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Attorney General Merrick Garland told lawmakers on Thursday that the Justice Department will follow "the facts and the law" if the House of Representatives votes to refer former President Donald Trump's ally Steve Bannon for criminal prosecution for defying a congressional subpoena. "I will say what a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's Office in the District of Columbia said I think yesterd...

Gallatin County man's conviction is the first under a 2019 strangulation law (Carroll County Jail) GALLATIN COUNTY, Ky. (WKRC) - As the strangulation death of Gabby Petitio continues to make national headlines, local courts are starting to see cases under a law that toughens penalties for trying to strangle someone, as a way to protect victims of domestic violence. A milestone in one Gallat...

California’s Gun Violence Restraining Order (GVRO) law, which went into effect in January 2016, provides a legal mechanism to temporarily remove firearms and ammunition from people at risk of harming themselves or others. A study published in PLOS ONE from the UC Davis Violence Prevention Research Program (VPRP) finds the law has been hampered by a lack of funding to support local implementat...

Enlarge When gaming peripherals company Dbrand started selling its custom black PS5 faceplates in February, its website cheekily suggested that its efforts were "totally legal," and it urged anyone who thought otherwise to "go ahead, sue us." Now, sure enough, the company has been forced to change the design of its custom plates in response to legal threats from Sony. Sony's threats aren't th...

The last time we checked in on Zero, the company had released a study outlining just how much billable time gets lost on non-billable administrative tasks. No one labored under the illusion that lawyers were maximizing their time, but the results of the study were still shocking. The plurality of timekeepers — 41.2 percent — felt they squander over 35 percent of their day on non-billable stuf...

Law Will Have Implications for Companies That Offer Automatic Subscriptions or Renewals On October 4, 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill No. 390, which amends California's Automatic Renewal Law (ARL), California Business and Professions Code Section 17600 et seq. The new law takes effect on July 1, 2022 and will have implications for companies that offer subscriptions o...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) speaks during a news conference Sept 30. New York’s private sector employers that don’t offer retirement plans will be required to automatically enroll their workers in the state’s savings plan, according to legislation signed Thursday by Gov. Kathy Hochul. The measure (S.5395A/A.3213A), which takes effect immediately, requires that employees be automatically en...

Garden State Equality Partners with Hunnell Law Group and McCarter & English to Provide Free Name Change Assistance to Trans New Jerseyans Today, Garden State Equality is pleased to announce a partnership with Hunnell Law Group and McCarter & English to provide pro bono legal assistance to trans people in New Jersey seeking legal name changes. Garden State Equality has been working ov...

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The House Ways and Means Committee recently released its plan to pay for President Biden's proposed Build Back Better Act. Many of the changes to the Internal Revenue Code proposed by that plan would directly impact gift and estate tax planning. While the plan is still in negotiations, and changes to the legislation are likely, the impact of the proposed changes on common estate plan strategi...