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Bottles of Russian "Champagne" are seen in a small shop in central Moscow. The French government said Thursday it was in talks with Moscow about suspending a contested law barring French champagne producers from labeling their bubbly "champagne" on bottles sold in Russia. France, home of champagne, jealously guards its AOC, or Appellation of Controlled Origin, which give its producers exclusi...

Cobb County School District sign (photo by Larry Felton Johnson) The Southern Poverty Law Center announced in a letter to the Cobb County School District that they intend to file a lawsuit against the district, and stated that the suit will be filed on the basis of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). SPLC is joined in the lawsuit by local firms Goodmark Law Firm and the Law Office of A...

President Joe Biden is set to nominate Cornell University law professor Saule Omarova to head the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, according to a Bloomberg report. The banking law professor has been a critic of cryptocurrencies and envisions a larger role for the government in overseeing banks. Omarova needs Senate confirmation to serve a five-year term. President Joe Biden is p...

Warder Street NW in the proposed Park View historic district (Photo from the application). North of Howard University and directly abutting the campus of the Old Soldier’s Home, Park View is a fairly typical Northwest DC neighborhood. Last month, ANC 1A submitted an application nominating 188 properties in the northernmost two blocks for historic designation. If the Historic Preservation Rev...

Miriam Barnett was among a group of parents who attended the District 65 Policy Committee meeting on Jan. 11, 2016, a petition in hand with over 300 signatures asking the District to enact a policy on recess. “We weren’t even asking for additional recess time … our main goal was to protect it,” Barnett said. “There were a lot of students who were losing recess for punitive reasons … especiall...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC/NEWS10) — On Wednesday, during a press conference Governor Kathy Hochul addressed concerns and her support for the ‘Less is More’ law, signed days ago. The law is intended to reduce the number of people incarcerated for technical violations in New York State, such as missing a parole officer appointment or violating curfew. Following the Constellation Brands press event ...

The Bullet Point is a biweekly update of recent, unique, and impactful cases in state and federal courts in the area of commercial litigation. We’re pleased to expand the Bullet Point from its previous coverage of Ohio case law to include additional areas in McGlinchey’s footprint. Ohio Cancel on Death Rider Huntington Natl. Bank v. Hall, 10th Dist. Franklin No. 20AP-449, 2021-Ohio-3111 In th...

Democrats now hold a majority of seats on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The new Democratic majority on the NLRB became official on Saturday, August 28, when President Joe Biden’s nominee David Prouty was sworn in as the fifth and final member, replacing management-side attorney and Republican appointee William Emanuel, whose term ended the day before. Democrats now control thre...

Protectionist Oklahoma laws and regulations have made it harder for many students to access specific college courses, a top education official told lawmakers this week. Jeff Hickman, chairman of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, noted that state law and some regulations issued by the regents deliberately limit student access to in-person instruction. “A geographic service area ...

lawsuit court law President Joe Biden’s executive order that companies with 100 or more employees must ensure their workers are vaccinated against COVID-19 or tested weekly for the illness seems legal under current interpretations of the law and the U.S. Constitution, but opponents have at least three legal arguments they can try, LSU law professor John Devlin says. The sweeping mandate meant...