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March 08, 2022

California legislators propose law to stop police from using rape kit DNA in other crimes - CNN

(CNN)San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin is partnering with legislators on a proposal to ban victim DNA from being entered in searchable databases that could eventually identify them as criminal suspects in unrelated, future cases. The proposal comes with an endorsement from San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott, whose agency recently referred a case to the DA's office in which DNA f...
March 08, 2022

Miller Johnson law firm hires former Perrigo exec as first CEO - MiBiz: West Michigan Business News

Former Perrigo executive Rich Sorota has been hired as the first CEO of law firm Miller, Johnson, Snell & Cummiskey PLC. MIBIZ FILE PHOTO
March 08, 2022

New York Times Pulls Editorial Staff From Russia Following 'Fake News' Law - The Wall Street Journal

The New York Times building in New York City.angela weiss/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images The New York Times Co. said it was pulling its editorial staff from Russia days after the country passed a law that threatens prison time for anyone who publishes what authorities consider to be false information about the country’s invasion of Ukraine. "Russia’s new legislation seeks to criminalize in...
March 08, 2022

Proposed Horry County law would ban sex offenders from owning child-focused businesses - WBTW

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — Sex offenders in Horry County could be banned from operating child-oriented businesses, under a new proposal. The push comes after a local business owner and parent spoke to the Horry County County Council in September about a local sex offender who wanted to park his ice cream truck in the business owner’s lot and sell ice cream to children. Adam Wiseman told coun...
March 08, 2022

Secretary Haaland visits Ohio to tout Biden's Infrastructure Law - WYSO

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland (left) and Congressperson Marcy Kaptur (left) at the Ottawa Wildlife Refuge in Oak Harbor United States Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland visited Ohio over the weekend. She was here to tout President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure law. Haaland said the infrastructure law will help communities get the resources they need to build resilience agains...
March 08, 2022

Taliban Vow to Defend Women’s Rights Under Islamic Law - Voice of America - VOA News

Members of Afghanistan's Powerful Women Movement gather outside Jamhuriat Hospital in Kabul on March 8, 2022, after Taliban officials prohibited them from donating blood. ISLAMABAD — The Taliban pledged Tuesday to protect the rights of women in Afghanistan under Islamic law to mark International Women’s Day, even as critics decried the erosion of human rights since the Islamist group retook c...
March 08, 2022

New York Times Is Pulling Staff Out of Russia Over Country’s ‘Fake News’ Censorship Law - Variety

AP The New York Times, citing the safety of employees, said it will temporarily remove editorial staffers from Russia after the country outlawed the publication of news about the war in Ukraine that the Kremlin deems “false.” On Friday, Russia passed a law making it illegal to publish “false information” about Russia’s military. Violators face potential fines, forced labor and up to 15 year...
March 08, 2022

Gov. Asa Hutchinson to sign law enforcement bills - KARK

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Gov. Asa Hutchinson is set to hold a news conference Tuesday morning to sign two law enforcement spending bills into Arkansas law. Hutchinson will be signing Senate Bill 103 into law which will allow a one-time payment of $5,000 to every certified county and city law enforcement officer. He will also sign House Bill 1026 which will go towards police equipment and salary in...
March 08, 2022

INVESTOR ACTION REMINDER: The Schall Law Firm Encourages Investors in C3.ai, Inc. with Losses of $500000 to Contact the Firm - Business Wire

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Schall Law Firm, a national shareholder rights litigation firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit against C3.ai, Inc. (“C3” or “the Company”) (NYSE: AI) for violations of the federal securities laws. Investors who purchased the Company's shares pursuant and/or traceable to the Company’s initial public offering conducted on December 9, 2020 (the “...
March 08, 2022

NY's Cleary Gottlieb suspends Moscow operations as other law firms exit - Reuters.com

Signage outside of the law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 30, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly (Reuters) - Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is temporarily shutting down operations in Moscow, a spokesperson for the law firm said Tuesday. The New York-based, 1,100 attorney firm said it will halt its work in Russia "pending further developments, whi...