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Spotify has now fully suspended its service in Russia, having paused its premium tier there earlier this month in response to the invasion of Ukraine. The streaming service had been keen to keep operating in Russia, in what it said was an effort to “allow for the global flow of information” to listeners there. Now that policy has changed, in response to the law recently introduced in Russia p...

Question 26 of the New York State Bar application is a mouthful. It asks “Have you ever, either as an adult or a juvenile, been cited, ticketed, arrested, taken into custody, charged with, indicted, convicted or tried for, or pleaded guilty to, the commission of any felony or misdemeanor or the violation of any law, or been the subject of any juvenile delinquency or youthful offender proceedi...

The Apple Store in New York City's Grand Central Terminal Apple Inc. tapped outside law firms more than three times as often as large tech rivals last year, leaning on Big Law but also regional specialists to fend off claims ranging from patent infringement to charges its App Store is an illegal monopoly, a Bloomberg Law analysis shows. Apple accounted for 221 federal court appearances by out...

William Emanuel testifies at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on July 17, 2017. Former National Labor Relations Board member William Emanuel allegedly broke federal ethics law by failing to monitor investments that created disqualifying conflicts of interest in five cases, according to a previously unreported inspector general memo ...

Cathy Stone has lived in the Aspen Village apartments in West Price Hill for five years. She is now facing eviction. Renters in Cincinnati are supposed to be safe from a late payment eviction as long as they can pay all past due rent and fees. It's a new eviction protection passed by City Council last year. But the Hamilton County Municipal Court has made the unusual decision to not enforce...

Patrick Canan of Canan Law and Megan Wall, managing attorney at St. Johns County Legal Aid, at the St. Patrick’s Day benefit. They are holding a photo of themselves and the late Senior Circuit Judge Richard Watson. Canan Law’s 14th annual St. Patrick’s Day benefit on the Canan Law Front Porch at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre raised nearly $8,000 for legal aid in St. Johns County. The donatio...

ESG: Navigating the Board's Role Spring 2022 Course Berkeley Law and Ceres will be hosting a course on ESG: Navigating the Board's Role, starting on April 5th. Morrison & Foerster recommends this course for corporate directors and aspiring board members who would like to have a better understanding of ESG. "Now more than ever, boards need to understand the intersection of ESG with busines...

FBI agents arrive at Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021. The DOJ banned chokeholds and restricted no-knock warrants for federal agents. Efforts to curb the use of no-knock raids by law enforcement have stalled—with deadly consequences, says T. Andrew Brown, president of the New York State Bar Association. He contends the warrants are a relic of the 1980s racially discriminatory...

FORT WORTH, Texas — While I was early to praise Texas’ heart-beat law, I’ll admit that I had some concerns and reservations, too. The law’s unusual construction — designed to evade pre-enforcement judicial review and empower citizens — caused worry for its long-term prospects. Would it withstand relentless judicial challenges? Remarkably, yes. In December, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to e...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy (file photo) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has signed a law restricting the dissemination of military information during the current state of emergency, with violators facing up to 12 years in prison. According to the document, filming the movements of Ukrainian military personnel, sites of shelling, street names, transport stops, shops, facto...