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UC Hastings OUTlaw has been recognized as the Law Student Association of the Year by the BALIF Foundation. BALIF is the nation’s oldest and largest organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender LGBTQ+ persons in the legal field. Each year, the award is given to a Bay Area law student group that has shown a strong commitment to serving the LGBTQ+ community at its law school and in th...

Rock Paper Scissors. (Photo: Shutterstock). New Jersey is the only state that doesn’t have a tie-breaking statute, so seats sit vacant until judges and county election officials can agree on a date for a do-over election that typically draws relatively few voters. In South Toms River just last week, just 15.9% of voters participated in a special election for a borough council seat that had be...

MILWAUKEE — The Marquette Law School Poll will release the results of its national survey of public opinion over two days, March 30-31, via video conversations between poll director Charles Franklin and Alan Borsuk, senior fellow in law and public policy. On Wednesday, March 30, the Marquette Law School Poll will release results pertaining to public opinion about the U.S. Supreme Court. This ...

Welcome to Law.com Class Actions: Critical Mass, a weekly briefing for class action and mass tort attorneys. McKinsey & Co. plans to raise two arguments this month to dismiss opioid cases: lack of jurisdiction and releases in its $642 million multistate settlement. Lawyers suing over Boeing’s 737 Max 8 already see unusual aspects of Monday’s crash in China. Find out who represents John De...

"Since SB9 went into effect this year, affluent communities across California are in the midst of trying to implement the new state lot-splitting law aimed at increasing the number of new homes as officials continue to battle homelessness and the worst unaffordability in the country." Aldo Toledo reports on one effort to skirt the law using historic preservation. SB9 was passed as an attempt ...

State public health officials are touting a new law set to go into effect this year aimed at preventing "surprise" billing by health care providers. Gov. Charlie Baker signed the law in 2021 requiring that health care providers tell patients how much they will pay for planned hospital stays, medical procedures, healthcare services and referrals -- based on their individual health plans. Shar...

Madison- Today, Governor Evers signed an innovative health care bill authored by Rep. Amy Loudenbeck (R-Clinton) and Sen. Dale Kooyenga (R-Brookfield). Assembly Bill 679, which is now 2021 Wisconsin Act 208 removes the sunset provision created in 2021 Wisconsin Act 10, which was the Covid relief bill, to allow hospitals to seek federal Medicare reimbursement for certain services provided in a...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Information has come out about how two members of law enforcement were escorted off a plane in Birmingham last month after allegedly causing a disturbance and refusing to wear masks. According to Sgt. Rodarius Mauldin of the Birmingham Police Department, officers were called to Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport on Feb. 26. The BPD’s Airport Precinct Divi...

Jackson Lewis Law Firm Logo Recently the Oregon legislature passed, and Governor Kate Brown signed, Senate Bill (SB) 1513, revising the Beaver State’s overtime rules for bakers. In addition, the legislature passed House Bill (HB) 4002, revamping the overtime entitlements for farmworkers. That bill is before Governor Brown, who is expected to sign it. As both laws first take effect at the begi...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Information has come out about how two members of law enforcement were escorted off a plane in Birmingham last month after allegedly causing a disturbance and refusing to wear masks. According to Sgt. Rodarius Mauldin of the Birmingham Police Department, officers were called to Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport on Feb. 26. The BPD’s Airport Precinct Divi...