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Mary Daniel took a dishwasher job at her husband's Florida memory care facility to see him during the initial coronavirus lockdown. She has been fighting for visitation rights ever since. The bill marks a victory for family advocates who say separation during the pandemic took a harsh toll on their loved ones in hospitals and long-term care facilities. Families in Florida will now have guar...

Former Bear Lake County Prosecutor Joseph R. Hayes Former Bear Lake County Prosecuting Attorney Joseph R. Hayes has had his license to practice law in the state revoked after he violated three of the Idaho State Bar's Rules of Professional Conduct between 2019 and 2021, the Idaho Supreme Court ruled in an order filed Monday. To avoid disciplinary proceedings with the Idaho State Bar, Hayes, a...

The human rights group Liberty is threatening to sue the government and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) over the bitterly contested law of joint enterprise, arguing that it is discredited and racist in the way the authorities pursue it. Under the law, people present when a person is killed can be convicted of murder despite not committing any serious violence themselves, if they are found to ...

FRISCO, Texas – This one is lost in the shuffle. And maybe because he's one of their own as we are moving into the fourth week of free agency. He's not some big name some other team didn't want to re-sign or decided to just let go as is mostly the case in unrestricted free agency. DeMarcus Lawrence, that's his name. Defensive end, entering his ninth season with the Cowboys. A 2014 second-roun...

BATON ROUGE, La. (KALB) - A Central Louisiana mother whose daughter died from a fentanyl overdose is the inspiration behind a bill that is currently in the legislature looking to enhance the criminal penalties related to fentanyl. Senate Bill 315 (SB 315), authored by Sen. Glen Womack (R-District 32), would increase the penalties for those who distribute drugs laced with fentanyl. Under the c...

As previously discussed here, the New York City Council passed a law at the end of last year requiring certain hotels in the City to pay eligible employees weekly severance payments for up to 30 weeks. There were swift legal challenges to the law, claiming that it was preempted by the NLRA and ERISA and unconstitutional. Late last week, in the first opinion to address the legal merits of such...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of the securities of AbbVie Inc. (NYSE: ABBV) between April 30, 2021 and August 31, 2021, inclusive (the “Class Period”). A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later...

Gallery: Activist Cortez Rice looks on during a press conference outside the Hennepin County Government Center. The decision not to charge the Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot Amir Locke during a botched no-knock raid in February came as little surprise to legal observers, many of whom said the law leaves members of the public at risk. "If they had taken this to trial, this probabl...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – A bill that would create a common-law marriage between “one man” and “one woman” is advancing in the Tennessee State Capitol. But the bill is the center of controversy as the original draft did away with age requirements for the new form of marriage in Tennessee. Opponents of the bill say, without an explicit age requirement, it would open the doors for child marriag...

Addiction Recovery Care(WYMT) HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) - Addiction Recovery Care (ARC) is dedicated to assisting those with substance abuse and addiction. Casey’s Law, which passed state legislature in 2004, has recently been strengthened with a bill from the Kentucky General Assembly. Casey’s Law allows for family and friends of individuals struggling with substance abuse or addiction to request c...