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September 27, 2021

Enforcement decree of workplace disaster law to be reviewed by Cabinet this week - The Korea Herald

(Yonhap) An enforcement decree for the new workplace disaster law aimed at better protecting workers from industrial accidents will be reviewed during a Cabinet meeting this week, according to labor and business community sources Monday, despite criticism from both manager and labor groups over the government proposal. In January, the National Assembly passed a bill that strengthens the punis...
September 27, 2021

San Marino votes to legalise abortion - reversing a 150-year-old law - Sky News

San Marino has a population of 33,000. Pic: AP One of the world's smallest countries has voted to legalise abortion - overturning a 150-year-old law that criminalised it. San Marino, a tiny Catholic country surrounded by Italy, was one of the last countries in Europe that still banned abortion. It is one of the world's oldest republics and one of the smallest countries, with a population of a...
September 27, 2021

Law roundup: Parents angry after teen pulls down pants - Daily Inter Lake

A flustered woman called Kalispell Police Department because she thought a “major fight” was going to happen after a teen, out walking a dog with his father in a parking lot, allegedly pulled his pants down in front of her children and screaming ensued. She claimed the father had previous interactions with police and tried to fight the last time they were at the location. Parties were separat...
September 27, 2021

UK government suspends competition law to tackle fuel supply crisis - MarketWatch

Motorists queue to refuel their cars petrol or diesel fuel at a Shell petrol near Farnborough, west of London on September 26, 2021. - Britain's transport secretary Grant Shapps on Sunday accused lorry industry representatives of helping to spark petrol panic-buying, as he defended a U-turn on post-Brexit immigration policy to ease an escalating supply crisis. The U.K. government has exempt...
September 27, 2021

Man jailed for wife's 1990 death seeks hearing under new law - Fulton Sun

LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — Supporters of a man who has been in prison for more than 30 years for killing his wife are upset the Jackson County prosecutor hasn't been willing to use a new law to give him another chance to prove his innocence, but her office said there is no new evidence to consider in the case. Ken Middleton, 77, was sentenced in 1991 to life plus 200 years in the shooting death of h...
September 27, 2021

GW Law launches strategic planning process with Deloitte - GW Hatchet

Deloitte will leverage interviews with faculty and stakeholders alongside other data to inform recommendations for the law school, officials said. GW Law officials have begun developing the school’s next strategic plan to assess the future of the law school and prioritize faculty guidance in academic and administrative affairs. The law school launched its strategic planning process earlier th...
September 27, 2021

Beyond the Numbers in the Global 200 - Law.com

Credit: fotohunter/Shutterstock.com I supposed it’s become par for the course that lawyers, a particularly competitive bunch, want to know how much money law firms are earning and where their own firm stands in comparison. They also want to know how much equity partners are making—usually assisted by the hard-working associates who, while they may be earning a lot less than their bosses, are ...
September 27, 2021

Man jailed for wife's 1990 death seeks hearing under new Missouri law - Jefferson City News Tribune

LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — Supporters of a man who has been in prison for more than 30 years for killing his wife are upset the Jackson County prosecutor hasn't been willing to use a new law to give him another chance to prove his innocence, but her office said there is no new evidence to consider in the case. Ken Middleton, 77, was sentenced in 1991 to life plus 200 years in the shooting death of h...
September 27, 2021

'Esther's Law' a step closer to allowing cameras into Ohio long-term care residents' rooms - McKnight's Senior Living

A bipartisan bill that would enable long-term care residents and their families to install remote monitoring equipment in their rooms had a hearing in the Ohio House of Representatives’ Families, Aging and Human Services Committee on Tuesday. “Esther’s Law,” also known as Ohio S.B. 58, unanimously passed the Ohio Senate in May. “Esther’s Law authorizes the installation of electronic monitorin...
September 26, 2021

Elizabeth Holmes's trial outcome is uncertain, law professors say - The Stanford Daily

(Photo: OMKAR SHENDE/The Stanford Daily) Certainty about the outcome of Stanford dropout Elizabeth Holmes’s trial is muddled by the complex circumstances surrounding Holmes’s intentions and relationships, according to Stanford Law professors. The Daily sat down with two of these professors and a Loyola Law professor to break down the case. Holmes founded Theranos, a blood diagnostic company,...