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Illinois State Police investigation ‘open and ongoing,’ Department of Agriculture ‘outraged,’ could terminate carnival company’s contract following Target 3 investigation SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NEXSTAR) — Six months after the Illinois Department of Corrections released 41-year-old Jason Flynn from a state prison for a felony conviction involving the sexual abuse of a 12-year-old child, the regist...

Credit: alphaspirit/Adobe Stock There has never before been such a plethora of legal technology options on the market. But both buyers and sellers are starting to learn that more isn’t always better. The Driver: The legal tech industry is exploding. But, as Law.com’s Frank Ready has covered extensively over the past several weeks, the influx of new players and products to the market has made ...

Getty Images The controversial abortion law in Texas may be starting to impact Hollywood filming in the state. The Wire creator David Simon announced via Twitter on Monday that he wouldn’t film an upcoming HBO project in Texas as he apparently previously planned due to the new restrictions. “As an employer, this is beyond politics,” Simon wrote. “I’m turning in scripts next month on an ...

(WIVB) – A law firm known for taking on the state’s pandemic restrictions is also planning to challenge the vaccine mandate in court. Corey Hogan from the HoganWillig law firm says he has 700 clients ready to fight the vaccine requirements for healthcare workers. “It’s something that from our perspective we’ve been involved in this COVID-19 litigation going back to March 2020, but this has be...

KTVZ file BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office advised the community Tuesday of an upcoming state increase in fees for concealed handgun licenses and renewals. Senate Bill 554, which mandates the safe storage of guns and also bans firearms from the state Capitol, also requires sheriff’s offices throughout the state to increase the fees for new concealed handgun licenses,...

On Sept.17, 2021, a three-judge panel of the Wake County Superior Court ruled 2-1 that North Carolina’s voter ID law violates the state constitution. As a result, the court blocked enforcement of the law. The court found that “the evidence at trial [is] sufficient to show that the enactment of [the voter ID law] was motivated at least in part by an unconstitutional intent to target African Am...

CONNECTICUT, USA — Beginning October 1st, new pedestrian safety laws take effect in Connecticut. One law aims to improve communication between drivers and pedestrians. It will allow pedestrians to let drivers know they are intending to cross by signaling with their hands. As the law stands now, pedestrians must step into the crosswalk for cars to yield. The new law allows them to stay safely ...

Tortious interference, also known as intentional interference with contractual relations, is a common law tort that occurs when a party intentionally sabotages or otherwise damages the plaintiff’s contractual business relations with a third party. This article discusses one main form of tortious interference: interference with an existing contract. We discuss interference with business relati...

[co-author: William de Sierra-Pambley*] On August 12, 2021, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decided whether Washington state law reverse-preempts the United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (“New York Convention”), in which case the state law would bar the enforcement of arbitration clauses in insurance contracts in states with similar anti-a...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The North Charleston Police Department (NCPD) on Tuesday night responded to an incident at a North Charleston apartment complex. Multiple units were on scene at Pinecrest Apartments as of 9:07 p.m. An area of the complex was blocked off with yellow police tape. The North Charleston Forensics Unit arrived on scene shortly after 11:00 p.m. The Charleston County ...