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The Missouri House has granted initial approval to the latest version of Blair's Law. The proposed law is named after an 11-year-old girl from the Kansas City area who was killed in 2011 when she was struck by a stray bullet on the Fourth of July. It attempts to ban what is often called "celebratory gunfire," or people firing bullets indiscriminately into the air. The bill, which sponsoring R...

Credit: Bannafarsai_Stock/Shutterstock.com What You Need to Know After explosive growth across the industry, some law firms are building up in current markets or trying to build out to new markets. Talent dispersion and client needs are common reasons some firms choose to seek out new markets. Firms with established offices in New York or Silicon Valley are focused on building in those exist...

The Justice Department is using antitrust law to charge employers with colluding to hold down wages. The move adds to a barrage of civil challenges. Credit...Kevin Van Aelst Antitrust suits have long been part of the federal government’s arsenal to keep corporations from colluding or combining in ways that raise prices and hurt the consumer. Now the government is deploying the same weapon in ...

Jen Rubin, chair of Mintz’s ESG practice group, looks at the recent California court decision striking down the state’s law mandating corporate board seats for underrepresented communities. She says boards still need to dedicate themselves to a meaningful process for seating the right board and offers suggestions for ways to ensure community representation. A California court struck down Cali...

In the new "Canada Law Firm Brand Index", we see how buyers of legal services in Canada are looking to their outside counsel for practical business advice and localized legal knowledge across multiple jurisdictions. Before the global pandemic, it was a bit easier to decipher what corporate clients wanted from their law firms. Differentiators such as strong personal relationships, a long-stand...

The crime wave crashing across Colorado is a serious challenge facing communities in nearly every corner of our state. In Aurora, we put forward the Aurora Action Plan, a comprehensive set of strategies aimed at addressing the rise in crime. Our plan calls for fully staffing and fully funding our police department, a homeless camping ban, and reinstating programs that effectively address yout...

Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday signed House Bill 143, which is named in honor of Sheffield K-9 Sgt. Nick Risner, who was murdered in October 2021 by a man previously convicted of manslaughter. The Nick Risner Act, which is sponsored by Rep. Phillip Pettus, prevents convicts who used a deadly weapon to kill someone from being released early under Alabama’s “Good Time” law. Governor Ivey previo...

In Brief Recreational marijuana sales could begin as early as Thursday, April 21. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) With legal sales of recreational marijuana beginning potentially next week, acting Attorney General Matt Platkin has issued a memo to law enforcement leaders reminding them New Jersey law allows cops to light up when they’re off duty. The memo makes clear police officers can...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden has signed into law bipartisan legislation led by U.S. Sen. Gary Peters D-Mich., chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, to set the Postal Service on a more sustainable financial footing and support the goal of providing long-term reliable service across the country. Peters joined Biden at the White House recently for the bi...

Tucson educators question Arizona's new 'moment of silence' law  KVOA Tucson News