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On Aug. 20, 2021, after two rounds of public comments on China’s draft Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL),1 China promulgated the final version of the PIPL, which takes effect Nov. 1, 2021. Together, the PIPL, Cybersecurity Law (which came into force June 1, 2017) and Data Security Law (which came into force Sept. 1, 2021) now form the fundamental legal framework that governs data sec...

Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 576 into law on Sept. 22 in McAllen. According to a news release, SB 576 enhances the criminal penalty for human smuggling when a payment is involved. SB 576 also eliminates the requirement of proof for prosecution that a smuggler intended to receive payment for the crime of human smuggling. Photo Courtesy: Office of the Governor MCALLEN, Texas – Gov. Greg ...

A law professor who testified during a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing Wednesday told Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) that his home state’s voter ID laws were among those that could be considered racist. In a hearing before the subcommittee on the Constitution, titled, “Restoring the Voting Rights Act: Combating Discriminatory Abuses,” Cruz, the subpanel's ranking member, asked each of the five...

Lawyers of Distinction announced Ofir Ventura as a 2021 Power Lawyer for Mass Torts and Personal injury law. LAS VEGAS, Sept. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In line with this, the Lawyers of Distinction is the fastest-growing lawyers' group in the United States. Members passed a goal assessment of their qualifications. Included in the test are reputation, license, experience, and disciplinary histo...

(Image via Getty) As mentioned in a prior article, a law school gunner is a law student who sits at the front of the class, raises their hand all the time, and does everything they can to earn good grades to the detriment of making social connections. It is true that law school grades are very important to law students since those grades are perhaps the single biggest factor in determining wh...

HELENA — Labor organizations, disability rights advocates and voters have announced another lawsuit challenging a new state law that ends Election Day voter registration in Montana. The Montana Federation of Public Employees, Montana AFL-CIO, Montana Association of Centers for Independent Living and ten individual voters from around the state have filed suit in the state’s 8th Judicial Distri...

Rosen Law Firm, P.A. Logo WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, continues its investigation of potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (OTC: MIELY, MIELF) resulting from allegations that Mitsubishi Electric may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public. SO WHAT: If you purchased Mitsubishi ...

A Moriarty man fired at officers and threatened to shoot his neighbors before being shot and killed by law enforcement earlier this month, New Mexico State Police said Wednesday. Torrance County sheriff's deputies and state police were called around 10 p.m. Sept. 6 to a home on Short Street in Moriarty for a report of domestic violence. Cimmaron Christy, 46, opened fire on officers when they ...

Earlier this month, in partnership with our friends at Lake Whillans, we released our Outside Counsel rankings, a look at the Biglaw firms most trusted by corporate legal departments. Today, we look at the firms that were rated highest by in-house attorneys based on the industries in which they practice. Drawing on input from GCs and in-house counsel from a range of business categories, we’ve...

A nurse loads the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine to be administered to a patient. Credit: OleksSH/Shutterstock What You Need to Know Florida law firms have higher vaccination rates than the state population, but firm leaders are looking for ways to comply with an OSHA mandate while keeping top talent. Two firm leaders said their firms won't pay for weekly testing out-of-pocket, which could cost $10...