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Eda Aker and Sarah Cook, Contributing Photographers Amid national conversations about racism and free speech triggered by Yale Law School’s recent handling of an allegedly-discriminatory email sent by student Trent Colbert LAW ’23, The William F. Buckley Jr. Program hosted a discussion on Friday on how universities balance free speech with discrimination claims from students. The current cont...

Buckeye State lawmakers still are working on pending legislation in the General Assembly that would make assaulting an Ohio referee a crime punishable by fine or community service hours. To be clear, assaulting a human being already is a crime in Ohio. But perhaps that’s the problem. Too many choose not to think of referees as fellow human beings when something as monumentally, earth-shatteri...

Photo by Getty Images. A proposed law named for a Shaker Heights woman who lost her life to domestic violence was approved by a House committee on Thursday. Aisha’s Law was passed out of the House Criminal Justice Committee after receiving even more testimony on its importance, and despite arguments against it by a criminal defense association. The bill was named after Aisha Fraser, who was k...

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed two bills into law before a COVID-19 briefing in New York City on Tuesday to expand the state’s open government processes and transparency. (Courtesy of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office) NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul signed two pieces of legislation Tuesday to expand transparency in government and ensure an open process at the state and local levels, including a significant ...

ALBANY (AP) — Workers facing layoffs in New York state now have a right to ask their employers instead to trim all workers’ hours and have unemployment insurance help offset the losses for everyone, under a law that Gov. Kathy Hochul signed Saturday. The measure is meant to increase awareness of what is known as the “shared work program.” It already exists in New York but hasn’t been very wid...

The uncoupling of the tax and immigration mobility business from Big Four accounting giant PwC will open doors for the Canadian immigration law firm allied with PwC, as it will no longer be bound by strict conflicts rules that now govern which clients it can take on, according to the head of the firm’s Canadian immigration practice. PwC agreed last week to sell its mobility consulting divisio...

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(Adds context, Facebook comment) SYDNEY, Oct 25 (Reuters) - The Australian regulator behind a law forcing large internet platforms to negotiate licencing deals with media outlets said on Monday he was "concerned" about Facebook Inc's cooperation, seven months after the rule took effect. Under the News Media Bargaining Code, the social media giant and Alphabet Inc's Google must negotiate with ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Kanawha County staff will review the county’s coronavirus vaccination policy for possible changes in light of the state Legislature’s approval of a bill on vaccine exemptions. State lawmakers last week approved legislation allowing workers to seek an exemption from getting vaccinated by providing documentation noting a medical or religious reason. Kanawha County does not r...