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November 16, 2021

UN experts call on Iran to repeal ‘anti-abortion’ population law - Aljazeera.com

The law seeks to boost and support employment for married youth and pregnant women [File: West Asia News Agency/Nazanin Tabatabaee/Reuters] Tehran, Iran – Leading United Nations experts have called on Iran to repeal a newly implemented law that they say violates women’s human rights under international law. The Youthful Population and Protection of the Family law came into effect on Monday in...
November 16, 2021

Utah’s workplace COVID vaccine exemption bill becomes law - ABC 4

FILE – In this Dec. 24, 2020, file photo, a COVID-19 vaccination record card is shown at Seton Medical Center in Daly City, Calif. Los Angeles leaders are poised to enact one of the nation’s strictest vaccine mandates, a sweeping measure that would require the shots for everyone entering a bar, restaurant, nail salon, gym or even a Lakers game. The City Council on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, i...
November 16, 2021

Beto O'Rourke Fires at Abbott on Abortion: 'Most Extreme Law' in America - Newsweek

As the first event for Beto O'Rourke's hours-old campaign for governor wound down, a rural health care roundtable in Fort Stockton, Texas, Pecos County Judge Joe Shuster elucidated both the promise and peril facing the former congressman and presidential candidate. "You made an impression when you were out here in '17," Shuster began, referring to O'Rourke's 2.5-point loss to Senator Ted Cruz...
November 16, 2021

FTC strays from fact-based enforcement and rule of law | TheHill - The Hill

In a society governed by the rule of law, it is elementary that unelected regulators must act in a manner that is predictable, rests on sound reasoning, and is grounded in the letter and spirit of the authorizing statute. Over the past year, the leadership of the Federal Trade Commission has not acted consistently with this principle. FTC leadership has reversed decades-old elements of antitr...
November 16, 2021

How a Triangle law firm is supporting teachers post-Covid - WRAL.com

Whitley Law Firm recently recognized their Teacher of the Year, Jennifer Brent of Vance Elementary. This article was written for our sponsor, Whitley Law Firm. Thinking back on elementary, middle and high school, many people have at least one teacher that sticks out in their mind — a teacher who made an impact that lasts to this day. A good teacher not only provides instruction — boosting gr...
November 16, 2021

Good 'outweighs the bad': NC Gov. Cooper says he'll sign 2-year budget bill into law - StarNewsOnline.com

Associated Press RALEIGH — Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper announced on Tuesday that he would sign the legislature's final two-year budget bill into law once it reaches his desk, saying the good contained inside the Republican-penned bill "outweighs the bad." Holding a news conference at the same time the Senate prepared for floor debate on the budget plan, Cooper said that there were many "miss...
November 16, 2021

Law firm to hold annual turkey drive in Las Cruces - KFOX El Paso

PHOTO: Getty Images<p>{/p} LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KFOX14/CBS4) — Flores, Tawney & Acosta, P.C. will hold its annual turkey drive. The personal injury law firm will hold the drive on November 20, 2021, at 9 a.m. at their offices located at 1485 N. Main Street in Las Cruces, as $10,000 worth of turkeys will be given to the community on a first-come, first-served basis, until all turkeys ar...
November 16, 2021

Biden, Democrats hit the road to show how new infrastructure law will help Americans - WPVI-TV

Share Tweet Email Fresh off signing the historic $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill into law, President Joe Biden hit the road Tuesday with his sales pitch, visiting a New Hampshire bridge in disrepair and hoping to translate the legislation into real terms for Americans. "This is not something abstract," Biden said, standing in front of a decrepit bridge in a rural part of the Granite Stat...
November 16, 2021

The Top Law Schools That’ll Help You Land Jobs At The Top Law Firms - Above the Law

(Image via Getty) Which law school should you go to? That’s a great question. What are your goals? For those whose law school dreams carry with them the end goal of working for one of the top firms in the country and receiving one of the top-dollar salaries those firms are famous for, then we’ve got some great news for you. A new ranking came out this week, and it may hold the key to aspiring...
November 16, 2021

Proposed Salvadoran ‘foreign agent’ law could impact media organizations - CPJ Press Freedom Online

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele speaks during a ceremony at the airport in San Luis Talpa on October 19. Bukele proposed a new law that would require journalists and media outlets who receive international funds to register as "foreign agents." (Reuters/Jose Cabezas) Guatemala City, November 16, 2021 – El Salvador’s congress should reject a proposed law that would require media outlets...