Top GA official says ‘coordinated effort’ between DOJ and ‘liberal activists’ to ‘scapegoat’ voting law

FIRST ON FOX: A top Georgia official said the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) documents should show a “coordinated effort” between the Department of Justice (DOJ) and “liberal activists” to use the state’s voting law as a “scapegoat for political losses.” On Tuesday, a federal judge ordered the DOJ to fulfill Georgia Secretary of State […]

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How 83 law firms united against the SEC’s subpoena for Covington client information

(Reuters) – How do you get 83 big law firms to agree on anything? That seems like it should be the opening line of a lawyer joke, but it’s actually a testament to the gravity of a subpoena fight between Covington & Burling and the US Securities Exchange Commission – and to the organizing efforts […]

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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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Senate passes bill to name law enforcement scholarship after retired Sen. Karen Mayne

Senate President Stuart Adams, R-Layton, hugs former Sen. Karen Mayne after a bill that created a scholarship for law enforcement officers passed at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. The scholarship is named after Mayne, who retired earlier this year. (Laura Seitz, Deseret News) Estimated read time: 3-4 minutes SALT […]

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US may have the muscle in a trade fight, but Mexico may have the law

Alan Guebert writes “Farm and Food” If your best international customer — someone who accounts for 27% of your overseas sales — gave you three years to change the recipe of what it buys from you, it’s a safe bet you’d work together to meet their needs and deadlines. Not Big Ambiz, however, which is […]

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India to use emergency law to maximize coal power output -sources

NEW DELHI, Jan 30 (Reuters) – India plans to use an emergency law next month to force power plants that run on imported coal to maximize output, two government sources told Reuters on Monday, in preparation for expected record consumption this summer. Many Indian coal-fired plants, including those owned by Adani Power (ADAN.NS) and Tata […]

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