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April 14, 2022

EQUITY ALERT: Rosen Law Firm Encourages Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. Investors With Losses to Inquire About Class Action Investigation – IIPR, IIPR-PA - Business Wire

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces an investigation of potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. (NYSE: IIPR, IIPR-PA) resulting from allegations that Innovative Industrial Properties may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public. “IIPR is less ...
April 14, 2022

Abortion-rights groups in Kentucky seek to block sweeping law - Los Angeles Times

Abortion-rights supporters chant their objections at the Kentucky Capitol on Wednesday in Frankfort, Ky., as Kentucky lawmakers debate overriding the governor’s veto of an abortion measure. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Abortion-rights groups went to court Thursday seeking to restore abortion services in Kentucky, where the last two abortion clinics signaled they couldn’t immediately comply with sweep...
April 14, 2022

Florida universities could lose funding if they violate ‘anti-woke’ law - Miami Herald

Florida’s cultural clashes over what to teach about race are not isolated to K-12 education. They are also spilling into the state’s higher education system. For about a year now, Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida Republicans have been fighting the influence of critical race theory and what they call “woke” ideologies in the classroom. Their latest effort is legislation that would place new restr...
April 14, 2022

Rodney Smolla to lead Vermont Law School - Vermont Biz

Experienced higher education leader to assume position on July 1. Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Law School(link is external) (VLS) Board of Trustees today announced that it has named Rodney A Smolla incoming VLS president. The higher education leader and legal educator, litigator, scholar, and author will become the school’s president on July 1. “After an extensive national search, t...
April 14, 2022

Reynoldsburg considering changes to fireworks law - The Columbus Dispatch

ThisWeek USA TODAY NETWORK Reynoldsburg City Council is reviewing the city’s fireworks ordinance ahead of a new state law that would permit Ohioans to legally shoot off fireworks on certain holidays beginning July 1. House Bill 172, signed by Gov. Mike DeWine in November, makes Ohio the 49th state to legalize the use of consumer fireworks. However, the law also allows communities to opt out ...
April 14, 2022

Vermont Law School announces new president - WCAX

(WCAX) SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt. (WCAX) - The Vermont Law School Thursday announced the hiring of its next president. Rodney Smolla, who previously served as the dean and a professor at Delaware Law School of Widener University, will become VLS’ president on July 1. A first-generation college student, Smolla received his JD from Duke University School of Law and his BA from Yale. Former law school...
April 14, 2022

Key California Employment Law Cases: March 2022 | Payne & Fears - JDSupra - JD Supra

DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. v. Howmedica Osteonics Corp., 28 F.4th 956 (9th Cir. 2022) Summary: Motion to transfer venue was properly denied where forum-selection clause in employment agreement was void under California Labor Code section 925. Facts: In September 2017, Jonathan L. Waber (“Waber”) was hired by Howmedica Osteonics Corp. (“HOC”) as a Joint Replacement Sales Associate. Waber signed ...
April 14, 2022

State's paper tag fraud problem coming to 'screeching halt,' local law enforcement says - KXAN.com

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The mass-producing of fraudulent paper license plates — a problem that has plagued Texas — has hit “almost a screeching halt” amid tighter restrictions, according to local law enforcement. “What y’all have done over the past three months is exemplary,” central Texas law enforcement officer David Kohler said, speaking to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles board on Thursday....
April 14, 2022

Fox News Case to Test New Arbitration Law's Retroactive Reach - Bloomberg Law

The logo of News Corp.'s Fox Networks Group Inc. is seen on the exhibit floor during the National Cable and Telecommunications Association (NCTA) Cable Show in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. New law carves out sexual harassment from arbitration pacts ‘She wants these claims in open court,’ woman’s attorney says A high-profile sexual harassment suit against Fox News exec...
April 14, 2022

Florida governor signs law banning abortions after 15 weeks - PBS NewsHour

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a 15-week abortion ban into law Thursday as the state joined a growing conservative push to restrict access to the procedure ahead of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that could roll back abortion rights in America. “This will represent the most significant protections for life that have been enacted in this state in a generation,” DeSant...