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March 08, 2022

Lawmakers' Push to Repeal Anti-Black Housing Law in California Constitution - KQED

A sign shows the design for Harper Crossing, an affordable housing structure for seniors near the Ashby BART station in Berkeley. (Amy Mostafa/KQED) California lawmakers are trying again to get rid of the nation’s only law that lets voters veto public housing projects, a provision added to the state constitution in 1950 to keep Black families out of white neighborhoods. Most everyone in the C...
March 08, 2022

Ex-Foley Partner and Am Law 200 Attorney Earn Ethics Complaints for 2020 Election Efforts | The American Lawyer - Law.com

People stand in line to cast their vote in the 2020 presidential election in Baltimore, Maryland, on Nov. 3, 2020. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM What You Need to Know A Utah attorney launched the 65 Project to ensure accountability for lawyers who aimed to overturn the 2020 election. The group has bipartisan advisers, including former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle. Ten lawyers were the...
March 08, 2022

Adjunct Law Professor, Unlikely YouTube Star: Goldman Sachs' Jim Donovan Likes and Shares Knowledge - University of Virginia

Jim Donovan, vice chairman of global client coverage at Goldman Sachs, has been an adjunct professor for 14 years. He’s donated every UVA Law check back to the Law School Foundation. Photo by Bill Petros One template for becoming a YouTube star involves the over-caffeinated approach, cranking out content low on substance and high on salesmanship, with the “personality” inevitably closing each...
March 08, 2022

Governor Hutchinson Signs Bills To Grant Stipends, Raise Salaries for Law Enforcement, Corrections - Governor Asa Hutchinson

Press Releases Raise For State Police Moves State To 2nd In Region For Starting Salaries LITTLE ROCK – Law enforcement leaders and legislators gathered in the second-floor rotunda at the state capitol today as Governor Asa Hutchinson signed a bill that grants one-time stipends of up to $5,000 to police and probation and parole officers, and a second bill that increases the salary for Arkansas...
March 08, 2022

Arkansas governor signs law enforcement bills as fiscal session wraps up - KUAR

Lawmakers and law enforcement officials look on as Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson signs two bills Tuesday increasing police funding in the state. Arkansas lawmakers have wrapped up the 2022 fiscal legislative session, sending to the governor a roughly $6 billion state budget for the coming year. Members of the House and Senate approved identical versions of the budget in meetings on Tuesday. ...
March 08, 2022

UNCOVERED: Sheriff scandals growing; could an old S.C. law help? - The Times and Democrat

UNCOVERED: Sheriff scandals growing; could an old S.C. law help?  The Times and Democrat
March 08, 2022

Federal Law Enforcement Focuses on Violent Crime in Helena-West Helena - Department of Justice

HELENA-WEST HELENA-The FBI and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Arkansas have announced their increased focus on prosecuting violent crime in Helena-West Helena. United States Attorney Jonathan D. Ross announced today that 25 defendants in the Helena-West Helena area have been charged in federal indictments alleging various violent crimes including felon in poss...
March 08, 2022

The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz Announces Investigation of Grab Holdings Limited (GRAB, GRABW) on Behalf of Investors - Business Wire

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz announces an investigation of Grab Holdings Limited (“Grab” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: GRAB, GRABW) on behalf of investors concerning the Company’s possible violations of federal securities laws. If you are a shareholder who suffered a loss, click here to participate. In December 2021, Grab went public via business combination wit...
March 08, 2022

See You in Court? Under New Federal Law, Sexual Harassment Claims Are Not Subject to Mandatory Arbitration - JD Supra

TAKEAWAYS The Federal Arbitration Act is amended to invalidate pre-dispute arbitration agreements as to sexual harassment and/or sexual assault claims. This law allows persons alleging harassment or sexual assault the freedom to decide which legal path to pursue for possible recourse, whether it be arbitration or in a court of law, after the dispute arises. If an employee files a sexual ha...
March 08, 2022

In Missouri, Rep. Mary Elizabeth Coleman proposes abortion law to stop women from accessing abortions out of state - The Washington Post

The pattern emerges whenever a Republican-led state imposes new restrictions on abortion: People seeking the procedure cross state lines to find treatment in places with less-restrictive laws. Now, a prominent antiabortion lawmaker in Missouri, from where thousands of residents have traveled to next-door Illinois to receive abortions since Missouri passed one of the country’s strictest aborti...