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April 20, 2022

CT jury service until 75 years old? It's now the law - New Canaan Advertiser

The scene at the Federal Courthouse in New Haven, Conn., on Oct. 20, 2021. If your 70th birthday arrived and you had hoped to never get a jury summons again, you have a little longer to wait. A tiny provision in a law passed last year increases the age from 70 to 75 at which a person may opt out of the jury pool. “The change increased the eligible jury pool because people who are 70 to 74 now...
April 20, 2022

Florida's Parent Rights Law Has Turned Leftists Into a Sad Mess - The Federalist

Florida’s parental rights law has leftists up against a wall, and their methods for coping are getting stranger every day. The perpetually miserable left has apparently reached the “acceptance” stage of grieving over Florida’s new parental rights law, but their funny hysteria is still the same. Within the last week, The Washington Post ran two articles offering the same idea for “queer” and t...
April 20, 2022

Law firms navigate transparency amid Russia-Ukraine conflict - Crain's Chicago Business

Chicago’s top law firms are eager to show the world that they’re cutting ties with Russia, following the lead of corporate giants like McDonald’s and Starbucks that shuttered stores after customers threatened to boycott companies doing business in the country. Sidley Austin, Winston & Strawn and Baker McKenzie—some of the city’s largest—are just a few of the U.S. firms declaring they will...
April 20, 2022

Draganfly to Speak at Law-Tech Connect™ Workshop During AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2022 - GlobeNewswire

Los Angeles, CA., April 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Draganfly Inc. (NASDAQ: DPRO) (CSE: DPRO) (FSE: 3U8) (“Draganfly” or the “Company”), an award-winning, industry-leading drone solutions and systems developer, is pleased to announce that Paul Mullen will participate in the inaugural Law-Tech Connect™ Workshop, produced by the esteemed P3 Tech Consulting LLC (“P3 Tech”). Co-located with AUVS...
April 20, 2022

Law firm defending Russia's VTB Bank asks to exit U.S. case over downed flight - Reuters

The company and law firm names shown above are generated automatically based on the text of the article. We are improving this feature as we continue to test and develop in beta. We welcome feedback, which you can provide using the feedback tab on the right of the page. U.S. law firm Latham & Watkins on Tuesday sought to end its representation of VTB Bank in a lawsuit stemming from the 20...
April 20, 2022

Large majority favor legal recreational marijuana under federal law - CBS News poll - CBS News

Two-thirds of Americans want recreational marijuana use to be legal under federal law and in their own state. As more states move to legalize marijuana, most people say they wouldn't mind if a licensed marijuana business opened in their neighborhood. Recreational marijuana use remains illegal at the federal level. The House of Representatives recently passed a bill to federally decriminalize ...
April 20, 2022

Police firing cases languish in Chicago law department - WBEZ Chicago

WBEZ brings you unbiased news and information. Sign up for our newsletters to stay up to date on the stories that matter. Seconds after a Chicago cop lifted a man off his feet and body-slammed him on the street, Field Training Officer Mark Johnson and his partner pulled up. The body slam, caught by a bystander’s cellphone video, caused the man’s head to hit a curb, according to a report by th...
April 20, 2022

Ohio judge blocks abortion law - WJW FOX 8 News Cleveland

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A judge has blocked early enforcement of an Ohio abortion restriction that included additional licensing requirements challenged by the ACLU and Planned Parenthood as unnecessarily onerous. Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Alison Hatheway’s ruling Friday blocked restrictions imposed on two southwest Ohio clinics by the Ohio Department of Health that came before June 21...
April 20, 2022

Mother-in-law encourages son to leave parenting to me: parenting advice from Care and Feeding. - Slate

Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by PeopleImages/iStock/Getty Images Plus. Slate Plus members get more Care and Feeding every week. Dear Care and Feeding, My mother-in-law has this habit, whenever we have a fun family outing, of automatically assuming it will be me who stays home with the sleeping baby—partially out of favoritism for her son and mostly out of sexism. I’ve told my husband i...
April 20, 2022

Holly Shikada confirmed as top law enforcement officer - Honolulu Star-Advertiser

A 33-year veteran of the state Department of the Attorney General was confirmed by Hawaii senators Tuesday to stay on as the agency’s leader and top state law enforcement officer. Read more You're reading a premium story. Read the full story with our Print & Digital Subscription.