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Chalk one up to the #MeToo movement. On February 10, the U.S. Senate approved the End Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act (“abbreviated” as the “EFASASHA”), which President Biden is expected to sign into law. This statute Read more
In December 2021, after a trial in the U.S. court for the Southern District of New York, a jury convicted British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell of child sex trafficking and other crimes related to her relationship with American financier Jeffrey Epstein. Read more
Is an office holder’s personal Facebook page a public forum with implied guarantees of public access and free speech? On Feb. 25 a federal appeals court said no. Jeff Swanson, chairman of the Otero County Democratic Party in New Mexico, sued Read more
On April 1, the U.S. House passed a bill to end the federal ban on marijuana. But it’s probably not time just yet to pop a Champagne cork or fire up a fatty. Despite the House passage and despite a Read more
The FBI is investigating at least 15 nonprofit organizations in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area for what it calls a “massive fraud scheme” to siphon off millions of government dollars meant to feed needy children. Investigators from the FBI and other Read more
Is the lack of a Chick-fil-A restaurant at the San Antonio International Airport a concrete, particularized injury sufficient to grant would-be customers standing to sue? We do not know yet, but Texas courts may have to grapple with that question. Read more