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Tennessee prohibits teaching 14 concepts that the legislature deemed divisive, including that either the state or the U.S. ‘is fundamentally or irredeemably racist or sexist.’ Last year, debate over what to teach in Tennessee schools made school board meetings last for hours with parents yelling and, in some cases, police present. The issue escalated to the state legislature, which passed a l...

Leise Hook / For Spotlight PA Older people serving life sentences in Pennsylvania’s prisons have two options for release: a commutation or the state’s version of “compassionate release.” Compassionate release offers incarcerated people who are terminally ill or incapacitated a chance to spend their remaining days with access to better medical care or with family and friends, rather than behin...

Judge Judy has listened to arguments, pounded her gavel and rendered decisions on television screens all over the country. But to officiate at her grandson's wedding this June, the celebrity judge will need some help from Rhode Island's General Assembly. For that reason, a bipartisan group of Rhode Island lawmakers have proposed "special legislation," "An Act Relating to Solemnization of Marr...

The government is hamstrung from helping the world’s war-crimes court by two laws and a policy aimed at barring it from charging Americans. Destruction on Tuesday, in Borodianka, Ukraine, where as many as 200 people had been missing and presumed dead after intense aerial bombing.Ivor Prickett for The New York Times WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is vigorously debating how much the Unit...

Credit: Art_Photo/stock.adobe.com What You Need to Know Recent data from LinkedIn shows that 4.3% of job switches in 2021 were boomerang hires. Nixon Peabody and Dechert are embracing the phenomenon, while Wilson Sonsini has stood out over a five-year span. One analyst suggests the law firm world trails the wider economy in embracing the trend. It might sting when valued attorneys walk out ...

DUBAI, UAE / ACCESSWIRE / April 11, 2022 / Bybit is the world's third most visited cryptocurrency exchange and one of a limited number of crypto-related businesses with operations in the UAE. It offers online spot and derivatives trading services, mining and staking products, and API support, to retail and institutional clients around the world. Norton Rose Fulbright assisted Bybit in setting...

Glafira Candelaria Jose of the Otomi ethnic group shows her designs at her workshop in San Nicolas village, in Tenango de Doria, Hidalgo state, Mexico. New law criminalizes misuse of indigenous icons, style Intellectual property lawyers say effort is legally messy Mexico’s new ban on the unauthorized use of indigenous art and design highlights questions about how far intellectual property l...

Seeking to protect New York residents’ rights, housing advocates are pushing for New York State to pass a “good cause” eviction law this year. The bill would cap annual rent increases at 3 percent or 150 percent of the consumer price index, whichever is higher. This is only one of the most controversial elements of the proposed bill that is worrying both multifamily operators and apartment as...

35-year-old Devin Lee Bates of Statesville was arrested last Tuesday (April 5) by Alexander County Sheriff’s Officers. He’s charged in Alexander County with felony flee to elude arrest with a motor vehicle along with two misdemeanor counts of resisting a public officer. Bates is also charged in Alexander County with traffic offenses including speeding, failure to stop for a stop sigh or flash...

A recent Insight suggested that one source of law students’ stress is the expansion of experiential learning. Three New York University School of Law professors disagree, and say experiential learning is active, engaging, and helps to bring meaning to students’ legal education. This experience—and closer work with instructors—helps law students learn to manage stress, they contend. The phenom...