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October 15, 2021

Law profession honors UofL's Laura Rothstein for her work with Central High School - uoflnews.com

Laura Rothstein While serving as dean of the Brandeis School of Law in 2001, Laura Rothstein helped initiate a partnership between UofL and Central High School’s Law and Government Magnet. Now 20 years strong, the relationship of the two schools illuminates the value UofL places on community engagement. The Cardinal influence through Central’s law magnet represents a cornerstone of UofL’s Sig...
October 15, 2021

Rittenhouse shooting victim files lawsuit against Kenosha, law enforcement - FOX 6 Milwaukee

Kyle Rittenhouse KENOSHA, Wis. - A new federal lawsuit has been filed against the City of Kenosha and law enforcement in connection to the Kyle Rittenhouse shootings. Kyle Rittenhouse is accused of fatally shooting two people – and injuring a third, Gaige Grosskreutz – during the unrest in Kenosha last year. Now, Gaige Grosskreutz is filing a federal civil lawsuit against the City of Kenosha,...
October 15, 2021

Apple pushing back against South Korea's App Store payment law - AppleInsider

AppleInsider is supported by its audience and may earn commission as an Amazon Associate and affiliate partner on qualifying purchases. These affiliate partnerships do not influence our editorial content. Apple has reportedly told South Korea lawmakers that it is already compliant with a law that requires it to accept alternative payment methods in the App Store, setting up a new anti-trust...
October 15, 2021

California Law Adds New Restrictions On Recyclability Claims - Employment and HR - United States - Mondaq News Alerts

On October 5, 2021, California Governor Newsom signed SB 343, addressing recyclability claims on products and in advertising. The Act amends existing sections of California's Business and Professions Code as well as the Public Resource Code relating to environmental advertising. These laws collectively provide California's version of recyclability consumer protection laws, similar to but goin...
October 15, 2021

Why Some Law Firms Are Actually Adding Office Space: The Morning Minute - Law.com

COST VS. CULTURE - It’s true that plenty of firms have reduced their physical footprints as more lawyers have shifted to remote work over the past 19 months, but the office appears to be far from obsolete. As Law.com’s Dylan Jackson reports, a number of firms are reaffirming their commitment to their office space and, in some cases, even expanding. Fried Frank, for example, has recommitted to...
October 15, 2021

Murray County law enforcement sees benefits of cross-deputizing - Theadanews

Murray County law enforcement sees benefits of cross-deputizing  Theadanews
October 15, 2021

Goodwin Appoints Private Equity Partner London Co-chair - Law.com

Goodwin Procter has appointed a private equity partner as its latest London co-chair, as incumbent Samantha Lake Coghlan moves to a position on the firm’s executive committee. Private equity partner Gemma Roberts has taken over as London co-head from Lake Coghlan, who is stepping down from the role to take up a position on the firm’s 16-strong executive committee, a statement by the firm said...
October 15, 2021

Sarasota experts discuss impacts of Surfside condo collapse, law changes expected - Sarasota Herald-Tribune

In the aftermath of the Champlain Towers South condo collapse that killed 98 people in Surfside near Miami in June, the lack of state regulations regarding inspections of mid-rise and high-rise condo towers became clear. Only two counties in all of Florida — Broward and Miami Dade — require the recertification of buildings, and that process only begins once a building has reached its 40th yea...
October 15, 2021

'Perfection in Every Document': Big Law's Latinx Leaders on What It Took to Reach the Top | The American Lawyer - The American Lawyer

(l-r) Hogan Lovells’ Miguel Zaldivar, Sidley Austin’s Yvette Ostolaza, and Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Wally Martinez. Courtesy photos Hunton Andrews Kurth managing partner Wally Martinez wasn’t the only leader of an Am Law 100 firm of Hispanic origin when he took the reins at predecessor firm Hunton & Williams in 2006. At that point in time, Cesar Alvarez was serving as CEO at Greenberg Traur...
October 15, 2021

Environmental Groups Don’t Like North Carolina’s New Energy Law, Despite Its Emission-Cutting Goals - InsideClimate News

A panel installer finishes installing electrical wiring at a solar array at a job site in East Charlotte. Credit: Logan Cyrus for The Washington Post via Getty Images In a year of landmark energy actions by states, the law signed this week in North Carolina is notable for the way clean energy advocates have responded with faint praise or even criticism rather than adulation. House Bill 951 re...