The former director of sports medicine at San Jose State University was sentenced to two years in prison for groping female student-athletes who were seeking medical care, reports Phil Helsel for NBC... Read more »
(Image via Getty) Every year, I write about how Michigan’s surrogacy and parentage laws are out of step with the rest of the country, as well as the advocacy efforts for change.... Read more »
After the U.S. Department of Justice announced a federal investigation earlier this year into Georgia’s scandal-ridden Fulton County Jail, a Georgia state Senate subcommittee has now launched its own investigation, Minnah Arshad... Read more »
The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court found Wednesday in two rulings that the state cannot enforce a regulation directed by executive order to make power plant owners pay for their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions... Read more »
The New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) has issued proposed regulations to align the state’s industry-specific wage requirements with the upcoming increases in the state minimum wage. In May 2023, Governor... Read more »
A Washington county executive reports that the number of incarcerated youths has dropped dramatically since King County began sending more young offenders to counseling than to detention, Kery Murakami reports for Route... Read more »
David Broadbent, a Utah-based OB-GYN, has been accused by 94 women of sexual assault, but a civil case to be heard on Friday by the Utah Supreme Court could decide that the... Read more »
A statewide Michigan public safety campaign has led to the removal of more than 500 illegal guns from people on probation or parole, Colin Jackson reports for Michigan Radio. Targeted searches in... Read more »
A family court in Japan declared it unconstitutional to require an individual to undergo gender-affirming surgery to obtain identification in line with their gender. The Shizuoka Family Court in Central Japan struck... Read more »
Henry Shapiro discusses recent legislation that will raise the salary threshold for worker protections in New York in “Hike In NY Salary Threshold Lets DOL Take More Complaints,” published by Law360. Subscription... Read more »