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November 10, 2021

Law Firms Adjust to New Landscape Shaped by the Pandemic - Business West

A Changing Dynamic Like all businesses, law firms have had to make adjustments in the wake of the pandemic, which has created both new opportunities and new challenges. Overall, firms have seen obvious changes in where people work and how. But there also may be new dynamics when it comes to recruiting and from where firms can attract new business. Tim Mulhern in the ‘Zoom room’ at Shatz, Schw...
November 10, 2021

Scammers using law enforcement to steal money - WKBN.com

(WKBN)- Scammers have figured out a new way to trick people out of money, by using law enforcement. Police just west of Mahoning County say they’re seeing more of these types of scams going around and are warning people to be careful. Here’s how it works. The scammer will send a notice to tell the person they owe money on a bill. If they don’t pay the amount of money, a warrant will be issued...
November 10, 2021

Kaua'i ditching foam boxes, prepping for new law - Thegardenisland.com

LIHU‘E — Island eateries will no longer serve food in polystyrene containers beginning Jan. 1, when a county ordinance passed in 2020 finally takes effect. The restrictions delayed by the coronavirus pandemic are a long time coming, according to Kaua‘i Division of Solid Waste personnel. “For the last 10 years, there’s been talk about it, because that’s something that beach communities through...
November 10, 2021

Proposed Updates To Federal Fishing Law Target Wespac - Honolulu Civil Beat

John Gourley is worried. The vice chair of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council flipped through a printed copy of the 189-page Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act — the first major update to the nation’s primary federal fisheries law in 15 years — at a recent meeting of the council and urged his fellow members to get up to speed on the proposed legislation. ...
November 10, 2021

US Civil Forfeiture Law Challenged Under Investment Treaty—Part 1 - Bloomberg Tax

People walk past the World Bank's building Jan. 18, 2008, in Washington, DC. In Part 1 of a two-part article, Alan S. Lederman of Gunster examines 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 has filed an arbitration proceeding against the U.S. Part 2 will consi...
November 10, 2021

Rep. Liz Cheney says Trump is at war 'with the rule of law' - ABC News

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming said Tuesday that former President Donald Trump is at war “with the rule of law and the Constitution” and that GOP lawmakers who sit by silently are aiding his efforts. Cheney, a Trump critic who is vice chair of a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, said the challenge now is whether citizens will do ...
November 10, 2021

King County to vote on repealing bike helmet law - Dailyuw

King County to vote on repealing bike helmet law  Dailyuw
November 10, 2021

Why Dictators Like Sisi Always Pretend to Be Democrats - Foreign Policy

Analysis There’s something farcical—but entirely rational—about the way authoritarians such as Egypt’s Sisi invoke legal justifications for repression. Adam Berry/Getty Images Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi arrives for a news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on June 3, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. Last week, Egypt’s House of Representatives approved amendments to the ...
November 10, 2021

Justices’ Questions Suggest New York Gun Control Law Is Unlikely to Survive - The New York Times

In arguments Wednesday, the Supreme Court reviewed a New York law that imposes strict limits on carrying guns outside the home. Based on questioning from the justices, it seemed unlikely for the law to survive. WASHINGTON — A New York law that imposes strict limits on carrying guns outside the home seemed unlikely to survive its encounter with the Supreme Court, based on questioning from the ...
November 10, 2021

Law Enforcement Agencies Eradicate Illegal Grows - Riverbank News

The Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office along with several agencies conducted an operation to eradicate multiple illegal marijuana grows around the county where nearly $20.4 million worth of plants were confiscated and destroyed. Photo Contributed The Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office on Friday, Nov. 5 released the results of a major weeks-long joint marijuana eradication operation whi...