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March 10, 2022

State AG's office, law enforcement to launch human trafficking awareness, training video - ABC 36 News - WTVQ

Video will assist law enforcement agencies with identifying, investigating suspected human trafficking FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ/PRESS RELEASE) – Kentucky’s Office of the Attorney General and representatives from law enforcement agencies throughout the Commonwealth launched a new human trafficking awareness and training video on Thursday. The video provides law enforcement with additional tools an...
March 10, 2022

Canadian Immigration Lawyers Mobilizing to Assist Influx of Ukrainians - Law.com International

People in the railway station in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv waiting for the train to Poland. Credit: Bumble Dee/Shutterstock.com Canadian immigration lawyers are mobilizing to help displaced Ukrainians come to Canada, as more than 2 million refugees have already left Ukraine and more are expected to flee as Russia steps up attacks on civilian targets. Ukrainian-born Igor Yushchenko, w...
March 10, 2022

‘You can’t outdress racism’: Black RWU law student claims sheriff mistook her for defendant - WPRI.com

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — It was business as usual at the Garrahy Judicial Complex until Brooklyn Crockton was blocked from entering a courtroom. Crockton, a law student at Roger Williams University, said a sheriff pulled her out of line and began asking her questions. “He asked if I was the defendant,” Crockton recalled. “It kind of threw me off balance. I was aware that situations like this...
March 10, 2022

Ciera Breland last seen at mother-in-law's home in Johns Creek - FOX 5 Atlanta

Ciera (Locklair) Breland (Family photos) JOHNS CREEK, Ga. - Police released the time and place where a missing 31-year-old mother from Indiana was last seen in Georgia. Ciera (Locklair) Breland last seen at 7:17 p.m. on Feb. 24 at a home along Highgate Manor Court in the Parsons Walk subdivision in Johns Creek, the Johns Creek Police Department confirmed on Thursday. The address given by poli...
March 10, 2022

Council Votes to Extend the City's Rent Stabilization Law - New York City Council

The Council also voted to provide auto-renewals on property tax exemptions for seniors and New Yorkers with disabilities, resolutions expressing support for the people of Ukraine City Hall, NY – The Council today voted on the first legislative item of the session, a bill to extend the period during which Council Members can determine the status of New York City’s housing emergency. Pursuant t...
March 10, 2022

Governor signs permitless concealed carry bill into law - WTVY

Gov. Kay Ivey has signed the bill that eliminates the requirement of a state permit to carry a concealed handgun. MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Gov. Kay Ivey has signed the bill that eliminates the requirement of a state permit to carry a concealed handgun. She signed House Bill 272 Thursday shortly after its final passage in the Statehouse. “Unlike states who are doing everything in their power ...
March 10, 2022

HCRS & Northeastern Law School to present harm reduction research - vtdigger.org

Working together to expand education, compassion, and dignity SPRINGFIELD, VT, March 10, 2022 — Health Care and Rehabilitation Services (HCRS), southeastern Vermont’s non-profit community mental-health agency, and Northeastern University School of Law will present research related to harm reduction practices in Windham County on March 30, 2022 at 9:15 am. Harm reduction refers to reducing neg...
March 10, 2022

Ky. attorney general, law enforcement launch human trafficking awareness video - WKYT

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) - There are troubling signs that human trafficking is happening in small Kentucky towns. Police need more tools to recognize and respond, and on Thursday, Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced a new video training tool to help with that. It follows and is in line with the “Your Eyes Save Lives” campaign started last year. Local police chiefs said at one time, human t...
March 10, 2022

Israel's Knesset passes law barring Palestinian spouses - Reuters.com

JAFFA, March 10 (Reuters) - Israel’s parliament on Thursday passed a law denying naturalization to Palestinians from the occupied West Bank or Gaza married to Israeli citizens, forcing thousands of Palestinian families to either emigrate or live apart. The so-called citizenship law passed just before the Knesset disbanded for a holiday recess by a 45-15 majority vote that crossed coalition-op...
March 10, 2022

Boulder law firm hosting panel on history of Latino experience - Longmont Times-Call

Hutchinson Black and Cook on Wednesday is hosting a community panel discussion on the history of the Latino experience in Boulder County. The panel discussion will review the history and culture of Latinos in Boulder County as well as their contributions and sacrifices and to the community, according to a news release. The panelists include Donna Lovato, the executive director of El Comite de...