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November 01, 2021

Signal unveils how far US law enforcement will go to get information about people - ZDNet

Image: Getty Images Signal has released the details of a search warrant it received from police in Santa Clara, California, unveiling the efforts US law enforcement authorities will undertake to force online platforms into disclosing the personal information of their users. In the search warrant, Santa Clara Police sought to get the name, street address, telephone number, and email address ...
November 01, 2021

District of Columbia attorney general to deliver law lecture - Nebraska Today

Karl Racine, attorney general for the District of Columbia, will present the Attorney General Jon Bruning Public Service Lecture at noon Nov. 5 in the College of Law’s Hamann Auditorium. The talk is free and open to the public. It will be available via Zoom. (Registration is required). Racine was sworn in as D.C.’s first elected attorney general in 2015 and was re-elected in 2018. As chief le...
November 01, 2021

Washington Post details red flags law enforcement overlooked before Jan. 6 - The Week Magazine

In the weeks before the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, tips were coming into the FBI and Department of Homeland Security about explicit threats of violence made by people who said they planned on going to Washington, D.C., when Congress was certifying President Biden's victory, but top federal law enforcement officials didn't appear to understand the gravity of what was taking place, The Washington P...
November 01, 2021

Pro Bono Week Podcast – Law Firm Antiracism Alliance: Changing Laws And Policies For Racial Justice (Podcast) - Employment and HR - United States - Mondaq News Alerts

Jenny Schwendemann and Paul Sopher discuss the Law Firm Antiracism Alliance (LFAA) and their work to change laws and policies for racial justice. Littler attorneys provide pro bono services in a variety of areas, depending on the interests of individual attorneys. The firm values and encourages the community-minded and pro bono efforts of our lawyers and staff. The content of this article is...
November 01, 2021

Chronic pain, opioid prescription law changes topic of legislative study streaming online Monday - Tulsa World

Chronic pain, opioid prescription law changes topic of legislative study streaming online Monday  Tulsa World
November 01, 2021

Supreme Court takes up Texas law banning most abortions - WAGM

FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2021, file photo, the Supreme Court is seen on the first day of the new term, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up challenges to a Texas law that has virtually ended abortion in the nation’s second-largest state after six weeks of pregnancy. The justices are hearing arguments Monday in two cases over whethe...
November 01, 2021

How a 2005 Ohio 'tort reform' law has cost child rape victims millions - Ohio Capital Journal

Pictured is the Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center where the Ohio Supreme Court meets. Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons.. 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 absence of such maximums, they said, would hold the do...
November 01, 2021

Understanding NJ's Environmental Justice Law - njbmagazine.com

Concern for people’s health and business operations may lie in the balance in nation’s strongest law of its kind. There are pros and cons to New Jersey’s environmental justice law. It will hopefully lessen the negative health and environmental impacts of those living in some 310 “overburdened” communities in the state. At the same time, it might drive businesses, especially those that operate...
November 01, 2021

New Law Protects Students from Predatory Lenders - KNSI

Photo by Jake Judd KNSI News (KNSI) – On Friday, Minnesota commissioners and lawmakers were at St. Cloud Community and Technical College to tout a new law designed to protect college students from predatory lenders. The Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights was passed during the 2021 Legislative Session and became law on July 1st. DFL Representative Zach Stephenson was able to reach across the...
November 01, 2021

Law enforcement officers spend Halloween doing checks on registered sex offenders - WeAreGreenBay.com

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV)-Law enforcement officers are knocking on doors this Halloween and it isn’t to do their own trick or treating. They are doing random checks on registered sex offenders in the city. The officers split up the work and the officers Local Five news tagged along with did about 10 checks in three hours. These checks happen all over the state. “We want to make sure the activity...