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Associated Press Connecticut lawmakers have been asked to update last year’s state law that allows student-athletes to be compensated for their name and likeness in marketing deals and enable them to use their state college or university’s logo, mascot or other institutional marks when they’re pitching products like sports drinks and apparel. Connecticut and South Carolina are currently the ...

(Ця стаття також доступна українською мовою тут.) On Feb. 24, 2022, the Russian invasion of Ukraine shocked Ukraine’s international lawyers, including my colleagues and myself. Since 2014, Ukraine’s public law community had made intense efforts towards strengthening, or sometimes building from scratch, the capacity of the Ukrainian justice system, which has not been prepared for the legal dem...

NBC Connecticut Connecticut lawmakers have been asked to update last year’s state law that allows student-athletes to be compensated for their name and likeness in marketing deals and enable them to use their state college or university’s logo, mascot or other institutional marks when they’re pitching products like sports drinks and apparel. Connecticut and South Carolina are currently the ...

March 18 (Reuters) - As foreign companies seek to exit Russia over the war in Ukraine, they face the prospect that Russian bankruptcy law could be used to seize assets and even lead to criminal penalties. Here is how that could work: HOW DOES RUSSIA'S BANKRUPTCY LAW DIFFER FROM BANKRUPTCY LAW IN THE UNITED STATES? In the United States, bankruptcy laws are meant to give indebted companies a fr...

As law firms begin setting up offices in the metaverse, a surprising benefit is emerging for attorneys dealing with sensitive cases where a client might want some anonymity, at least in the initial stages of approaching an attorney. The ability for a user to walk up to a metaverse law office as an avatar offers an opportunity to gauge if an attorney is right for them before committing—or reve...

Anton Black’s sister, LaToya Holley, and parents, Antone and Jenell Black, show a picture of Anton, who died in police custody in 2018. The family was speaking at an event in October to mark Anton’s Law taking effect in Maryland. Photo by Hannah Gaskill. A community group in Montgomery County was asked to pay $95,000 for copies of police discipline and complaint records, which, under a 2021 c...

An emblem is displayed on the gate of the Russian Embassy in London (Corrects paragraph 8 to indicate that U.S. bankruptcy is primarily civil, not purely civil) By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) -As foreign companies seek to exit Russia over the war in Ukraine, they face the prospect that Russian bankruptcy law could be used to seize assets and even lead to criminal penalties. Here is how that cou...

If the city of Bloomington decides to sue the state over a 2019 law that significantly undermined the mayor’s annexation plan, such a suit would be filed “soon,” city attorney Mike Rouker told The Herald-Times. The 2019 law sharply increased the number of property owners in annexation areas who could formally object to annexation. That made it much less likely that the mayor’s plan to annex ...

A jogger runs past the Legislative Building just before dusk, Dec. 21, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia. (Ted S. Warren/AP) According to the commission’s executive director, some of the text messages in question were deleted. That could be a violation of state law. Lisa McLean, executive director of the Redistricting Commission, acknowledged on Thursday that the commission appeared to have wit...

Hundreds of law enforcement leaders from around the nation are in Baton Rouge this weekend for the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) 2022 William R. Bracey CEO Symposium. BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Hundreds of law enforcement leaders from around the nation are in Baton Rouge this weekend. While they come from different communities, they all want the same thing--...