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November 04, 2021

Alex Rodriguez's Former Brother-in-Law Strikes Out on RICO, Civil Theft Claims Against Baseballer | Daily Business Review - Law.com

Alex Rodriguez former professional baseball shortstop and third baseman. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman stated in the order: "His newly minted RICO/civil theft claims were added for no purpose other than to embarrass Rodriguez, generate sensationalized press, and increase settlement leverage."
November 04, 2021

GOP strategist, charged with sex trafficking minors, has tried to ‘threaten’ law enforcement, judge says - The Seattle Times

Anton “Tony” Lazzaro had already been accused of paying underage girls for sex when the up-and-coming Republican political strategist, according to a federal judge, tried to leverage some information he’d dug up. While jailed without bond, Lazzaro told one of the Minneapolis police officers investigating his case that he knew where the officer lived, U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz wrote ...
November 04, 2021

Changes to state law relax residency requirements for sheriff candidates, exclude candidates with felony conviction - WECT

Updated statute disqualifies convicted felons from serving as sheriff, relaxes residency requirement. (WECT) STATEWIDE, N.C. (WECT) - As the filing period nears for people seeking to run for sheriff in North Carolina, the State Board of Elections is letting candidates know about recent changes to state law that will impact them. Effective this fall, state statute no longer requires sheriff ca...
November 04, 2021

EQUITY ALERT: Rosen Law Firm Encourages Seer, Inc. Investors with Losses in Excess of $100K to Inquire About Class Action Investigation – SEER - Business Wire

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces an investigation of potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of Seer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SEER) resulting from allegations that Seer may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public. SO WHAT: If you purchased Seer securities you may be entitled to compensation ...
November 04, 2021

Starbucks Anti-Union Campaign Violated US Law, Workers Allege - Bloomberg Law

Starbucks Corp. violated federal law in its push to defeat workers’ organizing efforts, according to a labor board complaint filed by the group trying to unionize several of the coffee chain’s New York stores. Company management has responded to unionization efforts “by engaging in a campaign of threats, intimidation, surveillance” and other illegal activity, Workers United, an affiliate of t...
November 04, 2021

Google allowing alternate in-app payments to comply with South Korean law - AppleInsider

AppleInsider is supported by its audience and may earn commission as an Amazon Associate and affiliate partner on qualifying purchases. These affiliate partnerships do not influence our editorial content. Google has announced new changes to its alternate payment policies within apps to comply with a recently passed South Korean law, while Apple seems to believe that it is already compliant ...
November 04, 2021

Law Enforcement Concludes Investigation Into Social Media Threat Against Centennial High School - Williamson Source

Law enforcement has concluded its investigation into a social media threat that caused Centennial High School students, teachers and staff to “shelter in place” yesterday (November 3), reports Centennial High School Principal Dr. Kevin Dyson. “The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office has identified a student from another school who created a fake social media account and posted the threat. Law ...
November 04, 2021

Opponents of Santa Ana’s New Rent Control Law Now Working to Have Voters Repeal It - VoiceofOC

Apartment complexes in Santa Ana on Aug. 4, 2021. Credit: JULIE LEOPO, Voice of OC Santa Ana entered a new era when its elected leaders last month enacted the first citywide rent control ordinance in Orange County, sparking immediate opposition from a statewide landlord interest group. Now, voters may get to decide the future of Santa Ana’s recently-approved law aimed at helping poor families...
November 04, 2021

Chicago law professor accused of calling students racial slurs reinstated - FOX 32 Chicago

CHICAGO - Several students at a top Chicago law school are calling for a white professor to be fired after he allegedly called them racist slurs. The students say a professor at the African-American John Marshall Law School at the University of Illinois at Chicago also labeled them as "cockroaches." Jason Kilborn was initially placed on leave, but a woman representing the students said the pr...
November 04, 2021

Sri Lankan Church opposes government's 'one country, one law' plan - Vatican News

While denouncing the government's 'one country, one law' concept, the country’s Catholic bishops are calling for a new constitution to ensure members of all minority communities are treated equally before the law. By Vatican News staff reporter Sri Lankan bishops have urged the government to abandon its "one country, one law" plan for the predominantly Buddhist nation and instead draft a new ...