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A GOP lawmaker from Napoleon who sponsored the law says he thinks the law’s effect on child rape victims is product of an oversight but denies supporters erred. COLUMBUS, Ohio — Placing limits on the money juries can award to lawsuit winners was “urgently needed to restore balance, fairness and predictability” into Ohio’s court system, the authors of 2005 “tort reform” legislation wrote. The...

Florida officials took great pride in how well their system of elections performed in 2020. But as we've discussed, that didn't stop Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and GOP state legislators from putting new hurdles between voters and their democracy anyway — in part because they could, in part to give themselves an added electoral advantage, and in part because the GOP believes it must enact po...

A Glen Ridge police officer who died from coronavirus complications in May 2020 had his name added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Wall in Washington in October. Charles "Rob" Roberts died on May 11, 2020. He was rushed to Mountainside Medical Center on April 21, 2020, after being resuscitated in his home by his fellow officers and members of the volunteer ambulance squad. H...

Search crews scour the Allegheny River near the 62nd Street Bridge in Sharpsburg for a missing kayaker on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. The state’s law requiring boaters to wear a life jacket between Nov. 1 and April 30 was created to increase the chances of survival if a boater goes overboard during cold weather. A state law went into effect Monday that requires all boaters to wear a life jacket...

ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Bloomberg Law today announced the availability of its Bloomberg Law 2022 series, its exploration of key issues across four major topic areas - Litigation, Transactions & Contracts, Regulatory & Compliance, and The Future of the Legal Industry - that will shape the legal market in the coming year. The full series, which is issued annually an...

Bloomberg Law 2022 Series Explores Key Legal Trends That Will Shape The Year To Come  Inside NoVA

ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Bloomberg Law today announced the availability of its Bloomberg Law 2022 series, its exploration of key issues across four major topic areas - Litigation, Transactions & Contracts, Regulatory & Compliance, and The Future of the Legal Industry - that will shape the legal market in the coming year. The full series, which is issued annually an...

Gun Sense Action Committee protests state's open carry law during gun show (WPDE File) MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WPDE) — Members of the Gun Sense Action Committee of the Horry County Democratic Party gathered this weekend to protest the state's new open carry law and continued gun show sales. This is the fifth year of protests against the Myrtle Beach Gun Show. Group leaders say gun protections for...

Getty Images AUSTIN, Texas — A new Texas law will make it illegal for people to leave their dogs chained up outside. Gov. Greg Abbott signed the bill into law last week. He had vetoed an earlier version of the bill, which had passed both legislative chambers with bipartisan support. At the time, Abbott said “Texas is no place for micro-managing and over-criminalization.” The bill got anoth...

Getty Images AUSTIN, Texas — A new Texas law will make it illegal for people to leave their dogs chained up outside. Gov. Greg Abbott signed the bill into law last week. He had vetoed an earlier version of the bill, which had passed both legislative chambers with bipartisan support. At the time, Abbott said “Texas is no place for micro-managing and over-criminalization.” The bill got anoth...