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JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri's top elections official is urging lawmakers to pass laws requiring photo ID to vote and changing how absentee ballots are fixed when they meet next year ahead of midterm elections. Testifying to House and Senate committees last week, Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft said he was "throwing his support behind" legislation focused on "keeping our elections secure." Req...

On September 22, 2021, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 701, restrictive new legislation regulating certain employers' use of employee quotas and work speed data in warehouse distribution centers. The new law governs employers with 100 or more employees at a single warehouse distribution center, or 1,000 or more employees at one or more warehouse distribution centers across the state. “Wa...

Join experts in the field of land grant and acequia law for an upcoming Continuing Legal Education Workshop, "Land Grants, Acequias and the Law." The two-day event will begin Friday, Oct. 15 at the Cañón de Carnué Land Grant Hall. The workshop is geared towards judges, attorneys and students and is open to all individuals. Event organizers, Utton Transboundary Resource Center and the Land Gra...

Three bills signed into law by Gov. Roy Cooper are poised to make significant changes to several aspects of the state's criminal justice system. Earlier this month, Cooper addressed several bills, ratified by state lawmakers, by signing them into law. Three of those bills were part of a largely bipartisan effort to overhaul the state's criminal justice system. The bills are House Bills 436 ...

During debate on the restrictive Texas abortion bill earlier this year, lawmakers added a provision that prohibits someone who impregnates a woman through rape or incest from bringing a civil suit under the law — but other individuals are still eligible to sue over the same abortion. Gov. Greg Abbott, who signed the bill into law, and Republican authors have faced questions over how the law,...

Want to get this daily news briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up. WHAT WE’RE WATCHING REAL GOOD TIME - Remote work may be enjoying overwhelming popularity, but remote fun is still no substitute for real-life human interaction. As Law.com’s Dylan Jackson reports, the in-person events summer associate programs are known for—ballgames, concerts and elaborate lunches—came back this year (albeit...

Two large digital signs warn drivers they can’t turn right into a pedestrian crosswalk in San Diego. To the editor: Three decades ago, when I was still living in my birth city of New York — where no one gives a second thought to jaywalking — I was visiting Los Angeles and walking downtown. I did something I had always done at home: cross the street on a “don’t walk” sign. (“Trying to cross...

Every day we see photos of thousands of people from other countries trying to get into the United States. They come to the Texas border, and wait and wait, hoping. They beg to be able to live here, to change their lives. Very few are allowed in. A look at the history of citizenship and immigration laws shows that for many years immigration was encouraged. The US Constitution does not define “...

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / September 27, 2021 / The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that class actions have commenced on behalf of certain shareholders in the following companies. If you suffered a loss you have until the lead plaintiff deadline to request that the court appoint you as lead plaintiff. There will be no obligation or cost to you. Cassava Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:SAVA) If y...

Shootings happen almost daily, yet Louisville can't pass tougher gun laws. Here's why  Courier Journal