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The Georgetown University Law Center was one of six top law schools to report a three-point increase in median test scores for the class of 2024. The Law Center Class of 2024 brought an “unprecedented” three-point increase to the school’s median Law School Admission Test (LSAT) scores. The school received 14,052 applicants to the Class of 2024, a 41% increase from 2020 and more applications t...

DALLAS, Nov. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnston Tobey Baruch is being recognized among the country's top law firms by U.S. News & World Report and The Best Lawyers in America, earning a spot for the ninth consecutive year on the Best Law Firms list. The firm was ranked in the top tier among law firms in Dallas and Fort Worth for appellate, commercial litigation, and M&A litigation, as w...

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DENVER (AP) — A North Dakota-based organization representing Native Americans sued Colorado this week for a measure banning American Indian school mascots which was passed last year amid a nationwide push for racial justice following George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis. (credit: CBS) READ MORE: The lawsuit by the nonprofit Native American Guardian’s Association was filed Tuesday in U.S. Dis...

DES MOINES, Iowa (SUBMITTED) - Governor Kim Reynolds released the following statement after signing the bipartisan redistricting bill SF621 into law: “Today I signed the bipartisan redistricting maps into law. I am confident in how the process played out—just as the law intended, and I believe these new districts will fairly and accurately represent the citizens of Iowa for the next decade.” ...

Led by a group of senators that spent much of 2019 trying to change U.S. patent law for the worse, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has agreed to study the “current state of patent jurisprudence.” The details of the study make it clear that its proposers believe in a narrative created by patent owners, that the 2014 Alice case has introduced “uncertainty” into patent law. That would...

Nov 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Texas on Thursday over a state law that places strict curbs on voting by mail, in the latest effort by the Biden administration to combat new voting restrictions being enacted in Republican-controlled states across the nation. The department's lawsuit takes aim at Texas Senate Bill 1, which was signed into law by Governor G...

Two Orange County men were facing charges in separate cases for pointing lasers at law enforcement helicopters, the FBI said Thursday, Nov. 4. Both men were arrested on suspicion of knowingly pointing lasers at the aircraft, which threatens safety by potentially distracting the pilot and impairing their vision, the FBI said in a statement. Brett Wayne Parkins, 42, of Huntington Beach, was arr...

The lawsuit argues "culturally appropriate Native American names, logos and imagery serve to honor Native Americans." DENVER — A group including the Native American Guardian’s Association and several people who claim Native American heritage has filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the implementation of a state law banning the use of American Indian mascots. The lawsuit, which names Gov. Jared Po...

A judge’s gavel is shown in a file photo. (Credit: iStock / Getty Images Plus) MARSHALL, Texas (KETK) – An East Texas man pleaded guilty on Thursday to distribution of information relating to explosives and destructive devices, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas Ganjei. Beau Daniel Merryman, 20, of Jefferson, pleaded guilty to federal offenses before U.S. Magistrate Judge Roy S. Pay...