In the new year, Massachusetts driving instructors will begin teaching student drivers about the harms of operating vehicles while impaired by cannabis. State transportation officials said in a statement that drivers’ education classes across the state would integrate a new 25-minute module on the subject. The lessons will be taught at more than 460 driving…
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GRAFTECH INVESTOR ALERT
Securities Litigation Partner James (Josh) Wilson Encourages Investors Who Suffered Losses Exceeding $50,000 In GrafTech To Contact Him Directly To Discuss Their Options NEW YORK, dec. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a leading national securities law firm, is investigating potential claims against GrafTech International Ltd. (“GrafTech” or the “Company”) (NYSE: EAF). If…
Brake and Anor v Chedington Court Estate Ltd – UKSCBlog
In this post, Tara McCarthy and James Warshaw, associates in the litigation team at CMS, preview the decision awaited from the Supreme Court in Brake and Anor v Chedington Court Estate Ltd. Factual Background The respondents in the Supreme Court are a married couple, Mr and Mrs Brake, and their son. Mr and Mrs Brake…
CareTime Partners with Polsinelli to Provide Legal and Compliance Resources to Home Health Agencies
Published: dec. 5, 2022 at 6:00 AM CST|Updated: 1 hour ago Collaboration gives CareTime customers access to premier legal guidance WINTER GARDEN, Fla. and KANSAS CITY, Mo., dec. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — CareTime, a leading software provider for the home health industry, today announced a new partnership with Polsinelli, one of the nation’s foremost full-service…
In revolt, more law schools won’t participate in US News rankings
Comment on this story Comments First, Yale University’s top-ranked law school declared it would end cooperation with the US News & World Report rankings. Within hours, Harvard University’s law school, ranked fourth, followed suit. Then, what began as a high-profile protest against the rankings became a mass revolt that now encompasses four University of California…
Reference by the Lord Advocate of devolution issues under paragraph 34 of Schedule 6 to the Scotland Act 1998 [2022] UKSC 31 – UKSC Blog
The Scottish Government drafted a Scottish Independence Referendum Bill which makes provision for a referendum on the question, “Should Scotland be an independent country?”. Under the Scotland Act 1998 (“the Scotland Act”), the power of the Scottish Parliament to make legislation (or its “legislative competence”) is limited. A provision of a Bill will be outside…
Opinions | Top law schools bow out of US News rankings. What’s the thinking?
Comment on this story Comment In 1983, a weekly newsmagazine called US News & World Report launched an annual ranking of colleges, planting the seed of what became a revolutionary change to the magazine’s business model — and eventually, to that of higher education. The magazine’s rankings of colleges, law and business schools, hospitals and…
Trump’s Presidential Run Faces Legal Challenges Over His Role in Jan. 6 ‘Insurrection’
(Bloomberg) — Donald Trump faces an unprecedented effort to disqualify him from being on the ballot again over his role in the Jan. 6 attacks on the US Capitol, raising the specter of legal chaos in the 2024 election long before voters go to the polls. Most Read from Bloomberg Advocacy groups have vowed to…
Public Prosecutors Office of the Athens Court of Appeal v O’Connor (Northern Ireland) [2022] UKSC 4 – UKSCblog
In this post, Mark Summers KC and James Stansfeld of Matrix Chambers comment on the Supreme Court’s decision in Public Prosecutors Office of the Athens Court of Appeal v O’Connor (Northern Ireland) [2022] UKSC 4. The problems associated with appellate time limits under the Extradition Act are long-standing and notorious. As part of the then…
Twitter sued over layoffs days after Elon Musk purchase
A lawsuit was filed against Twitter on Thursday alleging the social media company now headed by Elon Musk violated federal and state law that requires 60 days’ notice of mass layoffs, according to a court document. The suit filed in US District Court in San Francisco names five current or former workers as plaintiffs, one…