Cannabis Law Reform Gains Momentum In Congress
The congressional hearing on marijuana law reform, the first of its kind, at the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security was convened on the 10th of July. The debate was held to discuss alteration of federal laws on…
Judge Rejects Justice Department Request to Change Lawyers on Census Case
On Tuesday, a federal judge in New York rejected the request of Justice Department to change its legal team midway through a case challenging the efforts of administration of Trump to add a citizenship question to the year of 2020…
Cuomo signs law allowing New York to hand over Trump’s taxes
On Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a law and authorizes the release of state tax returns to a handful of committees of congress, opening a new way for Democrats to get their hands on some of Donald Trump’s strongly guarded…
Horn first female president of Ag Law Society
A Colorado law student raised on a ranch who studies at Washburn University School of Law is the first female president of the Agricultural Law Society. Abbey Horn grew up at Raymond Horn Ranch, a multigenerational cow calf operation between…
House Democrats call for revival of meat labeling law
Lawmakers have called again for the meat labelling law which is to be added to the proposed trade design. The trade pact design as to replace the agreement, called North American Free Trade Agreement in 1994. COOL which the country…
Judge blocks Ohio bill that would ban abortion as early as six weeks
The measure temporarily blocks the application of a law signed by the governor that was harshly criticized by his opponents, because if implemented, it would eliminate the right to access safe abortions after six weeks of gestation. A federal judge…
Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax resigns from law firm amid sexual assault allegations
The lieutenant governor of Virginia is retiring from a law firm where he has worked since last year amid accusations of sexual assault against him. Justin Fairfax has been absent from Morrison & Foerster since February after two women publicly…
New law makes it illegal to start walking on the countdown timer
A new law based around crosswalks was established Hawaii, that came into practice this Monday states that a pedestrian cannot legally step foot on a crosswalk while there is a countdown timer being flashed. What is the penalty which a…
Historic Pennsylvania Law To Seal Millions Of Criminal Charges Automatically
The amount of criminal charges in Pennsylvania that will qualify for automatic record sealing beginning on Friday under the Clean Slate legislation of the state is really high. This number can be as high as forty million. While law enforcement…