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October 07, 2021

Special Episode of “LOUISIANA LAW” Features LDWF Enforcement Division Efforts for Hurricane Ida - Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

-Special Episode of LOUISIANA LAW Premieres on Animal Planet and Streams on discovery+ Sunday, Oct. 10- On Aug. 29, 2021, Hurricane Ida made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane, slamming Louisiana’s coastline with 150 mile per hour winds and catastrophic storm surge. One of the strongest storms in Louisiana’s history, Ida left a trail of devastation across the state and triggered a heroic res...
October 07, 2021

Villanova Law's biggest donor ponies up another $13 million - Reuters

REUTERS/Phil Noble (Reuters) - Villanova University’s largest law school donor is back at it this week, giving $13 million to the school that already bears his name. The latest gift from Charles and Barbara Widger will be used to bolster professional development and leadership training, including by endowing a new associate dean and three other positions focused on those areas. The latest con...
October 07, 2021

New California Law Imposes Moratorium on New Hospice Licenses - JD Supra

On October 4, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed California bill SB-664 “Hospice licensure: moratorium on new licenses” (the “Bill”) into law. The Bill, which passed the California Assembly on September 8, 2021 and the California Senate on September 9, 2021, imposes a moratorium on the California Department of Public Health (the “Department”) issuing new hospice licenses on or afte...
October 07, 2021

No Immunity: State Right of Publicity Law is § 230 “Law Pertaining to Intellectual Property” - JD Supra

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that § 230 of the Communications Decency Act, 47 U.S.C. § 230(c), does not preclude claims based on state intellectual property laws, reversing in part a district court’s dismissal of a plaintiff’s state law claims for violation of her right of publicity. Hepp v. Facebook, Case Nos. 20-2725; – 2885 (3d Cir. Sept. 23, 2021) (Hardiman, J.) (Cow...
October 07, 2021

Proposed Ann Arbor law requires large buildings to disclose energy data - MLive.com

Missy Stults, Ann Arbor's sustainability office manager, discusses the city's A2Zero carbon-neutrality initiative at the annual Green Fair on Main Street on Oct. 1, 2021. ANN ARBOR, MI — With buildings being the single-largest users of energy, accounting for roughly two-thirds of greenhouse gas emissions in Ann Arbor, city officials are aiming to make them more efficient. City Council voted u...
October 07, 2021

DAOs Are Taking Over, With New Wyoming Law - Yahoo Finance

History is unfolding before us with BLOCKS DAO LLC paving the way as the first legally registered DAO LLC coming out of the groundbreaking new blockchain law in Wyoming. Perhaps the biggest beauty of the blockchain industry is that it is constantly pushing the boundary of what is valid and accepted in society. Cryptocurrency has forced us to question what we even consider a currency and DeFi ...
October 07, 2021

UPDATED: UM law school dean resigns following student-led walkout; associate dean expected to step down - Missoulian

UPDATED: UM law school dean resigns following student-led walkout; associate dean expected to step down  Missoulian
October 07, 2021

Wisconsin Republicans continue to push state abortion law changes, despite previous vetoes - Wisconsin Public Radio News

Inside a hospital room Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin are continuing to push for changes to Wisconsin abortion laws, despite previous vetoes from Gov. Tony Evers. A state Assembly committee heard several hours of testimony on Thursday on a number of bills that would put new requirements and restrictions on abortion providers and cut off state funding for Planned Parenthood. Four of the bil...
October 07, 2021

Seventeen Gibson Dunn Partners Recognized in Expert Guides' Women in Business Law - Gibson Dunn

Expert Guides has named 17 Gibson Dunn partners to its 2021 Guide to the World’s Leading Women in Business Law, which recognizes top female legal practitioners advising on business law. Selection to this guide is determined by a survey of fellow legal practitioners. The Gibson Dunn partners included in the guide are Hong Kong partners Kelly Austin and Patricia Tan Openshaw, Houston partner Hil...
October 07, 2021

NYU Law dean to step down after nine years - Reuters

The company and law firm names shown above are generated automatically based on the text of the article. We are improving this feature as we continue to test and develop in beta. We welcome feedback, which you can provide using the feedback tab on the right of the page. Oct 7 (Reuters) - New York University School of Law’s longtime leader will vacate the dean’s office at the end of the academ...