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PROVIDENCE — The state Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the state’s Reproductive Privacy Act, a law passed in 2019 to safeguard abortion rights in Rhode Island. The high court upheld Superior Court Judge Melissa E. Darigan’s November 2019 dismissal of a challenge to the law brought by the advocacy group Catholics for Life and several other activists. The groups had argued that the state Cons...

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month was no exception. In fact, there were so many significant developments taking place during the past month that we were once again forced to expand our monthly summary we...

Harm reductionists praise Maine’s new Good Samaritan law. I’m not sure it’s deserved. I will explain why because I don’t expect anyone else will. Samaritans are believed to be descendants of three of the twelve tribes of Israel who worship their own version of the Mosaic Pentateuch. They consider other branches of Judaism corrupt. The tribes separated and became antagonistic for a variety of ...

Connecticut is the next in a growing list of states to pass comprehensive data privacy legislation. Last Friday, the Connecticut legislature passed, by large margins, Senate Bill 6 — which we are referring to as the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA). The law now awaits the Governor’s signature. The CTDPA follows the form and content of other privacy laws passed in the prior year, including...

Introduction of single-stage ICMS tax regime and of PIS and COFINS zero rate transactions involving fuels In brief On 11 March 2022, Supplementary Law #192 introduced the single-stage ICMS tax regime on transactions involving fuels. This new law aims to reduce the final customer’s tax burden on transactions involving the following fuels: gasoline, anhydrous ethanol fuel, diesel, biodiesel, li...

If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, it would not outlaw abortion. Instead, states would be able to individually determine the procedure’s legality. Thirteen states across the country have signaled their readiness to ban abortion by passing so-called trigger laws, which would effectively ban abortions almost immediately after a decision from the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade. “...

Editorial Advisory Board: At Carey Law, a job well done  Maryland Daily Record

Last Tuesday (April 26), Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill that may make it harder for faculty at universities there to retain tenure. The bill gives the Board of Governors of the Florida State University System the authority to impose a five-year review of tenured faculty, in addition to the yearly reviews they already undergo. Of the seventeen seats on the Board of Governors, thre...

Law Digest — 4th US Circuit, Md. Court of Special Appeals — May 5, 2022  Maryland Daily Record

Photo: Betto Rodrigues (Shutterstock) According to a new report from the State Auditor’s Office, there is disturbing racial bias when it comes to the conduct of California police officers. That information is the equivalent of telling Black people that water is wet—we are more than aware of this fact. The audit reviewed five law enforcement agencies across California including: Stockton Polic...