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The Walt Disney Co.’s slow and bungled reaction to a new Florida law ostensibly about education — better known as the “don’t say gay” bill — has left the company my grandfather co-created criticized by all sides. To find its way again, Disney needs to muster the courage to weather the momentary outrage of people who will not be satisfied until they have erased an entire class of human beings....

It’s been a rough couple of years for Leon Black. The founder and former CEO of private-equity powerhouse Apollo Global lost his job over his close friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, after it was revealed he paid the late sexual predator $158 million over the years for what was described in a report commissioned by Apollo as a “variety of issues related to trust and estate planning, tax, philan...

Days after the government declared a 30-day state of emergency because of gang violence, President Nayib Bukele speaks at the induction of 1,440 new soldiers into the armed forces in San Salvador, El Salvador on April 4, 2022. (New York) – Sweeping legal amendments passed by El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly in response to gang violence violate basic due process guarantees and children’s rig...

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Credit: Modvector/Shutterstock.com After two years, COVID finally got me this week. While I did everything my nurse Mum would want me to do and kept a cat with a broken jaw alive at the same time, the legal industry’s news didn’t stop – and Law.com International brought you every moment of it. Big Law can’t seem to stay out of the spotlight at the moment. One firm undoubtedly less than thrill...

Gov. Jared Polis high fives Rep. Mike Weissman after delivering his state of the state address at the Colorado State Capitol Building on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. Colorado now legally bars anyone previously convicted of any of 110 different felony crimes from possessing a gun, under a new law signed Thursday by Gov. Jared Polis. The enactment of this law, HB22-1257, is the latest chapter in a ...

CGH Medical Center in Sterling (Michael Krabbenhoeft/[email protected]) STERLING – CGH Medical Center violated state labor law by posting a letter that included instructions on how employees could revoke their union membership, an Illinois Labor Relations Board judge ruled. Council 31 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees filed majority-interest petiti...

New York City Hall | Photo by Wikipedia Employers have written a letter of opposition to the New York City Council expressing support for a newly introduced bill that would create loopholes to the soon to be enacted “salary range law.” The chambers of commerce of Staten Island, Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Manhattan alongside the Partnership for New York City argued in the April 4 letter t...

CHICO, Calif., April 8 (Reuters) - A California law requiring grocery stores and restaurants to donate leftover food has been hard for local food banks and small towns to implement due to climbing fuel costs and uncertainty over who pays for food recovery. The effort to reduce methane emissions from discarded food sent to landfills while feeding hungry people has been slow to take off, illust...