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Bryan Porter in his office at the Alexandria Courthouse. (Photo Credit: Missy Schrott) Later this month, I will celebrate my 20- year anniversary in the Alexandria Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office and am finishing up the last months of my second term as the city’s elected prosecutor. The confluence of these two milestones prompts me to write about the arc of my career. Some may not know that ...

ITHACA, N.Y.—The Planning and Economic Development Committee discussed what could be one of the largest pieces of legislation in the City of Ithaca’s recent history for tenant protections on Wednesday, voting to circulate the bill and setting up what’s sure to be a month of fervent feedback. Good Cause eviction legislation, also known as “Right to renew,” prevents landlords from removing tena...

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Former-President Trumps new social network will need Section 230 to survive. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria) Former President Trump has unveiled his long-discussed plans for his own social network. And in a twist of irony, the site, known as Truth Social, will benefit directly from the very law that Trump tried to destroy while in office: Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Trump’s social ...

Chamber of Commerce v. Bonta, No. 20-15291, 2021 WL 4187860 (9th Cir. Sep. 15, 2021) Summary: The FAA does not preempt Labor Code section 432.6’s prohibition of mandatory employment arbitration agreements, but does preempt the civil and criminal sanctions imposed for a violation of that provision. Read our in-depth analysis HERE. Wesson v. Staples the Office Superstore, LLC, 68 Cal. App. 5th ...

Lázaro “Lachi” González, right, hugs his partner Adiel González in Matanzas, Cuba, on Oct. 7. HAVANA — Adiel and Lachi are anxious to get married, perhaps dressed in black, in a ceremony by the seashore. The idea bothers the Rev. Moises de Prada, who like many of his parishioners opposes a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage in Cuba. The socialist government recently published a draft F...

On October 18, 2021, the Parliament adopted a new law on measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. It adds some clarity to the application of health-protection measures in companies. From October 19, 2021, employers are authorized to apply the Covid-check scheme for all or part of their business. Who falls under the Covid-check scheme? The scheme applies to “private persons, institutions, pub...

The Op-Ed “Reconsider bike helmet-law repeal” [Oct. 20, Opinion] described how the King County Board of Health is poised to repeal the regulation enacted in 2003 mandating bicycle helmets for all riders. This repeal is not the result of a preponderance of evidence showing that helmets no longer reduce head injury once a crash occurs, or that the county has implemented comprehensive bicycle sa...

(L-R) Jude Law, Josh O'Connor, Andrea Riseborough and Marion Cotillard EXCLUSIVE: In a development that makes for as hot a package as you’ll find at the Virtual American Film Market, Marion Cotillard, Jude Law, Andrea Riseborough and Josh O’Connor will join Kate Winslet in Lee, the Ellen Kuras-directed film about the wartime experiences of Lee Miller. Miller traded a glamorous career as a V...

EU Leaders Tackle Energy Crisis, Polish Rule-of-Law The European Union is reassessing how aggressively to approach the rule-of-law crisis in Poland after leaders including Germany’s Angela Merkel and France’s Emmanuel Macron called for restraint. The European Commission is considering delaying a new mechanism designed to block budget payments to member states in breach of the EU’s democratic...