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On Tuesday, October 5, 2021, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation that addressed a blind spot in the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination that actually enabled private employers to discriminate against employees on the basis of their age. The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination ("NJLAD"), codified at N.J.S.A. 10:5-1, et seq., which in relevant part provides that "all persons ...

Push for mental health resources after deadly month for AZ law enforcement  Arizona's Family

© Cat O’Neil Aequo Ukraine Leading sustainability The firm issued its first sustainability report in May, pre-empting any regulatory requirements to do so in Ukraine. It includes a record of how the firm operates its own business and contributes to the community through pro bono work, and how it advises clients on incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards into inve...

Burnout: lawyers’ workload has increased in the pandemic © Vchalup/Dreamstime The challenge of toxic workplace culture has been revealed in a new survey of lawyers. At a time of fierce competition for talent, the great majority of respondents to the international survey said they would avoid certain (unnamed) firms when seeking a new job because of the risk to their wellbeing and mental heal...

© Cat O’Neil How should commercial law firms measure success? The industry itself has settled on the “PEP number” — annual profit-per-equity-partner. But this measure is irrelevant to the buyers of legal services, who want long-term, big picture thinking from their lawyers. In fact, a focus on PEP tends to result in the opposite approach. “The legal profession has a fundamental problem with ...

Spoilers ahead for the October 14 episode of Law & Order: SVU, and light spoilers for the upcoming 500th episode. Law & Order: SVU will soon hit a major milestone that few shows ever even get close to: Episode 500. Mariska Hargitay has stuck around for all 23 seasons so far, with Olivia Benson rising up the ranks from a young detective to the captain in charge of a unit that has had a...

You can take the Stabler outta SVU, but as this week’s Law & Order: Organized Crime proves, you can’t take the SVU outta Stabler. This universal truth comes to light when the sex-trafficking ring that SVU‘s Benson & Co. helped pinpoint in the first half of this week’s crossover becomes the object of Elliot’s obsession in the second half of this week’s crossover. (Read the SVU recap he...

Texas can continue banning most abortions after a federal appeals court on Thursday rejected the Biden administration’s latest attempt to undo a novel law that has become the country’s biggest curb to abortion in nearly 50 years. It pushes the Texas law closer to returning to the US supreme court, which in September allowed the state to move ahead with banning abortions once cardiac activity ...

(NewsNation Now) — A Marine lieutenant colonel told a military judge he was guilty of disrespecting superior officers at a court martial Thursday. Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller posted videos on multiple social media platforms demanding “accountability” from military leaders and President Joe Biden as the country’s withdrawal from Afghanistan turned deadly. The judge is expected to issue his senten...

A federal appeals court is temporarily allowing the nation’s toughest abortion law to resume in Texas. | Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP, file By ASSOCIATED PRESS 10/14/2021 10:06 PM EDT AUSTIN, Texas — Texas can continue banning most abortions after a federal appeals court on Thursday rejected the Biden administration’s latest attempt to undo a novel law that has become the nation’s...