiled in a controversy with the University of Florida harshly criticized a new state elections law that makes it harder for voters to cast ballots by mail, saying the changes will have a disparately negative impact on Black, Hispanic and disabled voters. The reports filed with a federal judge were written on behalf of plaintiffs in a lawsuit chal...
November 17, 2021

AG Schmidt takes Kansas lawsuit over agriculture trespass law to US Supreme Court - WIBW

FILE - The Supreme Court is seen at dusk in Washington, Oct. 22, 2021. The Supreme Court is taking up challenges to a Texas law that has virtually ended abortion in the nation’s second largest state after six weeks of pregnancy. The justices are hearing arguments Monday, Nov. 1, in two cases over whether abortion providers or the Justice Department can mount federal court challenges to the la...
November 17, 2021

Schmitt sues Springfield Schools for Sunshine Law violations over CRT - Colorado Springs Gazette

Schmitt sues Springfield Schools for Sunshine Law violations over CRT  Colorado Springs Gazette
November 17, 2021

New Law Supports Wilmington's Beautiful City Campaign - WITN22

As of December 1, contractors must remove construction cones and barrels within three days of a project’s completion Wilmington’s ongoing Beautiful City campaign, launched by Mayor Mike Purzycki in 2017 to promote a cleaner and more livable City, continues with the enactment of a new ordnance that City Council has passed, and Mayor Purzycki has signed. The new law will require contractors to ...
November 17, 2021

Florida A&M University unveils FAMU Law Lane in downtown Orlando - WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando

Florida A&M University unveils FAMU Law Lane in downtown Orlando  WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando
November 17, 2021

Management by Fear Is Becoming Ineffective at Law Firms | The American Lawyer - The American Lawyer

Photo: Minerva Studio/Shutterstock.com What You Need to Know The days of managing through fear and or intimidation are numbered if firms want to keep their increasingly mobile young talent. Effective modern managers use communication and mutual respect to inspire good work. Transparency and consistent feedback can help dissolve the fear that keeps junior attorneys from thriving.
November 17, 2021

Trendy Italian Restaurant Added COVID Surcharges to Customers' Bills After the Law Had Expired - Eater NY

One of the NYC’s most sought-after Italian restaurants — and recent host to First Lady Jill Biden — Don Angie had been adding a 4 percent COVID-19 recovery surcharge to customers checks for over two months after the city’s emergency allowance expired, according to both the restaurant and a regular diner who spotted the erroneous surcharge on a recent check. A spokesperson for the Michelin-sta...
November 17, 2021

Indiana high court taking governor's suit over emergency law - Chicago Tribune

The legal fight over the increased power Indiana legislators gave themselves to intervene during public health emergencies will be going before the state Supreme Court, although not for nearly five months. The state’s highest court issued an order Wednesday taking over a lawsuit that Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb filed against the GOP-dominated Legislature contending that that a law granting t...
November 17, 2021

New Infrastructure Law Includes Needed Funding for National Park Roads - The Pew Charitable Trusts

The Blue Ridge Parkway, which runs for 469 miles through the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee, could benefit from repair funds provided in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. President Joe Biden signed the bill into law Nov. 15. Horace M. Albright, who helped found the National Park Service (NPS) and led it from 1929 to 1933, once wrote that “the n...