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April 07, 2022

Friendly Arrangements Can Result in Federal Law Violations - Medscape

Physicians often enter into friendly relationships with other providers to allow them to use space, equipment, or personnel in their offices. Perhaps it is a good referral source or someone to whom the physician may refer patients. Maybe the parties are thinking of combining practices down the road. It could also be a favor to another doctor who needs some additional space. Whatever the reaso...
April 07, 2022

Current electric vehicles subsidies fail to reduce overall emissions, says Harvard Law study - Harvard Law Today - Harvard University

New research suggests that federal incentives should be redesigned to support secondhand purchasers — typically less affluent households — to achieve cars’ emissions savings Subsidies offered by the federal government for the purchase of new electric vehicles (EVs) may actually increase total greenhouse gas emissions without similar aid for secondhand buyers, concludes a new study led by Ash...
April 07, 2022

New law targets Ohio Turnpike drivers who don’t pay toll - WDTN.com

CLEVELAND (WJW) — A big change is coming to the Ohio Turnpike in the spring of 2023 thanks to a new law passed in December designed to keep E-ZPass customers moving swiftly while punishing drivers who use gateless E-ZPass lanes without paying. “The new state law permits the Ohio Turnpike to collect a toll fees from non E-ZPass customers who drive through its gateless E-ZPass lanes without pay...
April 07, 2022

Divided appeals court upholds Texas law on harassment by email, text - Austin American-Statesman

The state's highest criminal court on Wednesday upheld a state law that makes it a crime to send repeated emails, texts and other electronic messages with the intent to harass, annoy, embarrass or offend. In two 5-4 rulings in related cases, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals said the electronic harassment law does not violate the First Amendment's free-speech protections because it limits ...
April 07, 2022

Indigenous leaders say GOP's new voter ID law will silence the voices of Native people - The Arizona Republic

Indigenous leaders in Arizona expressed concern as Gov. Doug Ducey signed into law a measure that will require proof of citizenship and proof of address for people registering to vote. In a letter explaining why he signed House Bill 2492, Ducey said the law addresses new voters who have not provided proof of citizenship, which he claimed was a growing issue. Clara Pratt, chairwoman of the N...
April 07, 2022

Hong Kong: Case Sheds Light on Race Discrimination Law - SHRM

A ruling in Hong Kong's District Court has clarified what constitutes race discrimination in the workplace and what doesn't. A British employee sued a Hong Kong construction company after he was fired, claiming race discrimination because co-workers excluded him from meetings and used a disparaging Cantonese word that meant foreigner (or non-Chinese person), usually referring to white foreign...
April 07, 2022

New Arizona law prohibits organ transplant discrimination based on disability - The Arizona Republic

New Arizona law prohibits organ transplant discrimination based on disability  The Arizona Republic
April 07, 2022

Whitmer sues over abortion law as governors prepare for state policy free-for-all - POLITICO

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is using an extraordinary power afforded to Michigan governors to ask the state Supreme Court to take up the abortion case directly, without winding its way through lower courts. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images By Zach Montellaro and Alice Miranda Ollstein 04/07/2022 09:01 AM EDT Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging her state’s 1931 law banning...
April 07, 2022

Gov. Whitmer sues in attempt to strike down Michigan’s 1931 abortion law - MLive.com

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer listens to speakers during a groundbreaking on Monday, June 21, 2021. (Cory Morse | MLive.com) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is suing 13 county prosecutors in Michigan, with the endgame of getting an old abortion ban pulled off the books and making abortion a constitutional right in the state. Whitmer’s team is filing the 27-page lawsuit in Oakland County Circuit Court on Thursd...
April 07, 2022

What's on TV Thursday: ‘Law & Order’; ‘MasterChef Junior’ - Los Angeles Times

Law & Order -- NBC TV Series, LAW & ORDER -- “Free Speech” Episode 21002 -- Pictured: (l-r) Odelya Halevi as ADA Samantha Maroun, Hugh Dancy as ADA Nolan Price -- (Photo by: Eric Liebowitz/NBC) Odelya Halevi, left, and Hugh Dancy in “Law & Order” on NBC. The prime-time TV grid is on hiatus in print. You can find more TV coverage at: latimes.com/whats-on-tv. SERIES Law & Or...