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NLRB general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo concluded by warning that she will adopt her “legal position in future investigations and litigation.” It remains to be seen if the NLRB board itself will adopt her views. In a memorandum to National Labor Relations Board regional directors and other agency officials on Wednesday, NLRB general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo announced her view that college a...

Earlier this summer, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts entered a decision vacating the provision in the new Title IX regulations that prohibited decision-makers from considering statements not subject to cross-examination. The U.S. Department of Education subsequently issued a Dear Colleague Letter on August 25, 2021, indicating that it was immediately ceasing enforcem...

The Serenade of the Seas in Sitka on July 21, 2021, the first port call of the curtailed 2021 cruise season. (Tash Kimmell/KCAW) Sen. Lisa Murkowski has introduced a bill to permanently waive a requirement for Alaska-bound cruise ships to stop in Canada. Murkowski unveiled the bill at the annual meeting of the Southeast Conference in Haines this month. She argued that the century-old Passenge...

File; Trevor T. Trujillo, Oil City News CASPER, Wyo. — Administrative phone lines for law enforcement agencies in Wyoming’s Johnson County are down Wednesday morning, September 29, according to an announcement posted to social media. 911 emergency phone services are still working for Johnson County. “The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office and Buffalo Police Department are currently unable to acc...

55_plus_web_ new logo_1-300x134 There are as many reasons for family feuds as there are families; all are unique. In most cases, but certainly not all, they are about money. If the feud cannot be righted by the parties involved, it must be resolved by a judge. By planning ahead, you can minimize the likelihood that the feud will end up going to court. For example: If you want to provide for ...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Vice Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (SCIA) today applauded S. 325, a bill to amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act to extend the deadline for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, and for other purposes, being signed into la...

(L-R) AXS Law attorneys Courtney Caprio, Irina Sadovnic, and Joanna Niworowski. Courtesy photos What You Need to Know The new hires cited AXS Law's flexible work environment and nontraditional compensation as reasons for joining the firm. An AXS Law founding partner said the firm is often able to pay higher salaries than Big Law firms in the city. One new hire arrives as a partner with a dec...

John Kotchkoski and Marco R. Merino were arrested Tuesday night and now face federal bribery and drug charges. COLUMBUS, Ohio — The criminal complaint filed against two Columbus police officers reads like a Hollywood script – two police officers, tasked with removing drugs from the street, are accused of dealing them and accepting bribes in exchange for promising the safe passage of illicit ...

Credit: nito/Adobe Stock What You Need to Know Federal appellate decision protects sovereign immunity against Federal Tort Claims Act waiver. 11th Circuit dismissed liability suit against U.S. Postal Service citing plaintiffs' failure to identify state-law duty violation. Establishing state-law duty requires plaintiff to plausibly allege that a private person would be liable for the same act...

WASHINGTON – Members of a Senate panel battled Wednesday over the Supreme Court’s "shadow docket," focusing on a contentious decision this month that allowed a Texas law banning most abortions after six weeks to remain on the books for now. Critics framed the one-paragraph ruling in the Texas abortion case as ideologically driven and questioned the expedited process the court uses in such di...