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(NewsNation Now) — A Kansas teen who made headlines after graduating from Harvard at 17 is now a few weeks away from finishing law school before his 20th birthday. Braxton Moral, 19, will graduate from Washburn Law School. Moral began taking classes online at Harvard University at age 11 and says he’s ready for his school years to come to an end. “This may surprise you, but not many people wa...

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer has recommended Colonie attorney Anne Nardacci to be President Joseph Biden's nominee for a judgeship in U.S. District Court in Albany. A seasoned Capital Region litigator with an Ivy League pedigree is on track to be the next federal judge in Albany. Law Beat has learned that U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer will recommend Colonie attorney Anne Nardacci, a commercial litig...

STAFF TURNOVER – Law firms have a lot more to worry about than just losing associates these days. Litigation practices are also facing support staff attrition due to shifts in post-pandemic workplace preferences and a return to more trial work. Justin Henry reports that law firms are deploying flexible schedules and higher pay as recruitment tools for legal assistants. Meanwhile, firms hoping...

On November 10, 2021, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced that he would sign legislation that addresses various COVID-19-related issues, including vaccine mandates and mask mandates. The law is effective immediately. There are several major issues for employers regarding COVID-19 prevention measures addressed in the new law. Below is an overview of the law's key points. Vaccine Mandates The...

Governor Kim Reynolds is offering a narrow interpretation of the bill she signed into law last month about Covid vaccination requirements for private sector workers. According to Reynolds, only those workers who claim a religious or medical exemption — and have that claim rejected by their employer — are eligible for unemployment benefits. “They just don’t decide to not get one and then get o...

A new state law is meant to protect the identities of donors in New York who contribute money to organizations with charitable status by barring the disclosure of their names, addresses and telephone numbers. The law, signed late last week by Gov. Kathy Hochul, also addresses charitable groups that must file duplicative records with the sate Department of State and the Charities Bureau in the...

IN-LAWS are expected to be invasive, but this mother-in-law has really got hairs in a twist this time. This mother-in-law dared to put her granddaughter in a wig, in a bid to cover up her naturally ginger curls. 4This mother-in-law took things too far when she put her granddaughter in a wig The outraged mother took to Reddit to air her anger in a post where she was almost spitting with rage. ...

On October 28, 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law a bill dramatically expanding New York's whistleblower statute, New York Labor Law § 740, which is scheduled to take effect on January 26, 2022. S4394A/A.5144A. The Previous Whistleblower Law New York Labor Law § 740, which was enacted in 1984, was designed to protect employees who report a violation of the law that either "c...

Vidal started young lawyer program, built diverse teams Would have opportunities to build on agency initiatives A hint of how Winston & Strawn LLP attorney Kathi Vidal would bolster diversity efforts as chief of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office lies in a program she started to help junior lawyers get more courtroom experience. Next Generation Lawyers provides opportunities for early...

An extract from The International Capital Markets Review, 11th Edition Introduction i Overview of the structure of the law While Russian capital markets regulation has come of age after more than two decades of rapid, and at times erratic, development, it still has some way to go before it reaches maturity. The process of Russian capital markets regulation started with the dismantling of the ...