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Saule Omarova. (Photo: Senate Banking Committee via Wikimedia Commons) A Cornell Law School professor nominated to be the Biden administration’s top banking regulator reported earning $291,629 from the university, according to her financial disclosure. Saule Omarova was nominated as the comptroller of currency for the U.S. Treasury Department in September, a position tasked with overseeing an...

Alex Rodriguez watches the Little League Classic baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Los Angeles Angels at Bowman Stadium in Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Tom E. Puskar) (TheRealDeal) – Alex Rodriguez is so far hitting it out of the ballpark in a suit filed by his ex-brother-in-law, Constantine Scurtis, over their unraveled real estate empire. A Miami j...

CLARKSVILLE — A Clarksville police officer is facing a charge for resisting law enforcement after his wife was pulled over and accused of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Bryan John Coburn, a detective with the Clarksville Police Department, had a case opened against him Friday in Clark Circuit Court No. 3. Court documents show the incident occurred on Sept. 25 when a vehicle being driv...

Last month, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 41, the Genetic Information Privacy Act (“GIPA”), a law that regulates “direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies” that handle the “genetic data” of California residents. GIPA becomes effective on January 1, 2022 and is notable for its strict disclosure and consent requirements, and for its broad application to companies that ...

Natalie Gomez-Velez, professor at City University of New York School of Law, discusses the oral arguments before the US Supreme Court on Texas' new abortion law and considers their implications for the constitutional system... Last week’s US Supreme Court arguments in Whole Women’s Health v. Jackson and US v. Texas challenging the Texas abortion ban revealed a startling vulnerability in the U...

Cryptocurrency is having its moment in the spotlight, and Big Law firms are betting on the industry to grow and legitimize. Cahill Gordon & Reindel, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan pulled from government ranks to bolster their cryptocurrency offerings this week as the industry faces increased interest from institutional investors as well as govern...

Duquesne University Law School now offers a full school year class in leadership. There is no particular law subject involved, just the concept of leadership. This class is comparable to courses taught in the Army, Navy, and Air Force military academies. The student attendees are referred to as Leadership Fellows. The class may very well be the only annual class on leadership in any law schoo...

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — A new law will prohibit New York car dealers from selling vehicles without working airbags. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the bill into law Sunday. It requires dealers to give buyers documentation proving a vehicle has an airbag and a readiness indicator light to show it is functioning. The state legislature passed the bill back in June. It’s named after 18-year-old Ant...

Magazine, bullets A stretch of road off Route 4 in Hackensack was briefly closed Monday morning while a damaged ammunition magazine lost by a law enforcement officer near one of the Bergen County technical schools was retrieved. The magazine had been with a bag containing an AR-15 rifle and other magazines and ammunition that fell out of the back of a law enforcement officer's vehicle and...

1.1 The Basics The formation of the employment contract is generally subject to the same requirements as any other contract. There must be an offer and an acceptance (either oral or in writing), an intention to enter into legal relations and some benefit to both parties. For the purposes of contract law, it is irrelevant whether the contract is in writing. So to the lawyer, a contract of empl...