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Law enforcement leaders praised Hartford and Norwich police officers for their vigilance and professionalism after the two cops escaped targeted gunfire and helped arrest suspects in separate incidents Monday and Tuesday. “What shouldn’t be lost here,” Brian Foley, an aide to public safety Commissioner James Rovella, said Wednesday, “is that both armed, violent suspects were taken into custod...

Independent grocers, pharmacies, restaurants, convenience stores and farmers launched a coalition Thursday urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enforce antitrust laws on dominant firms such as Walmart and Amazon. The Main Street Competition Coalition is warning that the largest retailers and suppliers are abusing anti-competitive tactics that could leave small businesses without acces...

Input on septic law sought through two public hearings, online survey  Glens Falls Post-Star

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signs House Bill 951 at an October 13 ceremony at the governor's mansion in Raleigh. At first blush, North Carolina’s new bipartisan energy law is straightforward and far-reaching — directing regulators to make hefty pollution cuts from Duke Energy power plants in the next decade and whittle them down to near-zero by midcentury. The targets are aligned with expe...

HUNTSVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Historic Scott County Jail was built in 1904 and is on the national register of historic places. The building was closed when a new jail was built in 2005. After 16 years of sitting empty, former inmates and law enforcement are said to haunt the historic landmark. The Historic Scott County Jail operated for a little over 100 years. Its doors were closed from 200...

Welcome back to the Big Law Business column on the changing legal marketplace written by me, Roy Strom. This week, we look at just how far the bankruptcy business has tumbled since a banner 2020. Sign up to receive this column in your inbox most Thursday mornings. Last year I quantified the massive legal fees Big Law firms earned from the industry’s hottest practice group at the time: bankrup...

FILE - A signboard is seen from the Indian side of the Indo-China border at Bumla, in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, Nov. 11, 2009. NEW DELHI — Although it has expressed concern over a new land boundary law passed by China, India has said it expects that Beijing will not take action that could “unilaterally” alter the situation in the countries’ border areas. China’s Nati...

What You Need to Know Law firm merger consultants say several large firms are in merger talks. The mergers are being driven in part by the tight lateral market and the widening gap among elite firms. It still is yet to be seen how active the merger market will be compared to pre-pandemic years. Consultants are portending a flurry of law firm mergers in 2022, especially among larger firms,...

Photo credit: Pictures of Money, Flickr creative commons By Rose Hoban Gov. Roy Cooper signed a bill into law last month that’s been touted as a way to create insurance plans that could bring costs down for small businesses that want to give their employees a health care benefit they otherwise might not have been able to afford. The new law allows for employers to offer employees access to “e...

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. (WOOD) — It’s an issue that’s more common than you probably realize, and it comes with a hefty punishment. New laws are making it easier to hold drivers accountable when they risk the safety of kids on a school bus. “Historically, we would get complaints from school districts to say we have violators, even repeat violators at the same stop, but we would have had to be ther...