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Mental health and criminal justice reform advocates are opposing the Governor’s possible expansion of Kendra’s Law in the New York State budget. The law, which came into effect in 1999, was named in memory of Kendra Webdale. A young woman who was pushed in front of a New York City subway by a man with a history of mental illness and hospitalizations. Kendra’s law allows the court to order ass...

EQUITY NOTICE: ROSEN, A LEADING LAW FIRM, Encourages Homology Medicines, Inc. Investors with Losses in Excess of $100K to Secure Counsel Before Important Deadline in Securities Class Action – FIXX  WV News

On 9 February 2022, our Hogan Lovells Singapore International Arbitration practice, together with Fountain Court Chambers, co-hosted their fourth annual seminar on contentious areas of commercial law, including the law on liquidated damages and two related principles – penalties and the effect of termination of the contract on the liquidated damages clause. The panel, comprised of Koh Swee Ye...

New York City employers need to disclose the expected salary range on internal and external job listings starting on May 15 due to a salary transparency statute enacted by the City earlier this year. While the statute left many questions unanswered for employers, the New York City Commission on Human Rights (NYCCHR) recently issued guidance on the impending disclosure requirement in the form ...

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video WAUKESHA, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Gov. Tony Evers signed the Kai 11 bill into law Tuesday, March 29, to educate parents on the dangers of sudden cardiac arrest in student athletes. Sixteen-year-old Kai Lermer died back in 2019 from cardiac arrest when he was playing a pickup game of b...

Judges refusing to honor city law protecting against evictions, causing confusion in court (WKRC) CINCINNATI (WKRC) – Hamilton County judges and magistrates have declined to enforce a relatively new Cincinnati city law protecting some tenants against evictions. That’s led advocates for low-income tenants looking to avoid evictions as well as Cincinnati city officials to push for clarification...

President Biden signs the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law alongside Vice President Harris during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C. on March 29, 2022. Photo: Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images President Biden signed into law Tuesday a historic bill to make lynching a federal hate crime in the U.S. for the first time. Why it matters: The new law comes af...

A student-run initiative in partnership with the AARP Foundation helps members of the community file their federal and state tax returns. 2022 co-leaders of the Elon Law Tax Preparation Program, in partnership with the AARP Foundation, are (from left) David Belisle L’22, Victoria Waddell L’22, Carson Pace L’22, and Victoria Burgess L’22. In the immortal words of Dave Barry: “It’s tax time. I ...

Numerous law enforcement officers respond to the scene of a shooting on Montgomery's Lower Wetumpka Road around 5 p.m. on March 25, 2022. The county sheriff said one of his off-duty deputies was shot five times before returning fire and killing his own father during a domestic violence situation. MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A GoFundMe account has been established to help an off-duty Montgomery ...

The use of campaign funds for the legal defense of both Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby and City Council President Nick Mosby did not violate state election law, according to a decision from the Maryland State Board of Elections. Jared DeMarinis, director of the candidacy and campaign finance division for the board, said he notified attorneys for both officials Monday of his decision...