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Oklahoma hopes to close on a federal loan this summer for rural highway construction and improvements that would tap into $200 million of borrowing authorized by a 2021 state law. Andrew Messer, the state’s deputy treasurer for policy and debt management, said the Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority and the state’s transportation department have been working with the U.S. Department of Tra...

Miller Howard building on Dixon Avenue. Discussion over an agreement to allow the Woodstock Library to move to Bearsville turned heated at the Woodstock Town Board meeting April 12 when Councilman Bennet Ratcliff sought to make it more specific, over the objections of Supervisor Bill McKenna. However, it may be all for naught, as it seems the library will do without it. Woodstock Town Supervi...

Founded by Professor Katherine Franke with co-director Professor Suzanne Goldberg, The Center for Gender and Sexuality Law has established Columbia Law School as the preeminent law school for the study of and specialization in the law of gender and sexuality. The Center is the base for many research projects and initiatives focused on issues of gender, sexuality, reproductive rights, bodily au...

As featured in #WorkforceWednesday: There has been a wave of legislation restricting non-compete agreements in the states, as well as a focus on such agreements at the federal level. The continued shift towards remote work has also complicated non-competes. How do employers maintain compliance? Attorney Erik Weibust tells us more. Employment Law This Week® gives a rundown of the top developme...

The IRS’s Streamlined Filing Compliance Procedures continue to be a valuable tool for taxpayers who are not in compliance with all of their United States income tax reporting obligations associated with foreign activities. However, the program is full of potential traps and risks for those taxpayers and tax professionals who are unfamiliar with the program’s various requirements. This course ...

A student from the University of North Carolina Law School with a bad case of March Madness put her legal education to work so she could watch the Tar Heels take on the Duke University Blue Devils in the Final Four. Jess Errico, a first-year student at UNC Law, had a capstone project due the day after the game was scheduled. The project amounted to 65% of her final grade and either needed to ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis' battle with Disney escalated Tuesday with the announcement that lawmakers will consider repealing the governing structure for Disney's Florida properties, a move that could end special privileges the company has long enjoyed and appears aimed at punishing Disney for speaking out against the so-called "Don't Say Gay" law. DeSantis expanded the scope of a special legislative...

A new series regarding the legal status of Trevor Andrew Bauer and the ongoing cowardice of Major League Baseball and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Disclaimer and Introduction Mandatory Disclaimer: I am a licensed California attorney in good standing who is also a (literal) professional Dodgers’ fan/travel writer/long-form essayist. I do not practice criminal law, although I did work in the field ...

Credit: Photo illustration by: Lorin Granger L-R: Irene Kwon ’23, Sidarth Singh ’22, Alice Hu ’24, Samantha Camy ’23 Sidarth Singh ’22 says the Student Well-Being Working Group’s mission is straightforward. “What we are looking to do is let students know that these resources are available, how they can access them, and then, if they’re having a hard time, who they can contact,” says Singh. La...

Sadik Demiroz/Getty Images Three federal law enforcement agencies issued a joint Cybersecurity Advisory spotlighting a new cyber threat associated with North Korean state-sponsored actors and specifically targeting blockchain and cryptocurrency companies. Outlined in the CSA on Monday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the U.S. Tre...