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29 Jun 2010, 5:52 pm by Adam Levitin
 On the other hand, it's questionable whether state legislatures intended for anything other than Christian scripture (in a non-denominational sense) to be exempted. [read post]
9 Nov 2009, 7:20 am
" That suggestion drew a cool reception Friday from the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, which pointed out that the Legislature had a choice whether to make the information public or private when it passed the law setting up the agency. [read post]
29 Jun 2018, 4:43 am by Jim Sedor
Aspects of the policy may require formal approval from the full Legislature and Gov. [read post]
22 May 2024, 7:03 am by Eugene Volokh
After laying out the elements of a claim for civil sexual assault in both states, Schwartz argues that Luke's conduct on December 18, 2021 is civil sexual assault in both Texas and Utah. [read post]
10 Aug 2016, 10:40 am by Eric Goldman
., those times when 1-800 Contacts asked the Utah legislature to ban competitive keyword advertising) and at least 15 lawsuits against competitors costing millions of dollars of legal fees. [read post]
Legislation to tax digital advertising revenue has also been introduced in other states, including Texas (H.B. 4467), West Virginia (S.B. 605), Massachusetts (H.D. 3210 and H.D. 3601) and New York (S. 1124). [read post]
Legislation to tax digital advertising revenue has also been introduced in other states, including Texas (H.B. 4467), West Virginia (S.B. 605), Massachusetts (H.D. 3210 and H.D. 3601) and New York (S. 1124). [read post]
23 Mar 2021, 8:42 am by Ed Yohnka
”  In a rare show of solidarity with protesters in cities like Minneapolis, New York, and Portland, courts and state legislatures began to take notice, too — in June, Colorado lawmakers passed a bill that gutted the doctrine’s power in state courts. [read post]
5 Aug 2016, 12:41 pm by Rishabh Bhandari, Quinta Jurecic
The Daily Beast discloses that an FBI undercover agent told Elton Simpson, the ISIS-inspired terrorist behind the Garland, Texas shooting, that he should “tear up Texas” before the attack had occurred. [read post]
8 Jul 2022, 10:14 am by Lisa Vicens and Samuel Levander
Alameda Books, this is because the legislature is in a “better position than the [j]udiciary to gather and evaluate data on local problems. [read post]
1 May 2011, 12:24 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
The Harris County Jail has grown into the largest provider of mental health services in the state, we're reminded in a related Chron staff editorial, which argues that "Texas lawmakers aren't being fiscally prudent when they slice already grossly inadequate funding for mental health programs. [read post]
27 Nov 2009, 8:55 am by Gritsforbreakfast
That's how Texas ended up adding 40 new crimes and increasing penalties for 36 more during the most recent legislative session, even though the House committee in charge of most of the bills (Criminal Jurisprudence) was controlled 8-3 by Democrats.The majority of bills at the Texas Legislature increasing or creating criminal penalties are carried by Democrats, and it was Ann Richards who successfully won 100K new prison beds back in the '90s. [read post]
13 Jan 2009, 1:22 pm by Louis Leichter
This goes well beyond any investigatory/disciplinary mandate extended by the state legislature when they granted the Board the authority to perform extensive background checks as part of the renewal process. [read post]
26 Jan 2012, 3:19 pm by Wystan M. Ackerman
  They didn’t mention insurance, but, as I’ve noted here before, that is another area where state regulators and state legislatures have power to regulate the use of arbitration provisions (see my August 22, 2011 and December 14, 2011 blog posts for more on this). [read post]
28 Sep 2018, 4:42 pm by Camille Fischer
Texas and Missouri, with their wider margins, could have counted 700 ballots and 10 ballots, respectively, to achieve the same confidence. [read post]
11 Jan 2008, 7:26 am
Many states do not compensate exonerated prisoners at all, or leave it to the civil courts; the New York Times last year found that 40% of inmates exonerated by DNA nationally received no compensation. [read post]
30 Jun 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
From the States and Municipalities Canada – Federal Lobbying Hit a Record High Last Fiscal Year, Industry Watchdog Says CBC – Staff | Published: 6/27/2023 Lobbying hit an all-time high in Ottawa during the last fiscal year, says a new report from the industry’s watchdog. [read post]
7 Nov 2022, 9:42 am by Kevin Kaufman
The result is that states as varied as Massachusetts and New York on the left and Arkansas and Texas on the right have contemplated some version of a digital advertising or social media advertising tax. [read post]