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New Jersey Law Journal

Federal Judge Tosses Religious Challenge to NJ Tombstone Regulations

A challenge to the New Jersey statute restricting sales of headstones by operators of religious cemeteries has been dismissed.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Public Interest Calendar of Events

On Feb. 27, Drexel University's Thomas R. Kline School of Law, in conjunction with the Philadelphia Bar Foundation, will host the Sheppard Fellowship Reception, from 5:30-7 p.m., at the law offices of Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads, 123 S. Broad St., 28th St,, Philadelphia.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Protection Orders for Sex Assault Victims Can Provide Safety

What began as one woman's allegations of sexual misconduct against producer Harvey Weinstein has become a cascade of people speaking out about sexual violence from Hollywood to Wall Street to the media to college campuses across the country.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

ACLU Releases Research on Arrest Warrants for Private Debt

The report, called “A Pound of Flesh: The Criminalization of Private Debt,” documents arrests over private debt in 25 states and Puerto Rico.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Don't Minimize the Importance of Conflicts of Interest Policies for Your Nonprofit Board

The overwhelming majority of business leaders and philanthropically inclined citizens who join nonprofit boards have the best of intentions.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Health Group NSF International Appoints Julie Timmer as General Counsel

The organization said Timmer's role will be to advise and counsel NSF leaders on the legal, risk and compliance aspects of business initiatives, policies, employment relationships and other issues.
3 minute read

Law.com

Lions and Tigers Can Keep Their Claws, for Now, Thanks to Injunction

An animal charity in Indiana must stop declawing lions and tigers, and put an end to “Tiger Baby Playtimes,” which allowed the public to interact with big cat cubs.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: Oh the Bloody Starbucks Horror

A California family sued Starbucks for selling “dangerous, defective, contaminated, tainted, spoiled and unsafe beverages.” But their lawyer might want to think twice before taking this one to a jury.
10 minute read

Corporate Counsel

New GC at American Heart Association: M. Lewis Kinard

M. Lewis Kinard has been named general counsel, assistant corporate secretary and executive vice president at the Dallas-based American Heart Association. He succeeds a retiring Lynne Darrouzet, who is of counsel to the global health nonprofit organization's executive management.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Red Cross GC Resigns After Report of Mishandled Harassment Complaints

The top lawyer at the American Red Cross, David Meltzer, has resigned after a news report that he lamented the departure of a senior executive who was pushed out several years ago after an internal investigation of sex harassment allegations.
3 minute read

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