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Credit: Konstantin Postumitenko/Adobe Stock What You Need to Know Analysts say finding and infusing enough young talent into firms is a rising concern in Big Law. Demand continues to outpace supply. Young lawyers are getting burned out, and surveys indicate it's harder to keep them around with money. The talent crunch has triggered alarm bells about law firms’ long-term viability, as epic w...

A slew of new laws took effect this month, including the largest increase of Florida’s minimum wage in state history. Floridians earning minimum wage saw a 15% increase Friday from $8.65 to $10 an hour, marking the first step in a years-long journey to $15 an hour by 2026. The voter initiated wage hike, however, is just one of many on-the-book changes. From vaping and mugshots to corporate es...

White Plains traffic ordinance sparks discussion about access to law  The Journal News / Lohud.com

WASHINGTON — Not so long ago, conservatives found it maddening when U.S. judges cited foreign law in their decisions interpreting the Constitution. When the Supreme Court took account of international trends in a 2005 decision eliminating the juvenile death penalty, for instance, Justice Antonin Scalia wrote a furious dissent. “The basic premise of the court’s argument — that American law sho...

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By Jessica Mathews / [email protected] A new law recently took effect that lifts license suspensions for approximately 73,000 Michiganders who failed to pay tickets or court fines or failed to appear in court for certain non-moving and other violations. The new state law will impact driver’s licenses suspended due to failure to comply with a judgment, such as failing to pay a ticket or failing to...

Last month, the United States Supreme Court refused to block a law in Texas that threatens the lives and life outcomes of girls who are pregnant as a result of statutory rape, incest, trafficking, and unwanted pregnancies, which is 99% of teen pregnancies. The law bans abortions if a fetal heartbeat is detected—an event that usually occurs around the sixth week of pregnancy and before a child...

Oakland County Sheriff’s Office deputies receiving TASER, pistol manipulation, pepper spray and baton recertification training in Ortonville, Mich., on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021. The deputies also conducted training related to reality-based scenarios and how to clear a room. (Mark Cavitt/The Oakland Press) Federal and state legislators have been slow to take action on police reform, but Michi...

Citing an increase in harassment, intimidation and threats of violence against school board members, teachers and workers in our nation’s public schools, today Attorney General Merrick B. Garland directed the FBI and U.S. Attorneys’ Offices to meet in the next 30 days with federal, state, Tribal, territorial and local law enforcement leaders to discuss strategies for addressing this disturbin...

(Anoushka Buch | Daily Trojan) Our right to a speedy trial is one of the most important rights protected by the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution. The amendment prevents indefinitely holding criminal defendants for unproven accusations, guarantees they receive a fair trial, ensures the effective utilization of resources and preserves the interest of the public, which includes ...