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The new law bans bosses from texting employees after they sign off. If a boss does contact employees outside work hours, they could face financial penalties. More Stories From NPR Popular on NPR.org NPR Editors' Picks

Old Glory/courtesy photo What You Need to Know Military veterans are a small group within Big Law. Lawyers who are veterans say they bring a unique perspective and work ethic to the job. Lawyer veterans from Brownstein Hyatt, Skadden and Arnold & Porter spoke with Law.com about their experiences.

Multibillion-dollar M+ struggles to find a balance between artistic expression and political censorship A senior Hong Kong cultural official said freedom of expression was not above a China-imposed national security law, on the eve of the opening of a contemporary art museum intended to put the city on the global cultural map. The multibillion-dollar M+, featuring contemporary artwork from le...

A globe is hung Sep. 18, 2000, in the World Bank headquarters main complex in Washington. In Part 2 of a two-part article, Alan S. Lederman of Gunster considers arguments that may be raised by the U.S. in defending a case involving a U.S. company indirectly majority-owned by investors from a foreign country, and whose U.S. assets are the subject of a U.S. civil forfeiture proceeding, which ha...

(Reuters) - It’s a good year to be coming up for partner at a large law firm. Thanks to record profitability combined with cutthroat battles for attorney talent at major firms, at least five firms are promoting their largest groups of new partners on record. And it’s still early in the season. With firms straining to hold on to senior and midlevel associates, the promotions are both a reward ...

BOSTON (CBS) — A bill that allows first responders to provide emergency medical care to injured police K-9s was unanimously passed by the Massachusetts State Senate on Wednesday. The bill, which has been dubbed “Nero’s Law”, was filed by State Senator Mark Montigny after the deadly shooting of Yarmouth Police Sergeant Sean Gannon. In 2018, the 32-year-old Yarmouth police officer was killed wh...

Portugal is making some pandemic-related changes to working habits permanent Remote workers in Portugal could see a healthier work-life balance under new labour laws approved by the country's parliament. The new rules approved on Friday are a response to the explosion of home working as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Portugal's ruling Socialist Party said. Under the new rules, employers c...

New RMS streamlines local law enforcement's info-sharing  Index-Journal

Someone was concerned that a mother allegedly had her 6-year-old child with her at a bar Friday night. The pair were gone before Columbia Falls Police Department arrived. Someone on Grace Road allegedly grabbed a gun and answered a door after hearing someone kicking or pounding it, but no one was there. They requested extra patrol. A door reportedly was jimmied where a business was storing ci...

Harvard Law School's Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics hosted a panel on the future of abortion Thursday. Legal and bioethics experts convened to discuss the future of abortion amid efforts to overturn Roe v. Wade at a virtual panel held by the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School on Wednesday. The ev...