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October 07, 2021

India state government implements law banning online betting games - JURIST

The Government of Karnataka announced the Karnataka Police (Amendment) Act, 2021 on Tuesday, prohibiting all forms of online games involving betting, wagering and gambling of any kind in the state. The amendment follows the Karnataka High Court’s order to the state government to consider a petition that sought to ban all types of online gambling and betting. The new law seeks to strengthen th...
October 07, 2021

Local law firm expands to neighboring Coshocton, Morgan and Perry Counties - Y-City News

The Zanesville law firm of Gottlieb, Johnston, Beam & Dal Ponte, PPL has announced their expanded legal access across the region. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was recently held by the Coshocton County Chamber of Commerce to commemorate the merger with another firm. According to partner Susan McDonald, the Zanesville firm merged with the Coshocton firm of Leech, Scherbel and Peddicord in 202...
October 07, 2021

'Law & Order' Revival: Returning Season 21 Cast Members Poll Results - TVLine

The polls have closed and the results of TVLine’s Law & Order revival poll are in. With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, fans of the onetime juggernaut have sent a clear message to NBC and Dick Wolf: You would not be bent out of shape if Sgt. Max Greevey were MIA in the just-ordered 21st season Original cast member George Dzundza — who quit after the show’s inaugural season in 1990...
October 07, 2021

WA state Democrat, GOP lawmakers agree. Both sides protest appeal of Hanford worker law - Tri-City Herald

WA Attorney General visits Tri-Cities in support of Hanford workers Washington’s Attorney General Bob Ferguson came to the Tri-Cities to call on President Joe Biden to stop a legal challenge to a state law protecting Hanford workers. By Jennifer KingNew details emerge in deadly stabbing of Pasco bus driver captions off, selected UP NEXT: Washington’s Attorney General Bob Ferguson came to the...
October 07, 2021

UM Law School Dean steps down - KTVQ Billings News

Enrollment at the University of Montana Alexander Blewett III School of Law is about 248 students, which is roughly half female. MISSOULA — The University of Montana confirmed to MTN News Thursday morning that the Dean of the Alexander Blewett II School of Law, Paul Kirgis, submitted his resignation. University spokesman Dave Kuntz said Kirgis sent an email to UM President Seth Bodnar shortly...
October 07, 2021

Montana law school administrators step down after walkout - NBC Montana

Paul F. Kirgis, has resigned as dean of the University of Montana Law School. Photo: University of Montana MISSOULA, Mont. — The University of Montana law school dean and associate dean will step down following allegations that they failed to take seriously reports of sexual harassment and assault. Dean Paul Kirgis wrote in a letter on Thursday to the Alexander Blewett III School of Law that ...
October 07, 2021

Poland’s Top Court Rules Its Constitution Trumps Some E.U. Laws - The New York Times

Pro-European demonstrators protesting in August in front of the constitutional court in Warsaw.Credit...Wojtek Radwanski/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images WARSAW — Poland’s constitutional court on Thursday set up a head-on collision with the European Union by ruling that the country’s constitution trumps some laws set by the bloc, a decision that threatens to dissolve the glue that holds th...
October 07, 2021

Smokeball Acquires FamilyProperty, Deepening its Commitment to Family Law - Business Wire

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Smokeball has streamlined its end-to-end experience for family law professionals with the acquisition of the industry-leading platform FamilyProperty, an innovative product that empowers families to resolve parenting and financial issues more efficiently, amicably, and cost-effectively. “Family law is a practice that has not traditionally had a significant focus fro...
October 07, 2021

Texas Abortion Law Criticized by EU's Top Diplomat in Rare Rebuke Toward US - Bloomberg

The European Union’s top diplomat blasted Texas for a law passed recently that dramatically curbs access to abortions, marking an unusually direct criticism of a U.S. state by a close ally. In a debate in the European Parliament on this issue, Josep Borrell, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs, said that the near-total ban imposed by the Texas law “could have serious implications...
October 07, 2021

Poland Rejects Primacy of EU Law, Deepening Feud With Bloc - Bloomberg

Poland’s top court ruled that the constitution overrides some European Union laws, intensifying a conflict over democratic standards that could sink billions of euros in pandemic aid and even challenge the country’s membership in the bloc. The judgment could be used by Poland’s government to bypass common rules that underpin the functioning of the 27-nation bloc and follows years of increasin...