Section 43(5) and (6)(a) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (“the LGFA”) provides for a mandatory 80% relief from business rates where “the ratepayer is a charity or trustees for a charity” and the premises are “wholly or mainly used for charitable purposes (whether of that charity or of that and other charities)”. In […]
Continue ReadingOpen this photo in gallery: Rep. Andrew Murr, R – Junction, Chair of the House General Investigating Committee, left to right, Rep. Ann Johnson, D – Houston, and Rep. David Spiller, R – Jacksboro, get ready to leave after the meeting where it was recommended that the committee adopt the articles of impeachment against Attorney […]
Continue ReadingA wreath stands before the Wall of Honor at FBI Jacksonville during National Police Week to pay tribute to the sacrifices of the 92 employees who have died in the line of duty. As we have every year since 1962, our nation paused in May to recognize National Police Week and celebrate the service and […]
Continue ReadingA Maricopa County judge declined to award sanctions sought by county lawyers against Republican Kari Lake and her legal team after a three-day trial that confirmed Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs’ election victory. Lake, who has been fighting to overturn the results of November’s election for months, lost again on May 22. Lawyers for the county […]
Continue ReadingThe Journal Committee (“Committee”) at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow (“RMLNLU”), in collaboration with Nishith Desai Associates, organized the 10th edition of the RMLNLU International Legal Essay Competition and Conference on Intellectual Property Rights and Technology Law (“RILEC”). The Conference and Workshop was conducted on 7th April, 2023. This year the Committee […]
Continue ReadingThis post was written by Gabriella Mickel, 2024 JD candidate, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University In this case, the owner of a competing hotel, South Bethlehem Associates, LP, challenged the Bethlehem Township Pennsylvania Zoning Board’s decision to grant Central PA Equities 30, LLC a variant for the new hotel development two blocks […]
Continue ReadingARGYLE, NY — Seth Jacobs has about 100 bins packed with marijuana flower sitting in storage at his upstate New York farm. And that’s a problem. There aren’t enough places to sell it. The 700 pounds (318 kilograms) of pungent flower was harvested last year as part of New York’s first crop of legally grown […]
Continue ReadingWe can all agree that robocalls are the worst. While there may never be a way to get rid of them entirely (although agencies are certainly working on it), one of the most prolific sources of these intrusions is finally getting hauled into court. CBS News reports that Attorneys General from 48 states (as well […]
Continue ReadingThe National Labor Relations Board’s top lawyer, Jennifer Abruzzo, issued a General Counsel memo today instructing the Labor Board’s Regional Directors of her position that noncompete clauses for employees protected by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) (ie., nonmanagerial and nonsupervisory employees) in employment contracts and severance agreements violate federal labor law except in limited […]
Continue ReadingNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s first-in-the-nation law designed to place strict limits on drag shows is unconstitutional, a federal judge says. The law is both “unconstitutionally vague and substantially overbroad” and encouraged “discriminatory enforcement,” according to the ruling late Friday by US District Judge Thomas Parker, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump. “There […]
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