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A sign is seen near the Stormont Parliament Buildings on the day Britain is expected to publish a bill to unilaterally scrap some of the rules governing post-Brexit trade with Northern Ireland, as its dispute with the European Union over the protocol has not yet been resolved, in Belfast, Northern […]
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Tennessee private school voucher law survives legal challenge
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The Tennessee Supreme Court has declined to reconsider its recent decision upholding the state’s 2019 private school voucher law. In a brief order issued Monday, the high court stood by its 3-2 ruling on May 18 in favor of the state and against the governments of Metropolitan Nashville and Shelby […]
Florida Supreme Court hears gun law challenge amid national debate over restrictions
The law being challenged is part of a decades-old “preemption” law approved by the Florida Legislature that prohibits local governments at the city or county level to pass measures stricter than those at the state level. The case the state Supreme Court is weighing will not affect the underlying 1987 […]
NJ’s Aid in Dying law for terminally ill survives legal challenge
New Jersey’s 2019 law allowing physicians to prescribe life-ending medication to terminally ill people — used so far by at least 95 patients — has been upheld by a state appeals court. The Appellate Division of Superior Court on Friday upheld a decision that had dismissed a challenge to the state’s Medical […]
How ICE Sidesteps the Law to Find and Deport People | News & Commentary
On an idle Tuesday afternoon, I received the call I had always feared most: My brother had been picked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The tactic the officers used was not new. My brother’s probation officer had shared his meeting time with ICE, and they had waited outside […]
Florida’s 15-week abortion law hit with a second legal challenge
TALLAHASSEE — A South Florida Jewish congregation has challenged a new state law that blocks abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, contending the measure violates privacy and religious freedom rights. The lawsuit, filed Friday in Leon County circuit court by Congregation L’Dor Va-Dor, seeks to block the law from taking […]
Title 42 is not an immigration law and has no place on our border
In 2020, Title 42 paused all asylum proceedings at the border as a tool to slow the spread of COVID. But two years later, the intentions behind this policy are clear: it was never really about COVID. As long as this farcical policy, spurred on by COVID and maintained by activist […]
Russell T. Quinlan, 87, personal injury attorney, expert in labor law | Featured Obituaries
Nov. 10, 1934 – May 9, 2022 Attorney Russell T. Quinlan applied his expertise in labor law to win two significant construction accident cases, both involving falls and the lack of safety measures – Zimmer v. Chemung County Performing Arts and Smith v. Hooker Chemical and Plastics Corp. In Zimmer, […]
Big Law Attorneys Take Spotlight in Jan. 6 Hearings This Week
Attorneys with Big Law ties will play prominent roles in the House Jan. 6 committee hearings this week, as former Kirkland & Ellis partner Jeffrey Rosen testifies about Donald Trump’s efforts to sway the Justice Department toward the former president’s post-election goals. Richard Donoghue, former acting deputy attorney general and […]
BAL Named a Top Immigration Law Firm, “Market Leader” by The Legal 500
DALLAS, June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Leading immigration firm BAL ranks in the highest Tier 1 category among all immigration law firms nationwide, according to the newly released rankings by The Legal 500. BAL “remains a market leader” in immigration and “continues to advise leading names in the industry, including global blue-chip clients […]