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Indiana lawmakers are continuing an effort to change how teachers pay union dues through paycheck deductions with a new law. It tweaks previous legislation that a federal judge said likely violated the constitution. Lawmakers passed a measure in 2021 that said before membership dues can be deducted, teachers must sign a statement every year affirming they know they don’t have to join a union....

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 28, 2022-- WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces an investigation of potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of Volta Inc. f/k/a Tortoise Acquisition Corp. II (NASDAQ: VLTA, VLTA-WT, SNPR) resulting from allegations that Volta may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public. SO WHAT: If...

California law enforcement agencies are embracing new approaches to mental health crisis calls. But some activists still want a solution without police. The man sat silently on a cluster of boulders when the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office mobile crisis team pulled up. His phone, an open can of Dr. Pepper and a colorful glass marijuana pipe splayed out beside him as he looked out on the wood...

Will Smith appears to slap Chris Rock onstage during the 94th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 27, 2022 in Hollywood, Calif. While Smith’s slap would likely be considered a misdemeanor, current and former prosecutors said would be folly to take the case to court. While debate rages on Twitter over whether Will Smith was justified in storming onstage at the Oscars ceremony and s...

Melanie B. Jacobs, new dean of the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville. The University of Louisville (UofL) has appointed legal scholar Melanie B. Jacobs as the next dean of the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law. Jacobs, currently at Michigan State University, is a globally renowned expert in family law. Interim UofL President Dr. Lori Gonzalez said the institution h...

JONES ROBB, PLLC, a boutique patent law firm located in the Washington, D.C. metro area, enters its 13th consecutive year of national certification from the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) as a Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE). WBENC certification validates a business is at least 51 percent owned, controlled, operated, and manage.... Read More Mar 28, 2022 The Klein ...

Disney’s employees criticized the company this month for not taking a public stance against the legislation. Disney employees held protests last week over the company’s response to the legislation, which was signed into law on Monday. Credit...J. Emilio Flores for The New York Times Moments after Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida signed an anti-L.G.B.T.Q. bill into law on Monday, Disney released a...

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

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law Monday a highly controversial piece of legislation that restricts instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in Florida schools. Flanked by students, DeSantis signed House Bill 1557 Monday at Classical Preparatory School, a K-12 charter school in Spring Hill. The legislation—which supporters call the “Parental Rights in Educati...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law Monday a highly controversial piece of legislation that restricts instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in Florida schools. Flanked by students, DeSantis signed House Bill 1557 Monday at Classical Preparatory School, a K-12 charter school in Spring Hill. The legislation—which supporters call the “Parental Rights in Educati...