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15 Jul 2008, 2:17 pm
The amendment is intended to bring the city ordinance more in line with the recent US Supreme Court decision [JURIST report] in District of Columbia v. [read post]
7 Jul 2020, 7:17 am
Recently the District of Columbia City Council passed a set of proposed modifications to Section 16-913 which could have a dramatic impact on the Court’s ability to make alimony awards. [read post]
19 Mar 2020, 8:30 am
On March 17, 2020, the District of Columbia City Council unanimously approved, and the mayor signed, the COVID-19 Response Emergency Amendment Act (the “Act”) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. [read post]
27 Sep 2020, 6:53 am
The District of Columbia City Council acted in response to spiking fatalities and injuries — harms that have increased not only locally but nationwide, as the Washington Post reported, noting this has been “a troubling national trend that became even more pronounced this spring and summer during the pandemic shutdowns. [read post]
17 Dec 2008, 3:24 am
[JURIST] The Council of the District of Columbia [official website] passed legislation [introduction, PDF] Tuesday increasing the requirements of gun owners in Washington, DC. [read post]
15 Dec 2014, 12:00 am
Gordon On December 1, 2014, the City of Columbia, Missouri, City Council enacted an ordinance restricting a private employer’s ability to inquire about job applicants’ criminal history information on an employment application. [read post]
15 Dec 2014, 12:00 am
Gordon On December 1, 2014, the City of Columbia, Missouri, City Council enacted an ordinance restricting a private employer’s ability to inquire about job applicants’ criminal history information on an employment application. [read post]
23 May 2012, 3:16 pm
Santa Clarita Valley Signal: “Kevin Shenkman, a Columbia-educated attorney based in Malibu, intends to prosecute a lawsuit against the city of Palmdale under the California Voting Rights Act to force the city to overturn Palmdale’s at-large system of electing its City Council members in favor of geographic council districts.” [read post]
15 Dec 2016, 2:00 am
On December 12, 2016, the City Council’s Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises heard testimony on an application for the rezoning of three lots at 14–18 Carroll Street, in the Columbia Street Waterfront District neighborhood in Brooklyn […] The post City Council Members Berate Applicant for Withdrawing MIH Commitment; Deny Application appeared first on CityLand. [read post]
25 Jul 2019, 2:36 pm
Baltimore has now joined 75 U.S. cities, 12 states and the District of Columbia, which have already taken steps to prevent SOI housing discrimination. [read post]
6 Aug 2020, 5:00 pm
The Washington DC Police Union filed suit Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia against the city, seeking to block part of an emergency police reform bill passed in July. [read post]
17 Dec 2008, 11:10 pm
Nearly six months after the Supreme Court put an end to the District of Columbia's decades-old ban on handgun possession, the City Council here passed a sweeping new ordinance on Tuesday to regulate gun ownership. [read post]
10 Dec 2018, 9:29 am
This year’s Grinch – the DC City Council, which has for years been looking for a way to tackle the purported “pay-to-play” culture that plagues city government in the District of Columbia. [read post]
23 Apr 2014, 5:07 am
The Post covered this last week, right before the lawsuit (Council of the District of Columbia v. [read post]
23 Feb 2016, 9:58 am
As of this writing (February 2016), only Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, Washington and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana for recreational use. [read post]
D.C. Council Considering Requiring Speech Code in City Parks and the University of District Columbia
31 Oct 2011, 12:18 pm
(Eugene Volokh) The proposed law would mandate that public and charter schools, city parks, city libraries, and the University of District Columbia banany gesture or written, verbal or physical act, including electronic communication, that is reasonably perceived as being motivated either by any actual or perceived characteristic, such as race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, or a mental,… [read post]
22 Dec 2020, 9:26 am
On Dec. 15, 2020, a unanimous District of Columbia City Council approved a broad ban on noncompete agreements and “moonlighting” policies that would be among the most restrictive in the nation. [read post]
21 Dec 2016, 10:22 am
The District of Columbia Council approved a bill on December 20 requiring employers to give workers eight weeks’ paid leave for the birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child. [read post]
17 Dec 2008, 2:05 pm
"Washington Council Enacts Tough Gun-Control Measure": The New York Times today contains an article that begins, "Nearly six months after the Supreme Court put an end to the District of Columbia's decades-old ban on handgun possession, the City Council here passed a sweeping new ordinance on Tuesday to regulate gun ownership. [read post]
12 Mar 2012, 11:13 am
District Court for the District of Columbia. [read post]
