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November 15, 2021

Peloton Sues IFit, Echelon Over New Patent for On-Demand Classes - Bloomberg Law

Peloton filed lawsuits against rivals IFit and Echelon, claiming a range of exercise devices and features infringe as many as four patents, including one issued last week. Peloton is seeking cash compensation and court orders blocking sales of allegedly infringing products until patents have expired, according to complaints filed Friday in federal court in Wilmington, Delaware Complaint agai...
November 15, 2021

Law School Addendum: Do's and Don'ts | Law Admissions Lowdown | US News - U.S. News & World Report

All law schools accept addenda, even when they are not an official part of the application. A well-written addendum supports your case for admission by providing missing context to answer questions that your application might raise. A poorly written addendum, however, can do more harm than good. An addendum is a short, objective explanation for any potential discrepancy or complication in yo...
November 15, 2021

Law enforcement investigates after man found dead on White Pine Trail - Fox17

CEDAR SPRINGS, Mich. — Authorities were at White Pine Trail on Monday to investigate a 45-year-old man who was found dead. He was found about 10 a.m. No foul play is suspected and there is no threat to community safety. The investigation will continue throughout the day to determine the timeline of events that led up to the man’s death. Authorities believe cold temperatures overnight and into...
November 15, 2021

Bridging the divide: Local law enforcement agencies talk police reform in the midlands - WACH.com

Bridging the divide: Local law enforcement agencies talk police reform in the midlands (Photo: WACH) Columbia community leaders and local law enforcement agencies came together Monday in an effort to bridge a divide with justice reform in the midlands. The NAACP branch of Columbia created a safe space for local law enforcement agencies to have conversations with community leaders about racial...
November 15, 2021

Ukraine's Anti-Oligarch Law: President Zelenskyy's populist power grab? - Atlantic Council

The anti-oligarch law recently signed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is being trumpeted by his supporters as a landmark step in the struggle to reduce the political influence of Ukraine’s oligarch elite. However, this legislation looks more like an attempt to conceal the strengthening of presidential powers behind a facade of populist rhetoric. In order to appreciate the reality o...
November 15, 2021

BC Law School Receives $10 Million from Trustee Marianne Short - The Heights - The Heights

The Boston College Law School received a $10 million donation from Marianne Short, BC Law ’76, according to an Oct. 28 press release. Short—a member of the BC Board of Trustees and chief legal counsel, executive vice president, and member of UnitedHealth Group—is now BC Law’s most generous donor. The money will go to fund the dean position at the law school, which will be renamed the Marianne...
November 15, 2021

Metro balks at new state law forbidding mask mandates – Tennessee Lookout - Tennessee Lookout

Lockeland Elementary School in Nashville. (Photo: John Partipilo) Metro Nashville Public Schools is bucking a state law the governor signed into action Friday preventing school districts from requiring students to wear masks to ward off the COVID-19 pandemic. The move comes after U.S. District Court Judge Waverly Crenshaw in Middle Tennessee issued an order Sunday allowing the status quo for ...
November 15, 2021

China slaughtering pets of COVID patients under draconian new law - New York Post

Pets are reportedly being killed while their owners battle COVID. China is slaughtering the pets of COVID patients under its draconian ‘zero tolerance’ strategy for the virus. Officials claim it is to stop the spread of infection – but the “inhumane” rule has sparked fury among animal lovers in the country as it battles a wave of new outbreaks. There is little evidence to suggest pets can cat...
November 15, 2021

Alex Murdaugh pleads the fifth, refuses to incriminate himself in law firm embezzlement case - Fox News

Alex Murdaugh's attorney admits disgraced lawyer knows he's going to jail 00:00 00:0003:26GO LIVE Facebook Twitter Email Embed SpeedNormal Autoplay Alex Murdaugh, a disgraced attorney and former volunteer prosecutor from a powerful Democratic South Carolina legal family, pleaded the fifth last week, refusing to incriminate himself in a lawsuit alleging he embezzled millions from a prominen...
November 15, 2021

'Ripped From the Headlines': A New Course in Law? | Connecticut Law Tribune - Law.com

Don’t cry, this could be a mistrial. Photo: Mark Hertzberg/Pool Photo via AP A fella could put together a fun law school course using the legal battles presently playing out in the courts and media. I’d call it “Ripped from the Headlines.” It’d be a welcome alternative to some of the more esoteric (silly?) stuff 3Ls take to get the credits needed to graduate. In no particular order, here are ...