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Victor Mora graduated from the School of Business, and is a second-year law student. KOKOMO, Ind. – Never be afraid to fail. Victor Mora lives his life by this philosophy. As the first in his family to earn a college degree, he continues to challenge himself to achieve more and reach for new goals. “It’s better to try and fail than to never try,” said Mora, a 2018 Indiana University Kokomo g...

Permission granted by DPR Construction The Texas legislature passed a series of laws in its latest session that make it easier for construction pros to do business in the state. The laws simplify some statutes, add protections for contractors who continue to work during the pandemic, reduce liability in certain cases and more. One of the new laws, SB 219, holds that contractors should ge...

Keypoint: China’s Personal Information Protection Law is a complicated regulatory regime that will require U.S. entities subject to its requirements to undertake substantial compliance efforts. Effective November 1, 2021, China will become the latest country to enact a national data privacy law akin to Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The new law – entitled the Personal Inf...

AUSTIN, Texas - In an item to be voted on Thursday, Austin City Council member Paige Ellis is expressing disdain for the Texas Heartbeat Law. "This item reaffirms the City of Austin's longstanding commitment to abortion access, and allocates staff resources to the City's law department to investigate and pursue appropriate legal support and efforts to challenge this law," said Ellis. The hear...

Weinberger Divorce & Family Law Group announced that three firm attorneys were promoted to partner: Mara Dooskin, Rachel Partyka and Raquel Vallejo. “Mara, Rachel and Raquel each provide our clients with the highest level of legal care. They are vital to our team and it is an honor to now have them by my side as fellow partners,” Bari Z. Weinberger, firm founder and managing partner, said...

In January, my husband’s sister drove cross-country to help care for our two young sons while my husband was deployed in the armed services. When I proposed the idea, I asked her to think about the pay she would like and the services she would provide. I told her we would cover her room and board. She never responded. After she arrived, I asked her several more times about pay and duties. She...

The Heflin-Torbert Judicial Building in Montgomery. Demons are ice skating. Pigs are nesting in trees and soaring over mountains. And I, much to my surprise, agree with Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Parker, perhaps the court’s most conservative jurist. Parker is a protégé of disgraced former Chief Justice Roy Moore. And I don’t recall ever agreeing with either one of them about anyt...

The President is announcing fourteen judicial nominees, including ten new candidates for the federal bench. All of the nominees are extraordinarily qualified, experienced, and devoted to the rule of law and our Constitution. These choices also continue to fulfill the President’s promise to ensure that the nation’s courts reflect the diversity that is one of our greatest assets as a country — ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State Law in University Park awarded four students as the inaugural recipients of four new diversity scholarships as part of its commitment to ongoing concrete action on diversity, equity, inclusion and antiracism. The awardees are third-year law students Brea Jones, Joy Kim, Sidnee McDonald, and second-year law student Amanda Carrizales. “On behalf of Penn State L...

The US District Court for the District of Arizona on Tuesday blocked provisions of a restrictive Arizona abortion bill from taking effect. The Arizona legislature enacted SB 1457 in April 2021. The section of the bill at issue recognizes the “rights, privileges and immunities” of unborn children “at every stage of development” and bans abortions sought solely because of a fetus’ genetic abnor...