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October 12, 2021

Hunter Biden's art gallery arrangement is 'whacko': ethics law expert - Business Insider

Hunter Biden Kris Connor/WireImage A law professor and ethics expert says the nature of Hunter Biden's art sales are "whacko." "It's bizarre that that's the solution that they came upon," Kathleen Clark told Politico. Experts are criticizing the gallery and White House's attempts to insulate the art sales from undue influence. 10 Things in Politics: The latest in politics &...
October 12, 2021

Silicon Legal: Illinois Privacy Law Is One to Watch in New World of Biometrics | The Recorder - Law.com

Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM Editor’s note: Welcome to Silicon Legal, a regular column looking at the legal issues facing the technology industry and startups. Thanks for reading! We’d love your feedback, so please send thoughts and tips to Hugo Guzman at [email protected]. Follow Hugo on Twitter (@TrveHugoGuzman) and connect with him on LinkedIn. Tech lawyers and in-house leaders spend a gre...
October 12, 2021

Employment law: What is affecting veterinary medicine? - DVM 360

According to Charlotte Lacroix, DVM, JD, owner of Veterinary Business Advisors Inc. (VBA) in New Jersey, tons of employment law and Human Resource issues have emerged in veterinary medicine within the past 2 years. In a recent interview with dvm360® at the Atlantic Coast Veterinary Conference (ACVC), Lacroix discussed 3 different drawbacks veterinary professionals are braving plus a few solut...
October 12, 2021

Amendments to the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination Expand Employment Protections Against Age Discrimination - JD Supra

On October 5, 2021, Governor Phil Murphy signed A-681 thereby amending the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (“LAD”) to provide new protections against age discrimination for applicants and employees over the age of 70 years old. Most notably for private employers, the amendments: Eliminate employer immunity from age discrimination claims for failure to hire applicants or promote employe...
October 12, 2021

Supreme Court signals it will side with Kentucky attorney general in bid to defend restrictive abortion law - CNBC

Police officers set up barricades in front of of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. Emily Elconin | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Tuesday considered a Republican attorney general’s bid to defend a restrictive Kentucky abortion law, with some liberal justices sounding skeptical that a lower court was right to reject that request to inte...
October 12, 2021

Tribal Law and Economics Program Launches at George Mason University - Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Adam Crepelle, assistant professor of law and director of the Tribal Law & Economics Project at George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School At George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School, the Law & Economics Center launched a Tribal Law and Economics Program (TLEP) to serve indigenous communities in the U.S. TLEP will apply economic analysis to the legal institutions g...
October 12, 2021

California Governor Signs AB 45 Hemp Bill Into Law - The National Law Review

On October 6, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 45 into law, which allows for the inclusion of hemp and cannabinoids (e.g., CBD), extracts, or derivatives of hemp in food and beverages, dietary supplements, cosmetics, and processed pet food provided that they, among other things, contain less than 0.3% THC. THC (or “THC and comparable cannabinoid”) is broadly defined to inc...
October 12, 2021

Apple CEO’s Anti-Leak Edict Broke Law, Ex-Employee Alleges - Yahoo Finance

(Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc.’s restrictive employee handbook rules and Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook’s recent pledge to punish leakers both violate U.S. law, according to new complaints that a fired activist filed with the National Labor Relations Board. Most Read from Bloomberg In filings Tuesday, former Apple employee Ashley Gjovik alleged that a September all-staff email from Cook, saying ...
October 12, 2021

Top Five Labor Law Developments for September 2021 | Jackson Lewis PC - JDSupra - JD Supra

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel (GC) Jennifer Abruzzo mandated the seeking of more aggressive remedies in unfair labor practice (ULP) cases. Office of General Counsel Memorandum GC 21-06, Seeking Full Remedies (issued Sept. 8, 2021). In a memorandum issued to NLRB field offices, Abruzzo directed staff to seek a variety of new remedies in ULP cases. Currently, monetary ...
October 12, 2021

McGeorge School of Law receives historic donation, plans to provide scholarships for students of color - Sacramento Bee

McGeorge School of Law receives historic donation, plans to provide scholarships for students of color  Sacramento Bee