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Covid-19 has spurred an outbreak of a different kind: litigation. To combat the pandemic, officials imposed extensive community-level mitigation measures using their broad but largely untested emergency powers. In response, more than 1000 suits challenged orders shuttering businesses, banning indoor worship services, restricting travel, and mandating mask wearing.1 As with other social aspect...

Credit: 2020 elenabsl/Shutterstock What You Need to Know An analysis by legal technology company nQ Zebraworks has found that many Big Law firms are targeting a Sept. 21 return date. NQ Zebraworks CEO Bill Bice, though, says that many of these dates are not realistic. The analysis also tracks vaccine mandates, which have been popular at these firms, as well as hybrid work plans.

HARRISON, Ark. (KY3) - The Arkansas legislature recently passed Act 1052, which affects rights and duties of landlords and tenants. The most notable is the habitability standards that will be required of all rental agreements beginning November 1. These standards set basic requirements within all rental properties by which tenants must make sure they are supplied. Act 1052 is the first statew...

REUTERS/Mike Blake (Reuters) - A law professor at beleaguered Florida Coastal School of Law has sued the school accusing it of never making good on the salary increase she was promised when she was appointed associate dean for academic affairs in 2017. Stacy Scaldo’s complaint, filed late last week in Florida state court, marks at least the third time Florida Coastal has been hit with a lawsu...

After a number of delays, South Korea’s National Assembly today voted to approve the passage of its “Anti-Google law.” Nicknamed after the search giant but more wide-ranging, the law will prevent Google and Apple from forcing developers to use their in-app billing systems when building apps for their two market-dominating app stores. This is the first time globally that a government has inter...

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Six hundred and sixty-six new Texas laws will go into effect this Wednesday. Debated, passed and signed during the 87th Texas Legislature, these laws include changes to public safety, health care and K-12 education. Not every bill signed into law during the regular session will go into...

Texas law banning most abortions to go into effect Wednesday  Spectrum News

The company and law firm names shown above are generated automatically based on the text of the article. We are improving this feature as we continue to test and develop in beta. We welcome feedback, which you can provide using the feedback tab on the right of the page. (Reuters) - When a half-dozen or so lawyers started talking last Tuesday about issuing a joint statement rebutting three bal...

Welcome to the latest installment of Law Admissions Q&A, a feature that provides law school admissions advice to readers who send in inquiries. If you have a question about law school admissions, email us for a chance to be featured in a future post. Can I apply to law school with an associate degree? I have been told I can only apply with a bachelor's degree. If so, please advise. – ML ...

A smartphone with the Apple Pay logo is placed on a displayed Google Pay logo in this illustration taken on July 14, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration SYDNEY, Aug 30 (Reuters) - The Australian government is considering new laws that would tighten the regulation of digital payment services by tech giants such as Apple (AAPL.O) and Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O). Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said...