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SACRAMENTO — Black women in California are more likely to die within a year of pregnancy than women of other races, prompting a wave of policy changes this year in the nation's most populous state that culminated on Monday with Gov. Gavin Newsom signing a new law aimed at reducing the disparity. The law, among other things, creates a new committee within the Department of Public Health to rev...

Daniel Casagrande of Cramer & Anderson in Danbury. Courtesy photo What You Need to Know Litigator Daniel Casagrande says some attorneys seemed distracted and detached during virtual hearings. Casagrande is an expert in municipal law. Casagrande said his firm's municipal practice continues to grow. As attorneys worked through the global health pandemic, Cramer & Anderson partner Dani...

Following a submission and review process, the Law Journal is pleased to announce the 2021 Diverse Attorneys of the Year. These honors are presented biannually—in years alternating with the Top Women in Law awards. Congratulations to these honorees: Want to continue reading?Become an ALM Digital Reader for Free! Free access to 1 article* every 30 days Access to the entire ALM network of webs...

MANHATTAN — The Second Circuit affirmed dismissal of a suit by New York, New Jersey and other high-tax states that challenged the Trump administration's $10,000 cap on how much state and local taxes taxpayers can deduct from their total taxable income. The cap on SALT deductions, short for state and local taxes, hurt 10 states with the highest taxes, all of which were represented in the Senat...

Students march at the University of Montana and call for the resignation of the UM Law School dean. (Daily Montanan) (Daily Montanan) Everett Johns stood on the steps of Main Hall on Tuesday at the University of Montana and called on President Seth Bodnar to ask for the resignations of Alexander Blewett III School of Law Dean Paul Kirgis and Associate Dean of Students Sally Weaver. “At best, ...

(Daily Montanan) A prominent Montana lawyer and former longtime faculty member at the Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana had raised concerns about its leadership in 2019 in a pointed six-page letter declining an offer to stay on board. Maylinn Smith, then co-director of the Margery Hunter Brown Indian Law Clinic, told Dean Paul Kirgis in the Feb. 2019 letter she ...

Groups challenging new Florida election law seeks documents about how it was drafted  Miami Herald

WILMINGTON, Del., Oct. 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rigrodsky Law, P.A. announces that it is investigating Elmira Savings Bank (“Elmira”) (NASDAQ CM: ESBK) regarding possible breaches of fiduciary duties and other violations of law related to Elmira’s agreement to be acquired by Community Bank System, Inc. (NSYE: CBU) Under the terms of the agreement, Elmira’s shareholders will receive $23.10...

Home and Garden Built in the 1930s, the one-of-a-kind lakeside home (which now houses Stowman Law Office) features perfectly cut stone selected for its color, fitted into place, and tied together with colored grout work. DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — Now here's a house that's stone-cold cool! Built nearly 100 years ago, the one-time family lake house at 1100 West Lake Drive in Detroit Lakes, Minnes...

Never underestimate the bonds formed by legal tech. Monday’s installment of Relativity Fest 2021 hosted a panel on the “Best Practices for Building Strong In-House & Outside Counsel Relationships”—and items on that list increasingly feature some degree of technology. “I used to think of technology as being sort of like a supplemental workstream, like [a] ‘it better work’ kind of a thing,”...