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HOSCHTON, Ga. (AP) — Two law enforcement officers in Georgia have died from injuries they received while answering domestic calls. Authorities say a Jackson County Sheriff’s Deputy died from a gunshot wound she received when responding to a domestic dispute. WAGA-TV reported the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office identified the deputy as Lena Nicole Marshall. In a separate incident, an officer w...

A Daily News Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking to clarify when the Winfield Township Board voted to hire a law firm to help with its wind ordinance showed that the township board apparently never actually voted to hire the law firm — although the township has paid nearly $14,000 to that law firm to date. The township denied the Daily News’ request for a copy of meeting minutes...

Tourists walk through Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque at dusk in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/File) Abu Dhabi passed a law on Sunday allowing non-Muslims to marry, divorce and get joint child custody under civil law in the country. Before this, non-Muslims here had to get married in the embassy or consulate of their country. According to the Judicial Department of Abu Dhabi, the aim o...

Credit: burdun/Adobe Stock It’s no secret that 2020 made a mess of law firm balance sheets, and 2021 was likely not a lot better. In particular, most firms had to divert significant funds into purchasing technology to facilitate remote operations in the face of lockdowns. That probably meant decisions were made on the fly that were justifiable at the time, but really deserve a second look as ...

Zachary Bornsteein (top), president, Olshan Properties, and Ilya Zavolunov, restaurateur, ZAVŌ (Olshan Properties, ZAVŌ) Weeks after a federal court deemed it potentially unconstitutional, a key pandemic-era protection for the city’s commercial tenants is about to face its first judicial test. After ZAVŌ Restaurant & Lounge stopped paying rent on its 15,000-square-foot space at 1011 Third...

Dr. Abdellah Ouzitane (left), Dr. Shimon Ohayon, and Moroccan envoy Abderrahim Beyyoud iat Bar-Ilan University, November 8, 2021 (Peleg Levy/Bar-Ilan University) The first academic delegation from Morocco since the signing of the Abraham Accords participated in a conference on Moroccan Jewish culture and law on Monday in Ramat Gan. The two-day Bar-Ilan University conference, titled “Jewish Cu...

PECK — As if receiving a bachelor's degree from Harvard University and a high school diploma at age 17 was not accomplishment enough, next month, Kansas native Braxton Moral will be one of the youngest individuals to graduate from law school in modern times. Moral will graduate from Washburn University School of Law in December at age 19. "I like learning," Moral said. "It's fun." At about ...

PECK — As if receiving a bachelor's degree from Harvard University and a high school diploma at age 17 was not accomplishment enough, next month, Kansas native Braxton Moral will be one of the youngest individuals to graduate from law school in modern times. Moral will graduate from Washburn University School of Law in December at age 19. "I like learning," Moral said. "It's fun." At about ...

Welcome to Opening Argument, a column where I’ll dig into interesting arguments in complex litigation, unpack issues dividing appeals courts across the country, and discuss disputes that are ripe for Supreme Court review. First up: The role “tort of outrage” plays in the battle over the Texas abortion law. Even the staunchest conservative on the Supreme Court was taken aback when the Texas so...

Glenn Youngkin, governor-elect of Virginia. Newly emboldened Virginia Republicans are vowing to roll back the state’s landmark clean energy reforms enacted by Democrats over the last two years. Virginia voters last week elected Republican businessman Glenn Youngkin as governor and a Republican majority in the House of Delegates, ending two years of unilateral Democratic control during which t...