Apache Corporation (Apache) has agreed to pay $4 million in civil penalties and undertake projects expected to cost at least $5.5 million to ensure 422 of its oil and gas well pads in New Mexico and Texas comply with state and federal clean air regulations and offset past illegal emissions. Apache’s agreement settles a civil […]
The American Bar Association Legal Technology Resource Center has released its ABA TechReport 2023, a comprehensive online series of articles exploring how attorneys are using technology in their practices. TechReport 2023 combines data from the annual Legal Technology Survey Report with expert analysis, observations and predictions from legal technology leaders. TechReport articles on a variety […]
McLean, VA – The American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) condemns Xandr’s recent decision to reverse its policy on allowing candidate and issue ads on its platform, raising concerns about the implications on the free exchange of ideas essential to our democratic process. “Programmatic technology has revolutionized the advertising landscape, enabling campaigns and non-profits to […]
The Justice Department, Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), and Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today issued a joint compliance note focusing on the voluntary self-disclosure policies that apply to U.S. sanctions, export controls and other national security laws, including recent updates to certain of those policies. […]
The Justice Department announced that it has concluded an investigation into whether the State of South Carolina subjects adults with mental illness to unnecessary institutionalization and serious risk of institutionalization in adult care homes, in violation of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The Justice Department determined that there is reasonable cause […]
The Justice Department today announced charges against a Russian national for his involvement in deploying numerous LockBit ransomware and other cyberattacks against victim computer systems in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Africa. Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov (АСТАМИРОВ, Руслан Магомедовичь), 20, of Chechen Republic, will make his initial appearance later today. “This LockBit-related arrest, the second […]
CHICAGO — The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility released a formal opinion today that examines a lawyer’s ethical obligations for fees paid for legal work to be performed by the lawyer in the future. Formal Opinion 505 points to the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct — and particularly applications […]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Yesterday, hundreds of Americans amended their Anti-Terrorism Act lawsuit against Deutsche Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Danske Bank, Wall Street Exchange, and Placid Express, which stand accused of supporting a campaign of terrorism in Afghanistan led by al-Qaeda and carried out by the Taliban. Plaintiffs’ amended complaint, in Wildman, et […]
If you give three people a knife each, one may choose to use it as a meat carver, another may choose to use it as a wood worker while the third may use it to murder others. Certainly, the fault is not with either the knife or the one who gave off those knives rather, […]
BEIJING, Dec. 31, 2021 /CNW/ — As China strides toward the second centenary goal of building a great modern socialist country in all respects, 2022 will be another important year. “To ensure that everyone leads a better life, we must never rest on what we have achieved, and there is still a long way to […]
