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November 15, 2021

Executive Order on Improving Public Safety and Criminal Justice for Native Americans and Addressing the Crisis of Missing or Murdered Indigenous People - The White House

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order as follows: Section 1. Policy. The safety and well-being of all Native Americans is a top priority for my Administration. My Administration will work hand in hand with Tribal Nations and Tribal partners to build safe and healthy Tribal communities and to support comprehe...
November 15, 2021

Top Legal News November 2021 - The National Law Review

Happy November! Read on for the latest updates in law firm moves, pro bono and awards: Law Firm Professionals on the Move Beveridge and Diamond welcomed Alyse Constantinide to their Environmental Crimes Defense and Internal Investigations practice in Washington, DC. Ms. Constantinide is a former Deputy Chief at the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, and she serves as counsel o...
November 15, 2021

Register Today For Our Space Café “Law Breakfast with Steven Freeland” On 25 November 2021 - SpaceWatch.Global

Space Café “Law Breakfast with Steven Freeland” will analyse current space developments with a legal focus. It will, at the same time discuss and ‘demystify’ the law for everyone. In our next Space Café “Law Breakfast with Steven Freeland”, Host Steven Freeland, Emeritus Professor of International Law at Western Sydney University, Sydney and Professorial Fellow at Bond University, Australia, ...
November 15, 2021

Potential Tax Law Changes Hang Over Year-End Tax Planning For Individuals - Tax - United States - Mondaq News Alerts

As if another year of the COVID-19 pandemic was not enough to produce an unusual landscape for year-end tax planning, Congress continues to negotiate the budget reconciliation bill. The proposed Build Back Better Act (BBBA) is certain to include some significant tax provisions, but much uncertainty remains about their impact. While we wait to see which tax provisions are ultimately included i...
November 15, 2021

Law roundup: Visitor not welcome to take a seat - Daily Inter Lake

A woman requested assistance from Kalispell Police Department when her ex reportedly showed up with “the new girlfriend” and they began arguing over belongings, specifically, a chair. Parties were separated. The chair stayed. Parties planned to take up the issue in civil court. A man allegedly reported as missing called officers from Billings to say he was at work. A man in the parking lot of...
November 15, 2021

Ripley public hearings focus on budget, pot opt out law - Evening Observer

RIPLEY — The town of Ripley conducted four public hearings via Zoom during its recent meeting. The subjects of the hearings were the preliminary budget for 2022; opting out of cannabis retail sales and on site consumption locations; the property tax exemption for senior citizens; and the veterans’ property tax exemption. Town Supervisor Doug Bowen introduced each matter prior to accepting pub...
November 15, 2021

National and international laws are failing to protect women and girls from online sexual exploitation and abuse - World - ReliefWeb

USA, New York, Nov 15, 2021 - Online sexual exploitation and abuse (OSEA) of women and girls is increasing at an alarming rate globally, but national and international laws are failing to effectively address the challenge because they are not keeping pace with advancing technology. The current patchwork of laws don’t give adequate protection, and regulations on digital service providers and p...
November 15, 2021

Commentary: Scott Reeder – Everyone entitled to equal justice under the law - Jacksonville Journal-Courier

1of3 Show MoreShow Less The No. 1 reason innocent people go to prison is because of government misconduct. That’s not just my opinion. It’s the view of the National Registry of Exonerations, which catalogs wrongful conviction cases and their underlying causes. The group concluded recently that in 54% of cases in which someone was wrongly convicted, it was through willful wrongdoing by police ...
November 15, 2021

Maine Recycling Law Targets Packaging Waste - waste360

Nov 15, 2021 Ogunquit, Maine recently had to cut back on recycling services after China stopped taking most recyclables. It was cheaper to throw it away than to send it out as recyclable. More than 82 million tons of solid waste produced in the U.S. is from containers and packaging. Today, taxpayers are shouldering the burden for managing the waste, but they have no say over what the packagin...