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A new law in Washington state is intended to help address the concern of professional drivers about access to restroom facilities. Gov. Jay Inslee has signed into law a bill to give truck drivers operating at ports around the state assurances for access to restrooms.Add New The Washington Trucking Associations, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, and the American Trucking Asso...

Morrison & Foerster has been named Law Firm of the Year in this year’s Real Estate Capital USA Awards. The awards spotlight lenders, borrowers, advisers, and deals that best represented the U.S. real estate debt market in 2021. Real Estate Capital USA is published by PEI Media, which is also the publisher of PERE. In 2020, Law360 also recognized the group as a Real Estate Practice Group o...

Associated Press Denver – Colorado joined a handful of other states Monday in codifying the right to abortion in statute, a party-line response to efforts across the country to limit abortion access in anticipation of a pending U.S. Supreme Court ruling on a challenge to the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that banned states from outlawing abortion. Gov. Jared Polis signed into law the Re...

The March 31 editorial “Split the difference to make a difference” was right that a federal privacy law is long overdue. The responsibility for progress falls squarely with the Democratic leadership in Congress to introduce legislation, hold hearings, work with Republicans, consider amendments and send a bill to the White House that the president will sign. For too long, members of Congress h...

Any discussion of the Yale Law School protest fallout must begin with proper context: the Federalist Society chapter invited a speaker from an SPLC recognized hate group and when an overwhelming number of students expressed disgust at this move, the school blamed the protesters. Free speech isn’t a bailout for people going bankrupt in the marketplace of ideas, just a guarantee that they get a...

The newly announced Apple Watch on display in Paris in September 2014. Does the Digital Markets Act address your biggest concerns about competition in tech? The Digital Markets Act is designed to increase competition for the biggest digital platforms and also to increase fairness in those markets. It is well designed to go after entry barriers to new entrants in these markets, includi...

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy addresses soon to be Postmasters before they take the oath of office during a pledge ceremony at the General Mail Facility on March 16, 2022, in Denver, Colorado. Helen H. Richardson / MediaNews Group / The Denver Post via Getty Images Postmaster General Louis DeJoy may have broken federal conflict of interest laws by holding investments in a company with federa...

Gov. Jared Polis speaks at the governor's mansion in Denver on April 4, 2022, ahead of signing a recently passed bill enshrining the right to abortion into Colorado law. Abortion access is now guaranteed in Colorado law after Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill enshrining that right Monday. The Democratic governor signed HB22-1279, affirming that Coloradans who want access to reproductive care, in...

Gov. Jared Polis signs an abortion rights bill into law on April 4, 2022, in Denver. The bill, following the longest House debate in state history, states that pregnant individuals have the right to give birth or have an abortion. (Olivia Sun, The Colorado Sun via Report for America) Gov. Jared Polis on Monday signed into law a bill affirming access to abortion and contraception in Colorado a...

JND Legal Administration wins Best Class Action Claims Administrator of 2022 and is inducted into The National Law Journal Hall of Fame (Photo: Business Wire) SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--JND Legal Administration (JND), the U.S. leader in legal administration services, has again been named the nation’s #1 Class Action Claims Administrator by The National Law Journal (NLJ) in its 11th annual ‘Bes...