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Kids play in—and on—a spinning gazebo at a playground in the new Lincoln Park in Downtown Long Beach Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. Photo by Brandon Richardson. People visiting Long Beach park playgrounds will have to be accompanied by a child as soon as next month or risk being fined or prosecuted for violating a law adopted by the City Council this week that requires adults to be with a child when ...

Timoney Knox acquired the Wayne law firm of Davis Bennett Spiess and Livingood LLC. The firm will occupy Davis Bennett Spiess and Livingood LLC's current space at 130 W. Lancaster Ave. in Wayne. (Shutterstock) WAYNE, PA — One of Montgomery County's largest law firms has now established a presence in Wayne. Timoney Knox acquired the law firm of Davis Bennett Spiess and Livingood LLC (DBSL), in...

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The Rhode Island Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the state’s Reproductive Privacy Act. The act was signed into law by Gov. Gina Raimondo in 2019 to protect abortion rights in case the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The decision comes two days after a draft of a Supreme Court opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade was leaked and published by Politico. The 1973 ...

Justice Sonia Sotomayor who has no time for this nonsense. (Photo by ERIN SCHAFF/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) In fairness, there are a few law schools that could have a professor with thumbs furiously typing out racist garbage on social media. But as much as I appreciate an underdog, some days you just have to play the odds and put your faith in the sure thing. So a law school that contorted it...

File Graphic(MGN ONLINE) MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - The Wisconsin Professional Police Association (WPPA) released their 10th annual survey regarding the state of law enforcement as perceived by the public. The online survey included 1,119 respondents who answered questions in February of 2022. “Basically its’ been a wonderful exercise in listening and learning and evolving,” said Jim Palmer, exec...

Bail bond agents can no longer drop off defendants in counties part of the same judicial circuit. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Tuesday that could reduce expenses for the state’s sheriffs by requiring bail bond agents to pick up more of the cost to transport a defendant back to the county where they were first arrested. The measure (HB 381), sponsored by Rep. Patt Maney, who is an attorney ...

Credit: Depositphotos Kazakh President Kassym-Jomat Tokayev signed into law a controversial bill that will require foreign social media companies to set up local offices and register in Kazakhstan in order to operate. The bill, cast as amendments to the country’s law on protecting the rights of children, has been heralded by the Kazakh government as an effective measure to combat cyberbullyin...

This week, we’re breaking down recent local- and state-level developments impacting compliance for employers. NYC’s Pay Transparency Law Expected to Be Delayed If signed by Mayor Eric Adams, New York City’s pay transparency law will be delayed until November. Last Thursday, the New York City Council agreed to several amendments to the controversial See more + Other MultiMedia by Epste...

INDIANAPOLIS — American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana announced a lawsuit on Wednesday against the state over whether a newly enacted law is constitutional and targets The Bail Project. The lawsuit argues HEA1300 violates The Bail Project’s First Amendment rights. HEA1300 puts restrictions on charitable bail organizations by restricting who can pay bail on behalf of a defendant. Under the ...