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Never miss a story: Follow your favorite topics and authors to get a personalized email with the journalism that matters most to you. A Moscow court banned Meta Platforms Inc.’s Facebook and Instagram in Russia Monday, in what was the first use of the country’s sweeping law on “extremism” against a foreign technology company. The presiding judge backed the prosecutor’s request to ban the soci...

SPOKANE, Wash - Law enforcement have surrounded a home in North Spokane. Units from several departments were seen in a neighborhood near Brita and Washington. A few streets in that area have been blocked off. KHQ is working on getting information about what is happening. This article will be updated when we learn more information.

Image courtesy U.S. Coast Guard, from video by Petty Officer Third Class Aidan Cooney (public domain). Texas really wants to protect its fossil fuel industry. First, in September, 2021, the state voted Senate Bill 13 into law, which prohibits any active Texas firm from contracting with or investing in companies that divest from oil, natural gas, and coal. In essence: the Texas law prohibits a...

Photo of a crashed car in Little Cottonwood Canyon. Drivers are being urged to be cautious when on slick roads. Traction laws are now in effect for drivers going through Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons. The UDOT Cottonwood Canyons Twitter account published a tweet shortly after 10:00 a.m. on Sunday morning announcing that the law would be in effect for SR-190 and SR-210, the two roads goi...

OSHP file photo DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) -- Several law enforcement agencies say they will focus their efforts on US 35 and I-75 on Wednesday. The Ohio State Highway Patrol, Dayton Police and Montgomery County Sheriff's Office will focusing on "crash-causing violations," such as reckless and impaired driving, and speeding. This Dayton Service Enforcement is planned for 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wed. 23.

A Russian court took further action against Meta's Facebook and Instagram on Monday under the country's "extremism" law, banning the companies from doing business in Russia but allowing Russian users to continue using WhatsApp. The Russian state-owned media outlet TASS reported the court-ordered ban based on a decision from Russian Judge Olga Solopova of the Tverskoy Court of Moscow, which it...

As advocates for public access to government information celebrated “Sunshine Week,” five Pennsylvania news outlets, represented by Reporters Committee attorneys, sued the York County Clerk of Courts for infringing on their constitutionally protected rights to access judicial records, moving last week for a preliminary injunction to halt the clerk’s obstructive practices. The lawsuit, filed i...

We try to keep tracks of trends in family law. 2020 was, for many reasons, an unusual year but some trends are continuing when we reviewed the statistic survey published by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts. Recall that in 2020, Pennsylvania was pretty much closed from March 15 until the first week in June and some courts worked vastly altered schedules for many months after th...

Each year, INCBA hosts the Cannabis law Institute, where the leading minds in law convene for a multi-day, immersive educational and networking event. Offering CLE credit in the United States and select other jurisdictions, CLI covers a multitude of topics in educational sessions interspersed with networking luncheons, off-site events, receptions, and committee and leadership meetings to infor...

Keypoint: This week the Iowa House passed a bill, but it appears to have stalled in the Senate; Connecticut’s bill passed out of committee; Maryland advanced a work group bill out of the Senate and a biometric privacy bill out of the House; and hearings were held on bills in Alaska, Tennessee, and Vermont. Below is our tenth weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in...