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Water and wastewater agencies gained an important new protection from lawsuits challenging their rates on Wednesday, when Governor Newsom signed SB 323 (Caballero). For water or sewer service fees or charges adopted after January 1, 2022, this new law requires any lawsuits challenging those fees or charges to be commenced within 120 days of the effective date. Water and sewer agencies for yea...

Roark added to Pham Harrison Attorney Amanda Roark, an experienced litigator, has joined Pham Harrison, Fort Worth’s largest boutique Labor & Employment firm. “We are thrilled to have Amanda join us. The expertise she brings in the courtroom and advocating for clients adds great depth to our firm and will be invaluable to our clients,” said Managing Partner Caroline Harrison. Roark gradua...

911 dispatcher (WWNY) LOWVILLE, New York (WWNY) - Hallie Pfendler and Denyse Hastwell are 911 dispatchers in Lewis County. The two work hand in hand to get help to people who need it. “We’re considered secretaries and we do a lot more than that. We potentially save lives. We do CPR instructions. We get people there that need to be there,” said Hastwell. That work is now being recognized by Go...

Screen shot of the first of 14 pages of the most recent Laurie List released in late July containing more than 280 names of sworn law enforcement personnel. By NANCY WEST, InDepthNH.org NASHUA – The lawsuit seeking the unredacted Laurie List of dishonest police will continue even though five of the newspapers and ACLU-NH that originally sued the attorney general to get the list have withdrawn...

About the Panels Panel I: The Activists Tristan Harris (left) is the president and co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, which advocates for humane technology that operates for the common good. He is the Co-Host of the podcast Your Undivided Attention and the primary subject of the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma. Frances Haugen (second from left) is a data scientist and for...

Democratic Rep. Dan Daley is trying for the third straight Session to push forward legislation requiring background checks for ammunition purchases. The measure (HB 181) is titled “Jaime’s Law,” named after Jaime Guttenberg, one of the 17 people killed during the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland. The measure would subject those buying ammo to the same background ...

Bringing the law into the 21st century, the New York legislature has updated the state’s telemarketing statute to add text messaging. Joint bills in the Senate and Assembly modified Section 399-z of the General Business Law to include the term “electronic messaging text” to multiple definitions in the statute, such as “telemarketer,” “telemarketing” and “telemarketing sales calls.” The amende...

Law enforcement agencies across Maine paid tribute Thursday to fallen Hancock County sheriff’s Deputy Luke Gross. Gross was hit and killed by a vehicle early Thursday after he had responded to another vehicle that had gone off Route 3 in Trenton. Members of law enforcement escorted his body from Trenton to the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Augusta. Agencies from across Maine posted messa...

Office space for lease. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM What You Need to Know Some law firms are taking advantage of a current tenant-favored office market. While the industry is largely downsizing space, some firms are seizing the moment to relocate or expand to new markets. A physical presence doesn't always mean a physical office space anymore. The pandemic-driven downturn in office mark...

AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM) — CBS-11 has learned 101 lawmakers, most of them Republicans, were warned by the Texas Department of Public Safety, about a credible threat made against them after they voted for the fetal heartbeat bill earlier this year. Republican State Representative Matt Shaheen of Plano, who supported the bill during the regular legislative session, said Wednesday he received a call...