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Jason O’Donnell in 2013, when he was a state assemblyman (Courtesy of New Jersey Assembly Democrats) The question of whether a private citizen seeking political office in New Jersey can legally accept a bribe is now in the hands of a three-judge appellant panel, which heard arguments Monday in the case of ex-Assemblyman Jason O’Donnell. Prosecutors say O’Donnell, who unsuccessfully campaigned...

With a Democrat in the governor’s mansion, Republican lawmakers are the last lifeline for an embattled strategy that would make voting more difficult. WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court offered a good outlook Monday for North Carolina Republicans who want to take up the mantle in defense of a 2018 law that would require voters to show photo identification at the polls. Chief Justice Roberts ...

Today’s lawyers face challenges everywhere they look, whether from internal or external sources. Many try to determine the best way to reach success as a general counsel, how to juggle everything that comes with a bright career (and life as a whole), and how to harness the tools modern lawyers must embrace to be the most useful for their clients. There is a shift away from the complexity that...

COVID-19 accounted for more than 75 percent of 2021 Florida officer deaths tracked by the Officer Down Memorial Page. Local agencies are navigating if — and when — to classify these fatalities as line-of-duty deaths. In this Aug. 31 photo, the casket of St. Petersburg police Officer Michael Weiskopf is carried by members of the honor guard, at The Coliseum in St. Petersburg. Weiskopf died due...

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Printer-friendly On March 10, 2022, the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a Field Assistance Bulletin (FAB) entitled “Protecting Workers from Retaliation.” The FAB provides guidance on worker anti-retaliation protections available under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Migrant and Seasonal Agric...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — Universities and colleges under the control of the South Dakota Board of Regents will no longer be able to require students to attend orientations and training that are based on what Governor Kristi Noem defines as Critical Race Theory. HB 1012 was signed into law on Monday along with several other education bills. The bill was initially meant to ban divisive concepts fr...

Labour has described the government’s approach to refugees as “deeply shameful” after ministers confirmed they are to stick with a planned law change that could potentially see Ukrainians who arrive in the UK without the correct visa jailed for four years. A number of Tory MPs could rebel on parts of the controversial nationality and borders bill, which returns to the Commons on Tuesday to co...

HOUSTON, March 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tomiko Brown-Nagin will lead a discussion entitled, "Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality," as the keynote speaker at the University of Houston Law Center's annual Yale L. Rosenberg Memorial Lecture. The lecture will be held virtually through Zoom and will begin at 6:30 p.m. Central on Tuesday, March 22. Brown-Nagin s...

In a long-awaited decision which overturned the Court of Appeal’s ruling in the Triple Point Technology vs PTT Public Company case, the UK Supreme Court confirmed the general law of LDs, which is that—absent clear words to the contrary—they accrue up to the date of termination of a contract regardless of whether the contractor completes the work; after that, general damages are recoverable. T...