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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Southern Environmental Law Center is suing the nation’s largest public utility for failing to disclose full contracts related to proposed natural gas pipelines. The Tennessee Valley Authority plans to shutter its remaining coal-fired power plants and get more power from gas. According to the lawsuit, when the environmental group sought information about TVA’s plans...

Legal writing program once again ranks No. 1 in the country by helping students craft concise documents. UNLV's Boyd School of Law has once again been ranked No. 1 in legal writing by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate School rankings. Try “because” instead of “in view of the fact that.” Consider using “under” the contract rather than “pursuant to” the contract. Write “among other t...

Contributed photo GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Several weeks ago, Greenville attorney Wayne Hardee decided he was going to do something to help folks who were affected by rising gas prices. Hardee is set to give away 1,000 gallons of gas on Saturday, April 2. This is his second event where he has donated 1,000 gallons to the community. The first event was last June in Washington, and there are p...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law on Monday that forbids instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade, a policy that has drawn intense national scrutiny from critics who argue it marginalizes LGBTQ people. The legislation has pushed Florida and Mr. DeSantis, an ascending Republican and potential 2024 presidential candidate, to the fo...

A model of the natural gas pipeline is placed on Russian Rouble banknote and a flag in this illustration taken, March 23, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic March 29 (Reuters) - Foreign consumers of Russian natural gas should simply acquire roubles to pay at the Moscow Exchange and no change in the law is required, a senior Russian lawmaker was quoted as saying after Moscow said foreign currency would ...

NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced the appointment of Asim Rehman as commissioner and chief administrative law judge of the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH). Rehman will be the first Muslim-American and the first person of South Asian descent to lead OATH. He currently serves as deputy commissioner for legal matters and general counsel at the New York...

Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken released a statement Monday saying the students who protested against a controversial speaker earlier this month engaged in “unacceptable” behavior but did not violate the school’s free speech policy. “This is an institution of higher learning, not a town square,” Gerken wrote in a message to the campus community. “[Yale Law School] is a professional school...

For the third year in a row, the St. Mary’s University School of Law Advocacy Programs ranked in the top 20 in the nation by U.S. News and World Report — moving up to tie for the No. 14 spot in the 2023 Best Graduate School Rankings released today. The National Trial Team became national champions in January. The St. Mary’s Law Advocacy Programs prepare students for real-world litigation by d...

Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb has signed into law House Bill 1001, curbing COVID-19 vaccine mandates by employers. Under the law, which went into effect immediately, most Indiana employers who require employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine must allow employees to opt out from the requirement based on any of the following: (1) medical reasons; (2) religious reasons; or (3) employee immunity...

A rotary dredge loads wagons with coal at Borodinsky opencast colliery, owned by the Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK), near the Siberian town of Borodino east of Krasnoyarsk, Russia February 26, 2019. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin WARSAW, March 29 (Reuters) - The Polish government has adopted draft legislation that will allow a ban on imports of Russian coal, a cabinet spokesperson said on Tuesda...