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Opposition legislators celebrate after a reform of the electricity sector, defended by Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, failed to pass the lower house of Congress, in Mexico City, Mexico April 17, 2022. REUTERS/Luis Cortes MEXICO CITY, April 18 (Reuters) - Mexico's Congress opened debate on Monday on an amendment to the country's mining law presented by President Andres Manuel ...

A national gun association believes Georgia’s new gun law, which allows some residents to carry a concealed handgun in public without a permit, could be dangerous for its citizens. Phillip Smith, founder of the National African American Gun Association, told WSB-TV in Atlanta that he worries the law may allow people to purchase firearms without knowing enough about them. “My fear is that you’...

A national gun association believes Georgia’s new gun law, which allows some residents to carry a concealed handgun in public without a permit, could be dangerous for its citizens. Phillip Smith, founder of the National African American Gun Association, told WSB-TV in Atlanta that he worries the law may allow people to purchase firearms without knowing enough about them. Advertisement “My fea...

VINITA, Oklahoma - The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) said a Craig County deputy and a Vinita Police officer shot and killed a suspect who was waving a bow and arrow in a “threatening” way Monday morning. Law enforcement was responding to a 911 call about a large piece of concrete on railroad tracks. Investigators said the suspect, Guy Walker, lived on property near the railro...

Jackson Lewis Law Firm Logo Employees who assert wage claims available only under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) cannot recover the greater remedies available under the Massachusetts Wage Act (MWA), the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has held. Devaney v. Zucchini Gold, LLC, 2022 Mass. LEXIS 156 (Mass. Apr. 14, 2022). In so ruling, the high court rejected the conclusion of s...

Last week, Maryland’s General Assembly overroad Governor Larry Hogan’s veto to enact the Time to Care Act of 2022 (TCA). With that, Maryland joined the growing list of jurisdictions -- including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Oregon, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Washington State, and Washington, DC -- that have adopted a paid family and medical leave insurance progra...

Great news for the law school class of 2021 — there are jobs out there! According to recent data from the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, jobs for that class in full-time, long-term, bar passage required or JD-preferred positions is up over 11 percent compared with the class of 2020. The ABA Journal reports on how the bump in positive employment outcomes breaks out: ...

Last year while campaigning across Virginia, I repeatedly heard the same concerns about public safety and the rise in crime. I saw communities gripped in fear, officers leaving police forces in droves due to lack of support, and too many victims to count. From Abingdon to the suburbs of Fairfax County, the city of Richmond, the shores of Virginia Beach, and the hills of the Shenandoah Valley,...

Spring is in the air and that means the return of home improvement projects. But before digging, it is the law in New Jersey to be safe and call 8-1-1. Chelsey Van Heest, process analyst at PSE&G said it's not just the big projects that involve contractors that require a phone call. Even smaller projects do. These include planting a bush, a tree, a vegetable garden, or installing a mailbo...

Woodstock town board members Bennet Ratcliff and Maria-Elena Conte will hold a listening session regarding the town’s Noise Law (Chapter 139 of the Town Code), 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 20 at the Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, 56 Rock City Road. Controversy regarding noise disturbance has arisen over the last several years as businesses have taken to presenting music outdoors in ord...