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March 29, 2022

University of Michigan Law school hosts free speech debate - The Center Square

University of Michigan Law school hosts free speech debate  The Center Square
March 29, 2022

Christopher Meloni's Mom Asked to Change Law & Order: SVU's Original Title - PEOPLE

"Nobody will watch a show called Sex Crimes," Hargitay said of the NBC crime drama, which she has starred in since 1999 During Monday's episode of Late Night with Seth Meyers, Meloni and his SVU costar Mariska Hargitay opened up about the beloved NBC crime drama and how it initially had a different title. In their conversation with the host, Meloni, 60, noted how the show's original title wa...
March 29, 2022

Cincinnati hopes to get millions from the federal infrastructure law - WVXU

A Cincinnati Public Services truck. Cincinnati officials are working to get as much federal funding for roads and bridges as possible. The $1.2 trillion infrastructure law includes $5.5 billion in new funding. Unlike recent federal stimulus (the CARES Act and American Rescue Plan Act), Cincinnati isn't guaranteed any of the money. "There is not a direct deposit to the city to disperse funds...
March 29, 2022

The Beehive State Joins the State Privacy Law Hive: Utah Privacy Law Passes - JD Supra

Utah recently joined California, Colorado, and Virginia in passing a comprehensive privacy law. It goes into effect December 31, 2023 and shares similarities with other states’ laws. Businesses may be glad to learn that Utah takes a lighter touch in some key areas. Applicability. Like Virginia and Colorado, Utah’s law applies to information about consumers, not employee or B2B information. It...
March 29, 2022

DeSantis says Disney 'crossed the line' with criticism of Fla. 'Don't Say Gay' law - New York Post

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis lashed out at Disney executives on Tuesday — one day after the Mouse House condemned the governor’s signing of the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Disney CEO Bob Chapek and other top executives have stepped up their criticism of GOP-backed legislation after outraged employees publicly condemned its initial response to the controversy. “For Disney to come o...
March 29, 2022

Ben Crump Law Firm retained by family of Polk Co. landfill worker killed in porta-potty - WFLA

BARTOW, Fla. (WFLA) — The family of a landfill worker who was killed in Polk County and their supporters said they want justice for what they call a “negligent homicide.” On March 4, 2022, 40-year-old Aaron Henderson of Winter Haven was in a porta-potty when he was crushed by a bulldozer that evening, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Henderson was an employee of CertiTemp, an ag...
March 29, 2022

New Texas voting law disenfranchised some of El Paso's longest-tenured voters - Texas Standard

Cover photo: Andres Candelaria was among 758 El Pasoans whose mail-in ballots were rejected in the March 1 primary election, mostly due to a new state election law. The call from the El Paso County Elections Department came in on a Friday afternoon: Could Beverly Roberts and her 91-year-old mother, Jetta Roberts, come to the courthouse by end of day Monday to fix an error on their mail-in bal...
March 29, 2022

Now law: Food banks get 6-month extension to phase out plastic bags, exemption from paper bag ban - TAPinto.net

TRENTON, N.J. – In less than five weeks, New Jersey’s strictest-in-the-nation single-use bag ban goes into effect. However, under Assemblywoman Aura Dunn’s bill that was signed into law on Friday, food banks will be granted a six-month plastic bag extension and an exemption from the portion of the law prohibiting paper bags. “This law prevents the plastic and paper bag ban from having uninten...
March 29, 2022

How Do You Know If Law School Hiring Committees Are Serious About Diversity? - Above the Law

Hello, Diversity and Inclusion Committee members, It’s time once again to discuss diversity in academic hiring. Rather than pay lip service, I thought it would be useful to figure out whether hiring committee cares about diversity or not. Sometimes, it’s hard to tell. Here’s some things that I personally would love to know to determine whether law school hiring committees give a care about di...
March 29, 2022

Seven large law firms fuel private equity group's $16-bln Nielsen buy - Reuters.com

The company and law firm names shown above are generated automatically based on the text of the article. We are improving this feature as we continue to test and develop in beta. We welcome feedback, which you can provide using the feedback tab on the right of the page. At least seven large law firms, including Davis Polk & Wardwell, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and Baker McKenzie pitched i...