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March 17, 2022

Ukraine-Related Sanctions: Contract Disputes Under Business Agreements Governed by US Law - JD Supra

The conflict in Ukraine has resulted in the disruption of innumerable commercial agreements between and among financial, manufacturing, and other entities. The sanctions imposed by nations and international bodies on various Russian and Belarusian persons and entities as a result of the conflict (Ukraine-Related Sanctions) are in many ways exceptional in their coordination, breadth, and speed...
March 17, 2022

Over 100 Black Law Professionals Show Support For Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson - HuffPost

Over 100 Black law deans and professors wrote a letter to the Senate to show their support for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. The letter, addressed to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), highlighted Jackson’s many achievements, which they say make her an ideal candidate to become the ...
March 17, 2022

100 Black Male Law Deans and Professors Pen Letter Supporting Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court Confirmati - Black Enterprise

One-hundred Black male law deans and professors have penned a letter supporting Ketanji Brown Jackson‘s confirmation to the United States Supreme Court. In the letter, obtained by Blavity, the professors unanimously supported Jackson’s confirmation to the High Court, which would make her the first Black female Supreme Court Justice. “We unanimously applaud and endorse, without reservation, Pr...
March 17, 2022

SC lawmakers looking to suspend law that regulates college endorsement deals - WIS News 10

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - As March Madness tips off Thursday, this year’s tournament is the first in which players on the court can legally be paid for endorsements. It follows a ruling last summer from the U.S. Supreme Court, which found the NCAA’s ban on college students receiving payment in exchange for the use of their names, images, and likenesses violated antitrust laws. In South Carolina,...
March 17, 2022

Man fatally shoots himself in front of law enforcement outside Mat-Su hospital, troopers say - Anchorage Daily News

A man shot and killed himself outside Mat-Su Regional Medical Center near Wasilla early Thursday in front of law enforcement officers, Alaska State Troopers said. Troopers were called to the hospital for a trespassing report around 6 a.m., they wrote in a statement. The responding troopers took one man into custody and escorted him out to a patrol vehicle, the statement said. “When the troope...
March 17, 2022

Holliday, Hyer-Mitchell, Law emerge victorious | Greene County - Hudson Valley 360

Holliday, Hyer-Mitchell, Law emerge victorious | Greene County  Hudson Valley 360
March 17, 2022

SC lawmakers looking to suspend law that regulates college endorsement deals - Live 5 News WCSC

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - As March Madness tips off Thursday, this year’s tournament is the first in which players on the court can legally be paid for endorsements. It follows a ruling last summer from the U.S. Supreme Court, which found the NCAA’s ban on college students receiving payment in exchange for the use of their names, images, and likenesses violated antitrust laws. In South Caroli...
March 17, 2022

Federal judge finds another Iowa ag-gag law unconstitutional - khqa.com

FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2015, file photo, cage-free chickens stand in a fenced pasture on the Francis Blake organic farm near Waukon, Iowa. The Agriculture Department on April 7 proposed stricter animal welfare standards for organic chicken and meat as the multi-billion dollar organic market grows each year. The rules would ensure that all livestock, including poultry, have enough space to li...
March 17, 2022

UF law professor reacts internal committee finding "no merit" in COVID-19 data suppression - mycbs4.com

The University of Florida investigated claims of staff members feeling external pressure to delete COVID-19 data. That claim came from a faculty senate report. Danaya Wright teaches Law at UF, she worked on the December Faculty Senate Report which started this investigation. "We reported that there was external pressure to possibly destroy COVID data, but no data was destroyed," Wright said. ...
March 17, 2022

UAE Employment Law Update | Bracewell LLP - JDSupra - JD Supra

2 February 2022 saw the introduction of a new UAE Labour Law in the form of UAE Federal Law No. 33 of 2021, Regulating Labour Relations (“New Law”), repealing the existing UAE Labour Law, UAE Federal Law No. 8 of 1980 as amended (“Previous Law”). In addition to the introduction of the New Law, a set of companion Executive Regulations were issued on 3 February 2022, fleshing out certain provis...