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Inflation is back, and President Biden has pointed a finger at big business and its willingness to raise prices. Monopolies have come under particular scrutiny. Biden’s condemnation of industries like the meatpacking sector, which enjoys high profits and little competition, is the latest thrust in an ongoing effort to tackle corporate power by focusing on antitrust policy. Biden’s appointees ...

The Oklahoma bill would make performing an abortion a felony, subject to a potential 10-year prison term. Both the Oklahoma legislation and an earlier Texas ban illustrate how each state's abortion policy can have ramifications beyond its borders. In the last four months of 2021, 45% of Texans traveling out of state for abortion care went to northern neighbor Oklahoma. When a Texas law pro...

A criminal justice reform bill reshaping the Indiana Law Enforcement Training Board may be another significant opportunity for police reform, but we should not forget the community it serves moving forward. During the country’s racial reckoning in 2020, Gov. Eric Holcomb noted the composition of the Indiana Law Enforcement Training Board and the opportunities to increase diversity on this im...

A California judge struck down a law mandating corporate diversity, a measure many believed was necessary to increase the numbers of underrepresented people in boardrooms. Experts say companies need to examine recruitment policies, create governance committees and include members of underrepresented communities at the investor level in venture capital. Board membership impacts everything ab...

Welcome back to the Big Law Business column on the changing legal marketplace written by me, Roy Strom. Today, we look at the latest challenge to Big Law’s work on SPACs. Sign up to receive this column in your inbox on Thursday mornings. Programming Note: Big Law Business is off next week. This is an uncertain time for Big Law practices that piled into the SPAC craze in the past two years. Sp...

In this episode, Reporting Democracy editor and host Nicholas Watson discusses issues surrounding the deterioration of the rule of law in the region, the condition of which the European Union is becoming increasingly worried about, especially in Poland and Hungary. You can also listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Anchor and other podcast directories. The rule of law is mentio...

In January 2020, New Jersey's "Dirty Dirt" legislation was signed into law. The law requires businesses engaged in soil and fill recycling to register with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection ("NJDEP") and apply for an A-901 license. On March 16, 2022, the NJDEP issued a Compliance Advisory relating to the Dirty Dirt law that: Extends the deadline for soil and fill recyclin...

Indiana has made a minor amendment to its data breach notification law. Starting July 1, companies who are obligated to notify under the law must do so (to affected individuals and the Indiana Attorney General) without unreasonable delay, but no later than 45 days after discovery of the breach. This changes the current time frame, which is "without unreasonable delay." Indiana joins many oth...

LaTesha Campbell By LaTesha Campbell • JBA Young Lawyers Section On March 25, students from Jean Ribault and William H. Raines senior high schools visited the University of North Florida for a campus tour and introduction to the UNF pre-law program. The students learned about admissions requirements and met a panel of current pre-law students. After the tour and panel discussion, the student...

Kelly Milliron, JBA Law Day Committee The JBA has a full schedule of community service and social events. By Kelly Milliron • JBA Law Day Committee Law Day, May 1, is an annual celebration across the U.S. that encourages us to reflect on how the law upholds freedom, justice and equality. This year’s Law Day theme asks us to think about the role of the Constitution in times of change, particul...