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On Tuesday, March 15, 2022, the President signed into law: H.R. 2471, the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022,” which provides full-year funding through September 30, 2022 for projects and activities of the Federal Government. Division N provides supplemental appropriations for fiscal year (FY) 2022 for Ukraine activities. Remaining divisions provide authorizations and extensions on a wide...

We would predict possibly two changes in the top 6 alone but will wait for the public release the 29th to be sure. — Law school admissions consultant Mike Spivey of Spivey Consulting, commenting on how changes made to the U.S. News methodology used to calculate law schools’ overall ranking may have affected the prestigious schools in the T14. As noted by Spivey on his blog, U.S. News not only...

OMAHA -- Charles Herbster's campaign said it pulled a TV ad featuring law enforcement officials, amid concerns that the ad may have violated state law. Nebraska law appears to prohibit sheriffs from campaigning for candidates while in uniform — but three elected sheriffs and a captain wore their uniforms and badges while endorsing the Republican gubernatorial candidate, who is considered a fr...

Scranton students interested in a legal career have the opportunity to pursue a legal st... Show more > The University of Scranton’s pre-law advisory program guides undergraduate students of various majors through the process of fulfilling the requirements for law school. Pre-law advisor and professor in the Department of Philosophy, Matthew Meyer Ph.D., begins working with students in the...

A bill that seeks to prevent most abortions from occurring in Idaho has just passed in the state legislature and is heading to the governor's desk. The bill is the first in the country to be modeled after the recent law passed in Texas that bans abortions after six weeks, before many women know they're pregnant. Idaho's bill prohibits abortions after six weeks and allows the father, grandpare...

The downtown Montreal campus of McGill University, a public research university in Canada founded in 1821. Photo from Shutterstock. A Canadian law school’s unusual apology to one of its law students has gone viral after it was posted to Twitter last week. Law.com has the story. The letter, dated Jan. 15, 2021, is written to McGill University law student Fanta Ly. She is identified online as t...

President Joe Biden on Tuesday afternoon signed into law a massive new bill that will fund the federal government for the remainder of the fiscal year and prevent a government shutdown, as well as further aid Ukraine. Earlier Tuesday, Biden administration officials continued their push for Congress to provide additional money to fight COVID-19, as that funding wasn't included in the $1.5 tril...

An amended version of the Comprehensive Insurance Disclosure Act recently went into effect in New York State. This law applies to all civil lawsuits filed in New York State Court on or after December 31, 2021. The first disclosures required by the law will be due soon and it is important for defendants to be aware of their new obligations. As detailed in two Hunton client alerts, published on...

Credit: Martha Stewart Sharon Block, a labor policy expert who most recently served as acting administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the Biden administration, has been appointed professor of practice at Harvard Law School, effective July 1. Block, who currently serves as the executive director of Harvard Law School’s Labor and Worklife Program, first ...

Article 58 of the Italian Consolidated Law on Banking (TUB) regulates the assignment of credits in a banking context. This law differs slightly from the ordinary civil law regime that Italian Civil Code articles 1260 and 1264 provide. Article 58.2 of the TUB provides that, to allow the assigned debtors a chance to oppose the assignment, the assignor bank must give notice of the assignment by ...