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The Department of Justice said Friday that it will ask the Supreme Court for an emergency halt to the Texas law that has restricted access to abortion in the nation’s second largest state to an extent not seen in 50 years. The announcement followed a decision by a federal appeals court Thursday night that allowed the law to remain in effect. A lower court judge last week said the law was unco...

Pro-choice activists hold signs outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. Stefani Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Department of Justice said Friday it will ask the Supreme Court to effectively block the enforcement of a restrictive Texas abortion law while legal disputes play out. That law, which bans most abortions after as early as six weeks ...

The U.S. Justice Department will ask the Supreme Court to put on hold Texas' restrictive abortion law as legal challenges against the law proceed. "The Justice Department intends to ask the Supreme Court to vacate the Fifth Circuit's stay of the preliminary injunction against Texas Senate Bill 8," Anthony Coley, a DOJ spokesman, said in a statement. The motion comes a day after the U.S. Court...

Nikolas Cruz pled guilty Friday to the charges related to attacking a Broward County sergeant in jail. He arrived in court Friday morning to change four plea charges. He pled guilty to: attempted aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer with a deadly weapon battery on a law enforcement officer depriving an officer of means of protection attempted use of a self-defense weapon against a...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Biden administration said Friday it will turn next to the U.S. Supreme Court in another attempt to halt a Texas law that has banned most abortions since September. It comes as the Texas clinics are running out of avenues to stop the GOP-engineered law that bans abortions once cardiac activity is detected, which is usually around six weeks. It amounts to the nation’s bigges...

A sign enforces solicitation rules around a voting site. Election supervisors in some Florida counties say they will need thousands of dollars in additional funding to meet requirements of a new election law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis. To cover the additional costs, at least one county is reducing the number of ballot drop-off boxes, making voting less convenient. Despite conducting a seem...

A new Personal Data Protection Law ("PDP Law"), promulgated by Royal Decree M/19 of 9/2/1443H, corresponding to 16 September 2021, is due to come into force in the Kingdom from 23 March 2022 (the "Effective Date") and will require most businesses to make significant changes to the way they collect, store and process personal data. Businesses will also need to establish compliant procedures an...

A common career path is to graduate from law school, spend a few years practicing at a firm, and then take a job as an in-house counsel. Biglaw associates are drawn to in-house opportunities to escape the billable hour and to benefit from a less demanding and more predictable schedule. The lawyers who make this transition traditionally have not looked back. That’s partly because they haven’t ...

The recent New York Times piece “Who Is The Bad Art Friend" has everyone weighing in online as readers wonder how one woman’s story of organ donation could result in allegations of plagiarism and drawn-out legal battles. Brianna Wu, executive director of Rebellion PAC, and Kelcee Griffis, senior telecom reporter for Law360, joined Sue O’Connell on Greater Boston to break down the viral story....

In November of this year all phases of the exploitation of precious metals and precious stones—from exploration and extraction to processing (refining), sales and export—will be newly regulated by Law No. 710 On Precious Metals and Precious Stones (the “Law”). It also aims to improve the system of testing and sealing jewelry, as well as procedures for quality control. The Law establishes that...