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Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Photos by Florida House of Representatives When angry protesters showed up at the Florida home of a pro-mask school board member to accuse her of mass child abuse, one yelled out, “Randy Fine says hello!” When two men confronted a disabled Army veteran at a park, they allegedly invoked Randy Fine’s name before beating him unconscious. These people were re...

Credit: ElenaR/Shutterstock/com What You Need to Know The pandemic appears to have only exacerbated the trend of consolidation in Big Law. The effects have been wide ranging and touch on talent, mergers and compensation. Industry experts see no signs of relief going into next year. In Big Law, which was already showing obvious stratification in recent years, the elite and most profitable ...

Criminal charges of forcible groping were brought against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo two weeks ago. | Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images 'Crazy law' could put taxpayers on the hook for Cuomo’s defense By BILL MAHONEY 11/12/2021 05:00 AM EST ALBANY — The myriad investigations into former Gov. Andrew Cuomo have already cost taxpayers nearly $10 million. But it’s possible there could ...

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 percent of cases in which someone was wrongly convicted, it was through willful wrongdoing by police officers or prose...

US President Joe Biden has signed into law the Secure Equipment Act that blocks companies like Huawei and ZTE from receiving network licenses. The new rules mean the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) can no longer consider any applications for network equipment that may pose a national security threat, Reuters has reported. With the measure, the FCC can no longer issue or review license...

HONG KONG, Nov 12 (Reuters) - The Danish sculptor of a statue that commemorates pro-democracy protesters killed during China's Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989 has asked Hong Kong authorities for immunity from a national security law so he can come and take it back to Denmark. Jens Galschiot loaned the eight-metre high, two-tonne copper sculpture called "Pillar of Shame" to a local civil so...

“You think that in New York City, people should have considerable freedom to carry concealed weapons. I think that people of good moral character who start drinking a lot and who may be there for a football game or — or some kind of soccer game — can get pretty angry at each other, and if they each have a concealed weapon, who knows? And there are plenty of statistics in these briefs to show ...

A school classroom. The American Federation of Teachers New Hampshire called on the state's education commissioner to resign. The commissioner created a new website that makes it easier for parents and students to report teachers for alleged discrimination. The movement to ban critical race theory in schools has become an ongoing and divisive issue in schools across the US. Get a daily se...

Godong/Getty Images New Hampshire recently banned specific teachings about race, racism, gender, and sexism. A "Moms for Liberty" chapter is crowdfunding a bounty for teachers who violate the ban. The state created a website where complaints can be filed for alleged discrimination. Get a daily selection of our top stories based on your reading preferences. Email address Preview By cl...

Photo by Chronicle File Photo | The Chronicle Since August, thousands of Afghan refugees have arrived in the United States. Besides grappling with the anguish of leaving home and the difficulties of building new lives in a foreign country, these refugees have also had to navigate the country’s complex and often bewildering legal system. The Duke School of Law’s Immigrant Rights Clinic h...