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November 16, 2021

Best Law Firms in Canada: Our complete listings - The Globe and Mail

The most recommended firms across 28 practice areas The Globe and Mail partnered with Statista to determine which law firms in Canada are held in the highest esteem by their colleagues. From corporate to cannabis law, these results reflect the 200 firms that received the highest number of recommendations from others in their field. Canada’s best law firms list 5 offices located in Calgary, M...
November 16, 2021

Law & Disorder: Gun control returns to the Supreme Court - Daily Trojan Online

(Alyssa Shao | Daily Trojan) After over a decade of staying silent in the Supreme Court, the gun control debate has returned. The 2008 landmark case District of Columbia v. Heller was the last time the Supreme Court specified the Second Amendment’s meaning. In a 5-4 decision, the court ruled in favor of a broader definition for the Second Amendment, which “guarantees an individual right to p...
November 16, 2021

Students are still struggling to get internet. The infrastructure law could help - MindShift - KQED

Internet access has always been a problem for Faylene Begay, a single mother of four living on the Navajo reservation in Arizona. Internet access has always been a problem for Faylene Begay, a single mother of four living in Tuba City, Ariz. Before the pandemic, she didn't have an internet connection at her home on the Navajo Nation Reservation — all she had was an old phone with limited data...
November 16, 2021

Dec. 14 free workshop: How to create an ADU (in-law apartment) in your own home - Manchester Ink Link

MANCHESTER, NH – Southern New Hampshire Planning Commission (SNHPC), through financial support of AARP, is hosting a free virtual workshop on Dec. 14, 2021, on how to build an Accessory Dwelling Unit at your home. An Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) is a residential unit that can be added to a single-family home. Accessory Dwellings are often referred to as an “in-law apartments” and, depending...
November 16, 2021

Law and Order Survives the Pandemic - Gallup Poll

People worldwide felt as safe in 2020 as they did before pandemic Norway ranks at the top of the Law and Order Index Gabon, Venezuela are ranked as the least secure countries WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The pandemic upended a lot of things in people's lives, but Gallup's latest update on its annual Law and Order Index shows that so far, it hasn't fundamentally altered how safe most of the world fee...
November 16, 2021

Students are still struggling to get internet. The infrastructure law could help - GPB News

President Biden's infrastructure package includes $65 billion for improving broadband. That money could make a big difference for rural college students, who are especially disconnected. Transcript NOEL KING, HOST: In the infrastructure bill that President Biden is going to sign into law today, there are $65 billion for broadband access in rural areas and tribal communities. Among the benefic...
November 16, 2021

KSL Investigates unintended consequences of new Utah self-defense law - ksltv.com

Kay Lynn Stafford is preparing for another holiday season without her son. (Ken Fall) SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah legislature passed a new law this year aimed at strengthening self-defense rights in the state – but six months after the legislation went into effect, the KSL investigators found unintended consequences are impacting victims of crime. House Bill 227 became law with little fanfare, ...
November 16, 2021

Enforcement of new law banning critical race theory up to local school boards - INFORUM

Education Gov. Burgum signed the bill against teaching critical race theory into law after North Dakota's special session wrapped. FARGO — A bill prohibiting critical race theory, which some state lawmakers called "Marxist poison," from public schools in North Dakota passed, getting the governor's signature last week. The bill defines critical race theory as "the theory that racism is not m...
November 16, 2021

Report: NBA-hired law firm vows confidentiality to employees for Suns investigation - Arizona Sports

Owner Robert Sarver of the Phoenix Suns attends the NBA game against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Phoenix Suns Arena on February 08, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) The NBA’s law firm that will be investigating the Phoenix Suns vowed to the team’s employees that they will be granted confidentiality, according to ESPN’s Baxter Holmes. The investigation, which...
November 16, 2021

Georgetown Law lecturer talks prosecution's case in Rittenhouse trial, Arbery trial jurors - WJLA

Ahead of closing arguments in the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial, Distinguished Lecturer at Georgetown Law Center, Frederic Lawrence, gives his take on how well the prosecution has laid out their case. (7News photo) WASHINGTON (7News) — Ahead of closing arguments in the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial, Distinguished Lecturer at Georgetown Law Center, Frederic Lawrence, gives his take on how well...