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Associated Press Lawsuit says only a fraction of misconduct records have become public as required by law New York City police in riot gear gather during a protest in the Brooklyn in May 2020. NEW YORK — The New York chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union sued New York City’s police department on Thursday, saying it is illegally keeping the vast majority of officer disciplinary r...

The Duke Law School. Photo by Chronicle File Photo | The Chronicle This fall, Duke will officially become home to a chapter of Phi Alpha Delta, a national law and pre-law fraternity. Co-founders Chinmay Amin and Max Wyatt, both sophomores, recognized the lack of a strong and active pre-law organization at Duke and hoped to form a community for their pre-law peers. “Nobody knows the stru...

Scam alert Washoe County Sheriff Darin Balaam issued a warning this week about a telephone scam that involves a caller pretending to be from the Sheriff’s Office and demanding the potential victim pay “unpaid tickets” immediately. “We are thankful a potential victim called the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office which alerted us to this particular scam,” Balaam said in a statement. “There are man...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Since the pandemic shut down courthouses and relegated many proceedings to Zoom, there was immediate impact on the business side of law. As courts across metro Chicago slowly emerge from pandemic protocols, with sanitizers, sprays, masks and continued social distancing, some attorneys are still struggling with a new way of doing things. There is a hybrid of in-person legal wo...

Supporters of Britney Spears attend the #FreeBritney Protest Outside Los Angeles Courthouse at Stanley Mosk Courthouse on Sept. 16, 2020, in Los Angeles. | Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Newsom signs #FreeBritney bill to help reform conservatorship laws By VICTORIA COLLIVER 09/30/2021 09:00 PM EDT Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed into law the so-called #FreeBritney bill, legisla...

OK so technically, technically, Law & Order‘s Stabler didn’t ghost his former partner again when he went undercover with the Albanian drug cartel. “He did let me know not to worry about him,” Liv says early in Thursday’s SVU, the first part of an SVU/Organized Crime crossover. However, after Stabler’s previous disappearing act, you can understand why Benson is on edge. When Fin asks what ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill to return land to the descendants of a Black couple, Willa and Charles Bruce, that was taken from them in the city of Manhattan Beach, Calif., nearly a century ago. Newsom traveled to the area where the Bruces’ resort was once located to sign the new law in front of Bruce family members, the media and others who raised awareness of how Black Californians were p...

Some cities reform policing as violent crime surges 02:24 (CNN)California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed into law a series of police reform bills, creating a system to decertify law enforcement officers found to have engaged in serious misconduct, strengthen use of force practices and increase transparency with the aim of building back trust between the public and law enforcement. "On t...

The Nevada Legislature (Gurajpal Sangha) CARSON CITY, Nev. (KOLO) - Changes are coming for those who are looking for work. “I think this is fair, equitable policy that will really make a difference for some employees who have been willing to accept jobs that paid less than what they were qualified for,” said Nevada State Senator, Julia Ratti, who represents District 13. On Friday SB293 become...