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March 16, 2022

San Antonio’s People’s Law School opens virtual law classroom to the public - St. Mary's University

The joint program by the St. Mary’s University School of Law and the San Antonio Bar Foundation will celebrate its 28th year For nearly three decades, the St. Mary’s University School of Law has invited the community into the classroom to learn from legal experts in San Antonio firsthand through the annual People’s Law School event. On Saturday, March 26, members of the community are invited...
March 16, 2022

Virginia lawmakers pass ‘Adam’s Law’ but hazing penalties remain in limbo - WDVM 25

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a bill known as “Adam’s Law” that will require student organizations at Virginia colleges to go through hazing prevention training. A push for change in the way fraternities and sororities prevent hazing came in the wake of the death of Adam Oakes, a 19-year-old Virginia Commonwealth University freshman who died of alcoholic intoxicatio...
March 16, 2022

U.S. Firms Warn Saudi Arabia New Data Law Could Hit Investment - Bloomberg

The largest business lobbying group in the U.S. has warned Saudi Arabia that a new privacy and data law will raise the cost of doing business in the kingdom and complicate efforts to attract foreign investors and wean its economy off a dependence on oil sales. Saudi Arabia in September issued a draft of its personal data protection law, known as PDPL, which in its current form prevents the tr...
March 16, 2022

Indiana’s updated rape law could lead to more convictions, experts say - WANE

INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Eric Holcomb has signed a bill into law changing the state’s definition of rape for the first time since the 19th century. Starting July 1, Indiana’s definition of rape will include situations when “the person disregarded the other person’s attempts to physically, verbally, or by other visible conduct refuse the person’s acts.” The governor’s signature comes as welcome new...
March 16, 2022

Portugal to adjust law that let Abramovich get citizenship, minister says - Yahoo News

FILE PHOTO: Russian billionaire and owner of Chelsea football club Roman Abramovich arrives at a division of the High Court in central London By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) -Portugal has tightened a law that grants citizenship to descendants of Sephardic Jews and which allowed Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich to become a citizen, but the changes will not be retroactive, the foreign mini...
March 16, 2022

Racial justice clinic announced for University of Minnesota Law School - ABA Journal

Photo by AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. As school districts across the country deal with complaints from people who say they are opposed to teaching critical race theory in the classroom—and some claim that the term is often used incorrectly, as a political football—the University of Minnesota Law School isn’t dodging the controversy. The school recently hired a clinica...
March 16, 2022

Mexican immigrant challenges illegal reentry law - WBEZ Chicago

WBEZ brings you unbiased news and information. Sign up for our newsletters to stay up to date on the stories that matter. A 45-year-old Mexican immigrant, who faces years in federal prison for illegally entering the country after being deported, is now challenging the constitutionality of the federal law he is accused of breaking, according to a motion to dismiss filed in federal court in Ill...
March 16, 2022

Parker: Florida law Is pro-freedom, not anti-LGBTQ - Longview News-Journal

The distorted rhetoric — should I say lies? — labeling Florida’s legislation about parental rights in public schools as, “Don’t say gay” demonstrates the hypocrisy of LGBTQ activism. I say hypocrisy because this movement has always showcased itself as being about freedom, rights and social justice. But the reality is that LGBTQ activism is not at all about freedom and rights. It is about adva...
March 16, 2022

New law aims to expand access to care for victims of sexual assault - Wink News

A nearly decade-long fight for better access to care for rape victims is now law. On Tuesday, President Joe Biden signed the Violence Against Women Act, which includes provisions of a bipartisan bill to expand access to care for victims of sexual assault. Washington Senator Patty Murray drafted the legislation after hearing the story of constituent Leah Griffin, of Seattle, who said she was u...
March 16, 2022

Proposed Oklahoma law would allow for fully autonomous vehicles - Oklahoman.com

Proposed Oklahoma law would allow for fully autonomous vehicles  Oklahoman.com