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Private employers in New Jersey need to be aware of the latest employee privacy law that will take effect on April 18, 2022. A. B. 3950 prohibits employers from knowingly using a “tracking device” in a vehicle used by an employee without providing written notice to the employee. Employers that violate this new law can be subject to civil penalties of up to $1,000 for a first violation and up ...

Crosscut.com The body that licenses police officers in Washington state has decided to apply a new police accountability law to past misconduct, instead of only to officer misconduct that occurred after the law took effect last July. The vote by the state Criminal Justice Training Commission resolves a dispute between lawmakers and the commission about how far back officers can be held accou...

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, March 26, 2022. The House of Representatives voted to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level. (Photo by Marisa Demarco / Source New Mexico) The U.S. House passed legislation Friday to legalize marijuana nationally, but its future is much less clear in the Senate. The House voted 220-204 to approve the measure, which would fix the split ...

HUMAN TRAFFICKING UNIT In Smith County, Brandon Lee Mon Johnson pled guilty to continuous trafficking of persons and sexual assault of a child on February 28 in Smith County. Johnson was sentenced to 40 years confinement in a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison. CHILD EXPLOITATION UNIT In Bexar County, Mel Alan Loeffler was arrested on March 3 on five counts of possession of child po...

TITUSVILLE, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis furthered his commitment to making Florida the most law enforcement-friendly state in the nation by signing HB 3, legislation that encourages Floridians to join the law enforcement profession and incentivizes out-of-state law enforcement professionals to bring their skills to the Sunshine State. More on the bill and other pro-law enforcement ini...

The measure, which would fix split between federal law and 19 states where recreational marijuana is legal, faces an uphill battle in the Senate In this file photo, David Burr demonstrates removing leaves on marijuana plants to allow more light for growth at Essence Vegas’ 54,000-square-foot marijuana cultivation facility on July 6, 2017, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images) The ...

U.S. Rep. Jared Golden sponsored the bill that would update federal law to put Maine’s Wabanaki tribes on equal footing with other tribes moving forward. Tribal leaders from across Maine held a virtual news conference today to discuss the formation of the Wabanaki Alliance. WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — Leaders of four Native American tribes in Maine traveled to Washington to testify in favor of a ...

Vladimir Putin at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on March 25, 2022. Access to law is a critical resource for authoritarian regimes. Russia in the Putin era has exemplified this fact. It has used sophisticated legal know-how to build the influence of its companies in international markets, empowering oligarchs with close ties to the regime, and creating economic interdependen...

In 2018, 66% of Missouri voters signed off on putting a medical marijuana program into the state’s Constitution (Getty Images). The U.S. House passed legislation Friday to legalize marijuana nationally, but its future is much less clear in the Senate. The House voted 220-204 to approve the measure, which would fix the split between federal law and 19 states where recreational marijuana is leg...

What You Need to Know Despite plenty of interest in combinations, completed mergers are still lagging from their pre-pandemic pace. Fairfax Associates tallied 14 completed combinations in the first quarter, below the totals from last year. Pandemic pressures and the high demand environment is prompting a slow down in completed mergers. Calling it a “surprisingly quiet” start on the merger f...