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Credit: Perfect Wave/Shutterstock Gov. Phil Murphy signed A-681 into law Tuesday, expanding the scope of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination by eliminating the mandatory retirement age and widening the legal remedies available to an employee who is required to retire due to age. Employment lawyers say employers will now need to tread more cautiously when making decisions on whom to hire...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A prison reform bill was included with Alabama’s prison construction plan special session, which was signed into law last week by Gov. Kay Ivey. It’s part of the solution to address the U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit against the state citing prison overcrowding. The legislation is being criticized by Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, however. “The realit...

(Reuters) - Los Angeles-based midsize law firm Michelman & Robinson announced Tuesday a new associate salary scale starting at $230,000, outpacing Big Law's latest pay rate for first years. The salary bumps taking effect in 2022 will award salary by "level" rather than class year at Michelman & Robinson, and will reach up to $450,000 for "level eight" associates. The starting point of...

UM to conduct 'independent' review of law school following student-led walkout  Missoulian

SACRAMENTO – California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law today banning the use of the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS in paper-based food packaging and to require disclosure of toxic substances in cookware. The bill, AB 1200, known as the California Safer Food Packaging and Cookware Act of 2021 and authored by Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), will protect consumers an...

Governor Newsom’s signature today put in place a new law authored by Assembly Member Ting that bans PFAS in paper-based food packaging, requires disclosure of chemicals of concern (such as PFAS) in cookware, and prohibits misleading advertising about the presence of chemicals in cookware. Ban on toxic, “forever” PFAS chemicals in plant-based food packaging First, AB 1200 bans PFAS in paper-ba...

Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP If broadcast network TV is supposed to be dead, no one told Dick Wolf. The procedural maven’s eight shows across NBC and CBS are proving to be a viewership powerhouse for the two networks as the new TV season gets underway, cementing Wolf’s expanding dominance in primetime. It’s also perhaps why NBC felt the time was finally right to revive the “Law & Or...

A state law in California prohibited the state from entering and renewing private prison contracts. Photo: Ariana Drehsler for The Wall Street Journal A federal appeals court ruled a California law that bans private prisons can’t stand because it impedes on federal immigration policy. The law, which went into effect last year, prohibits the state from entering and renewing private prison co...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — South Dakota has become a safe haven for people looking for a place for large sums of money. The Pandora Papers, an investigation by a worldwide group of investigative journalists, found that South Dakota has become a popular place for rich foreigners to keep their money, often to avoid taxes. However, supporters of the growing industry in the state, say they believ...

New California law bans use of recycle logo on non-recyclable packages  Sacramento Bee