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Alarmingly restrictive laws continue to proliferate across much of the country. Joe Raedle / Getty The red-state drive to roll back civil rights is entering a new phase, perhaps best symbolized by Florida’s passage this week of the “Don’t Say ‘Gay’” bill censoring how schools discuss sexual orientation. President Joe Biden’s administration is leaning more heavily into the fight, even as busin...

Several Ward and Smith attorneys are gearing up for a one-of-a-kind event for community associations board members and managers. Adam Beaudoin, Dana Lingenfelser, Madeline Lipe, Allen Trask, and Amy Wooten are all presenters at the Community Association Law Day 2022 on Friday, March 18, from 8 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. The North Carolina Chapter of the Community Associations Institute’s annual even...

Georgia state Capitol (Gray) ATLANTA - Georgia state senators are rejecting a bill that would let drivers use cellphones mounted to their windshield or dashboard while at traffic lights and stop signs. The Senate voted 35-14 against Senate Bill 203 on Wednesday. Republican Sen. Frank Ginn of Danielsville argued for the bill, saying that people could safely look at phones will stopped or pulle...

An emergency medicine doctor in Indian Wells who leads a team of medical personnel with military and law enforcement experience said several of his members are in Ukraine helping to train combat medics. Dr. Dan Olesnicky, who also has 20 years of SWAT team experience, said it's a mission that hits close to home because he has family in Ukraine. "I'm of Ukrainian heritage, first generation Ame...

Seyfarth Synopsis: This week we are attending the ABA Occupational Safety and Health Law Meeting in Sarasota, Florida. The meeting includes representatives from the U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Review Commission, the MSHA Review Commission, OSHA and MSHA Judges, and the Solicitor’s Office, as well as management, labor, and safety professionals. Douglas L. Parker, Assistant Secretary of Labo...

Humor helps build trust with personal relationships and can help influence attitudes at work. In fact Harvard Business Review recently published an article, Sarcasm, Self-Deprecation, and Inside Jokes: A User’s Guide to Humor at Work which weighs in on when and how to use humor. There are rules to follow and avoid when to interject humor and the risks associated by doing so. Humor goes a long...

(KKCO) PUEBLO, Colo. (KKTV) - Here are three more reasons not to warm up your car unattended on this frigid Thursday: two cars stolen in Pueblo and one in Colorado Springs! Pueblo police said both vehicles were taken before it even reached 8 o’clock Thursday morning. While in Colorado Springs, the reported puffing-related theft happened earlier in the week on another icy morning and resulte...

Under Senate Bill 421, a new Chapter 3B—to be called the Georgia Utility Rate Reduction Act (GURRA)—would be added to Title 46 of the Georgia Official Code. Under GURRA, a utility could apply for, and may obtain, a financing order from the Georgia Public Service Commission (GA PSC) to authorize such utility to charge its customers for GURRA-eligible projects that include: A new nuclear unit;...

By Hannah Weymiller “Where are you from?” A classic get-to-know-you question that always elicits a longer response for second-year law student Maya Sanaba. “Like I always tell people, it's complicated! I was born in Louisville, Kentucky and then moved to India when I was 11. Bangalore, specifically. I did middle and high school there, and then my family and I moved back to the U.S. when I was...

(CNN)Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday that when it comes to politically sensitive investigations, the Justice Department does "not shy away from cases that are controversial or sensitive or political." "To do that would undermine an element of the rule of law, which is that we treat like cases alike without regard to the subject matter," Garland told reporters in response to a q...