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The US Citizenship and Immigration Services issued policy guidance Wednesday to define “residence” in statutory provisions clarifying the distinction between a person residing in the US and just being physically present. The policy guidance further rescinds previous guidance related to children of US Government Employees and military members stationed or employed outside the US. In [...]

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A state appeals court in New Jersey ruled on Tuesday that the state’s newly passed law allowing terminally ill patients to seek life-ending drug can move forward. The ruling overturns a lower court’s recent decision blocking the law. The law, titled the Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act, would allow patients with [...]

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The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday upheld a district court’s preliminary injunction of an Indiana law requiring parental notification when an unemancipated minor seeks an abortion. Indiana Code § 16-34-2-4(a) prevents a physician from performing an abortion for an unemancipated minor without the written consent of the minor’s parent. Section [...]

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The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held Tuesday that under the Federal Reserve’s Regulation E, which implemented the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, a financial institution must clearly define the procedures used for overdraft fees. The case, Tims v. LGE Community Credit Union (LGE), centered on two $30 overdraft fees that LGE charged [...]

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The governor of Illinois signed a bill into law Tuesday that “works to increase diverse voices on corporate boards across the state.” The law requires “publicly-traded companies headquartered in Illinois to submit an annual report to the Secretary of State’s Office” regarding the representation of women and minorities on their corporate boards. The law requires [...]

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The US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) on Monday announced plans to continue to expand marijuana research and confirmed that some products containing cannabidiol (CBD) are now legal. The DEA plans to allow more applications from those who applied to manufacture marijuana for research, and they anticipate that this will increase the variety of marijuana available [...]

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The Clean Air Council sued United States Steel Corporation Monday for violations of pollution reporting requirements stemming from a fire at the company’s Clairton Coke Works last December. In their complaint, filed in the US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh, the Clean Air Council alleges that US Steel failed to [...]

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