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News Associated Press – March 9 The defeat on Tuesday of an ExxonMobil proposal to run thousands of truck trips a year in central California to transport oil from now-idled offshore platforms has intensified the focus on an even larger dispute: building a pipeline across the state to move the crude. The company’s plan was to send up to 24,820 tanker trucks a year on coastal Highway 101 and S...

Jackson Lewis Law Firm Logo The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel directed NLRB regions to seek preemptive injunctions for alleged unlawful threats during union campaigns. NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued a memorandum directing the NLRB’s regional offices to seek injunctions against employers who have allegedly threatened employees during union organizing dri...

OLYMPIA, Wash., March 11, 2022 – Governor Jay Inslee is expected to sign int law two bills aimed to clarify police enforcement and accountability laws passed last year. Rep. Jesse Johnson (D-Federal Way) and Snohomish County Sheriff Adam Fortney discuss new bills aimed to clarify police accountability laws passed last year. SB 5919 – Concerning the standard for law enforcement authority to de...

Printer-friendly On February 21, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered ground troops into the eastern Ukrainian provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. Invading under the guise of establishing independence for the region on February 24, Russia started bombing key points of interest around the country, including the capital city of Kyiv. At the time of writing, the skirmishes remain ...

The law firm of Schulte Roth & Zabel has announced the promotion of Hazleton native Frank Olander to special counsel. Olander is based at the firm’s New York office. SRZ has elected six new partners and promoted nine to special counsel, according to a release. Olander practices in the areas of complex commercial, real estate, bankruptcy and securities litigation in federal and state court...

LAS CRUCES, NM (KTSM) A Las Cruces Resident has been anonymously paying for law enforcement officers uniforms to be dry cleaned for the past five years. She says it all started when she went to take her dry-cleaning in five years ago. “I was right here and actually there was a police officer in front of me,” said Donna Stryker who has been paying for the dry cleaning. “I thought what if I pai...

LAS CRUCES, NM (KTSM) A Las Cruces Resident has been anonymously paying for law enforcement officers’ uniforms to be dry cleaned for the past five years. She says it all started when she went to take her dry-cleaning in five years ago. “I was right here and actually there was a police officer in front of me,” said Donna Stryker who has been paying for the dry cleaning. “I thought what if I pa...

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday effectively shut down a federal challenge to the state’s novel and controversial ban on abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy, closing off what abortion rights advocates said was their last, narrow path to blocking the new law. The decision was the latest in a line of blows to the constitutional right to abortion that has prevailed for five decades. The...

Restaurants in Michigan, like many around the United States, were subject to stay-at-home orders that limited their ability to operate their business at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The executive orders in Michigan required restaurants to close or close for in-person dining while encouraging them to remain open and provide carry-out services. Naturally, these restrictions led to a loss...

Utah is poised to join California, Virginia, and Colorado in enacting comprehensive data privacy legislation. Although Utah’s law largely follows the Virginia and Colorado models—with a few provisions that may ease the burden on businesses—it adds to an increasingly active state legislative landscape. Meanwhile, California is proposing changes to its landmark privacy law as other states plow ...