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On October 28, 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law Senate Bill S4394A, which amends section 740 of the New York Labor Law (NYLL) to enhance protections for private-sector employees who allege retaliation for reporting violations of and “law, rule or regulation.” While cases alleging whistleblowing and the reporting of unsafe working conditions have been on the rise since Marc...

Moments after the passing of the 2021 budget, October 4, 2021 The Knesset passed the 2021 state budget into law in a 61-59 vote at 5:30 a.m. Thursday morning, giving Israel a new budget for the first time since March 15, 2018. By the afternoon, it looked like the 2022 state budget would also be passed by the evening. But then Labor MK Emilie Moatti made a mistake in her vote on a budget claus...

New York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - November 4, 2021) - The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Vipshop Holdings Ltd. ("Vipshop ") (NYSE: VIPS). Class Period: March 22, 2021 through March 29, 2021 Lead Plaintiff Deadline: December 13, 2021 No obligation or cost to you. Learn more about your recoverable losses in VIPS: CLASS AC...

LANSING — The primary funder of a ballot drive to toughen Michigan’s voter identification law and restrict mass mailings of unsolicited absentee ballot applications is Ron Weiser, chairman of the state Republican Party. Secure MI Vote filed a statement Tuesday showing that Weiser donated $80,000 out of roughly $85,000 the committee raised between Sept. 30 and Oct. 26. The group needs about 34...

A former West Milton police officer in prison following convictions for rape pleaded guilty Thursday to an amended charge involving illegal use of the law enforcement automated database system, or LEADS, in 2019. Kevin C. Wright, 34, of West Milton faced a felony charge, which was amended Thursday as part of a plea agreement to a misdemeanor version of the same offense. He pleaded guilty and ...

On October 23, China adopted a land border law, which will take effect on January 1, 2022, in an endeavor to strengthen its border control and protection. Like the coast guard law and maritime traffic safety law enacted earlier this year, the new law is passed amid heightened tensions between China and its neighbors over border disputes. On its land periphery, China has been locked in a protr...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Two civil rights groups have filed a federal court challenge against a Tennessee law that bars transgender athletes from playing public high school or middle school sports aligned with their gender identity. The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee and Lambda Legal filed the lawsuit Thursday in U.S. District Court in Nashville on behalf of a 14-year-old transgen...

A man in Looneyville, West Virginia, allegedly killed his father-in-law with a leaf blower during a dispute over a pig last month. Andrew Franklin Bush and his father-in-law, William Greathouse, were attempting to lift a caged pig onto the bed of a truck when the cage fell to the ground, according to WCHS. As a result, the men began to fight. Witnesses reportedly observed Bush and Greathouse ...

LANSING, Mich. (WOOD) — One of two bills that would eliminate the state sales tax on feminine hygiene products was signed into law Thursday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Whitmer said she introduced bills to eliminate taxes on tampons and other similar products when she was in the Legislature and never imagined similar measures would pass, much less that she would be the governor to sign them into...