Newport News, Virginia, school shooting: 6-year-old who shot his teacher apparently choked another and threatened students

The allegations were detailed in a January 24 legal notice by attorney Diane Toscano, who sent the letter to the Newport News School Board to inform officials of a lawsuit her client, teacher Abigail Zwerner, plans to file against administrators at Richneck Elementary School. The student shot and wounded Zwerner on January 6, leaving her […]

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Will a new law improve E-ZPass in NJ to actually make the tolling system better?

Thousands of New Jersey’s E-ZPass-toting motorists have received the ominous, red-striped “notice of violation” envelope in the mail. Some have received them — and hefty fees — in error, forcing residents to call and wait on hold to get the problem fixed by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority’s contractor that oversees billing. However, Gov. Phil […]

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FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson, the Lone Dissenting Voice on the FTC’s Proposed Noncompete Ban, Resigns

FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson, published an Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal today in which she announced her resignation from the FTC and explained her reasoning. Readers may recall that Commissioner Wilson was the lone dissenting voice on the FTC’s proposed banning rule non-competes nationwide. In the Op-Ed, Commissioner Wilson says that her decision to […]

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Minneapolis closes unlicensed Linden Hills sauna; owners fight city law

Minneapolis officials are ordering a popular but unlicensed neighborhood sauna club to close next month. While the city noted Embrace North’s lack of a license and health violations, its owners said a 1980s zoning law labeling saunas as sexually-oriented adult businesses contributed. In recent years, traditional Scandinavian wellness practices have gained steam among modern adherents […]

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Seventh Circuit Upholds Digital Signage Ban Citing Recent Supreme Court Cases

This post originally appeared on Municipal Minute by Julie Tappendorf, Esq. from Ancel Glink and reposted with permission. We’ve written a number of posts in City Minutes discussing U.S. Supreme Court decisions in cases challenging the city’s code of conduct under the First Amendment. In 2015, we reported on the Court’s decision in Reed v. […]

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Barton and Ors v Morris and Anor in place of Gwyn Jones (deceased) [2023] UKSC 3 – UKSC Blog

In this post, Henry Powell (Associate) and Antoni Hajdon (Of Counsel) in the Real Estate Disputes team at CMS, comment on the case of Barton & Ors v Morris & Anor in place of Gwyn Jones (deceased) [2023] UKSC 3 – handed down on 25 January 2023. The Supreme Court allowed the appeal by a […]

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Prosecutors reportedly seek to compel Trump lawyer’s testimony by citing crimes in classified papers case

Donald Trump’s legal team Alex Kent/Getty Images Federal prosecutors investigating former President Donald Trump’s mishandling of classified documents are seeking to compel one of his lawyers to testify about his work with Trump by suggesting those legal services were used in a crime, The New York Times and other news organizations reported Tuesday night. The […]

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Disney has a strong case if it goes to court over Reedy Creek

Disney continued its longstanding silence over the fate of Reedy Creek on Wednesday, leaving strategists guessing over whether the company had struck a backroom deal with Gov. Ron DeSantis or not. However, an attorney said the company would have a strong chance of keeping the status quo if it decided to take a case to […]

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