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A group of young women have teamed up with a prestigious Houston law firm to get the state to stop charging sales tax on menstrual products. On a Friday afternoon last March, Sahar Punjwani ran a familiar errand — buying tampons, pads and panty liners. But this time, she was joined by lawyers from a prestigious Houston law firm. “It was weird because we were all crowded into the aisle togeth...

WASHINGTON – A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty today to two felony charges, including for assaulting law enforcement officers, during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His and others’ actions disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election. Marshall Neefe, 25, of Newville, Pennsylvania, plead...

Credit: Lorin Granger Jackson Beard ’22 Jackson Beard ’22 has known she wanted to be a lawyer since she was 14 — and she can recall the exact moment that set her on her path to Harvard Law School and her future career. It was during a high school history class, when Beard’s teacher was giving a lesson on international war crimes and the International Criminal Court. “I remember being shocked ...

A federal district court judge in the Southern District of New York ruled late last week that three credit unions had successfully established a likelihood of success on their claims that the retroactive application of New York’s recently-passed rate reduction law constitutes a regulatory taking in violation of the U.S. Constitution and preliminarily enjoined state sheriffs’ offices from enfo...

Butte Law Enforcement are searching for three missing teens McKenna Jennings, Alex McManamon and Destiny Griffith. MISSOULA, Mont. — The Butte-Silver Bow Law Enforcement Department is asking for the public's help in locating three missing Butte teens. McKenna Jennings is 5-foot-6, she was wearing a black and tan stripped shirt and black leggings. Jennings has brown shoulder-length hair. Desti...

Senate Majority Leader suggested Tuesday that conservative justices who said Roe v. Wade was settled law lied to the Senate. (Source: Senate TV/CNN) WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer angrily denounced as an “abomination” the Supreme Court’s leaked draft decision that would overturn the nation’s landmark Roe v. Wade law and vowed that if it stands the Senate will vote on l...

Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts confirmed that a draft memo has leaked indicating that the court intends to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision. If this memo becomes the final decision of the court, it would leave abortion access up to state leaders. Dr. Jill Hasday is professor of constitutional law, family law and legal history at the University of Minnesota Law School. She jo...

Jessica Knoll Courtesy of Sabrina Lantos EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures’ 3000 Pictures has preemptively acquired film rights to I Think My Mother-In-Law Is Trying to Kill Me—a psychological thriller, based on a Reddit short story by Nick Moorefox. While the plot for the upcoming film is being kept under wraps, the story published in 2019 centers on an unnamed character, who becomes convinced that t...

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2021, file photo, a For Rent sign is posted in Sacramento, Calif. California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislative leaders are negotiating about whether to extend the state's ban on evictions for unpaid rent. California's eviction protections will expire on June 30. Newsom has proposed using federal coronavirus aid money to pay off 100% of the rent people owe. (AP Ph...

In this image from Senate TV, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., speaks on the Senate floor, Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at the Capitol in Washington. A draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a Politico report. “This is as urgent and real as it gets,” Schumer said on the ...