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2022 ABA Midyear Meeting
LIVE and VIRTUAL LIVE Meeting
February 9-14, 2022
Sheraton Seattle, WA
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Law firm that won settlement in Maryland HBCU case is donating $12.5M in fees
https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-pol-hbcu-donations-20211118-ljtaxnhsxbgnteu4zb2qfak2cm-story.html?fbclid=IwAR0vmhSLNa36aglUjZZ_45kuDNpmTnL8rvrXdJmR60_HI3WYKMk5ERzNrFw
The law firm that represented Maryland's historically black universities in a long-running lawsuit against the state is donating $12.5 million of the fees it was awarded to colleges and nonprofits.
Chicago-area property records are peppered with racist language from the past
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-home-records-still-contain-racist-covenants/87e37293-2750-4c7b-b9db-266757c99ce2
Restrictive covenants and deeds meant to keep Black residents out of white neighborhoods are unenforceable today, but their lingering presence still evokes pain and anger.
Michigan school closures could jeopardize state funding
https://detroit.chalkbeat.org/2021/11/19/22790004/michigan-covid-bus-driver-shortage-funding-xenakis-makowski-johannesburg-lewiston
Michigan superintendents are seeking solutions as COVID cases rise and staffing levels fall
Idaho state House passes worker vaccine compensation bill
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/581890-idaho-state-house-passes-worker-vaccine-compensation-bill
The Idaho state House passed a bill to provide compensation to workers if they get sick from an employer-mandated vaccine.
Amazon to pay $500,000 to California regulators after allegations of failing to properly notify workers of COVID-19 case numbers
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/amazon-pay-500000-california-regulators-allegations-failing-properly/story?id=81202153&cid=social_twitter_abcnp
The settlement is the first related to California's "right-to-know" law.
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Mark your calendar - Cyber Monday is November 29th. Section members save 30% off the member price when using Promo Code CYBER21 when placing an order. The discount applies to print books, e-books, and on-demand products available at ShopABA.org and does not include live in-person events, live virtual events, or live webinars.
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A home care crisis is gripping New York
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/There-is-a-homecare-crisis-in-New-York-State-16631763.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=share-by-email&utm_medium=email
A new report found that 74 percent of people needing at-home care workers are unable to...
Legal battle ensues over s*x offenders staying at New Paltz motel
https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/Sex-offenders-staying-at-New-Paltz-motel-16625364.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=share-by-email&utm_medium=email
Should a motel be limited to how many s*x offenders it can rent to? A legal battle is...
Village of Brewster seeks to attract NYC commuters with downtown redevelopment
https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/realestate/article/Village-of-Brewster-eyes-downtown-redevelopment-16621988.php
The small Village of Brewster has discussed plans for a new Main Street for nearly 10...
Restoration Of Honor Virtual Conference
https://nysba.org/events/restoration-of-honor-virtual-conference/?utm_campaign=CLE&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=183164615&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8tARKPJVywh977TUMmJMYI_O0HIIZs9i3t8Uy7Ayh1wWSJubT3FXMR35w54wYR7_OLY2CCN7zinCEAVlfQRq8VIE2iiuGvEahNSAXIEmnF8J1WnNA&utm_content=183164613&utm_source=hs_email
Currently, there are five states that have passed Restoration of Honor (ROH) legislation designed to restore honor to LGBT veterans who were discharged for their s*xual orientation or gender identity. We are honored to bring together representatives from Rhode Island, Illinois, Connecticut, and of c...
NY food scrap law to take effect Jan. 1
https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/NY-food-scrap-law-to-take-effect-Jan-1-16612789.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=share-by-email&utm_medium=email
Starting in 2022, colleges, grocery stores and hotels are among New York organizations...
Pope Francis to Visit Canada, Seeking Reconciliation With Indigenous Communities
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pope-francis-to-visit-canada-seeking-reconciliation-with-indigenous-communities-11635340084?st=5j7g729oq9rcm89&reflink=article_email_share
The plan follows scandals over the abuse of generations of indigenous children at church-run residential schools.
A damming situation: Busy beaver threatens Mechanicville water supply
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/A-damming-situation-Busy-beaver-threatens-16551892.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=share-by-email&utm_medium=email
While Albany has large drinking water reservoirs fed by a multitude of tributaries,...
Vermont roadside marker recognizes African American poet
https://apple.news/AMrxAxM_iTtGIWKuPgy-rPA
Vermont is recognizing its African American history with a new historical marker honoring poet Lucy Terry Prince, the Associated Press reports.
"Atmospheric river” to whiplash Northern California from drought to flood
https://apple.news/ApGihJWrBRpui7_fvER8WIQ
A series of powerful "atmospheric river" storms are delivering historic amounts of rainfall across parts of drought-stricken California and the Pacific Northwest — triggering widespread power outages and flooding.
Which is more expensive: charging an electric vehicle or fueling a car with gas?
https://apple.news/AAlPx0L7ZRPikqoXmgfQntg
EVs cost more to power than gasoline costs to fuel an internal combustion car with reasonable gas mileage, according to an Anderson Economic Group report.
35th Annual National Land Use Institute
4 Virtual Sessions: October 19, 20, 26, & 27, 2021 1:00-4:00 pm
https://tlccommunity.tourolaw.edu/land-use-conference
This Annual Land Use Institute program is designed for attorneys, professional planners, and government officials involved in land use planning, zoning, permitting, property development, conservation and environmental protection, and related litigation. It not only addresses and analyzes the state-o...
What We Know About Covid, the Flu and the Air We Breathe
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/19/opinion/covid-flu-air-transmission.html?referringSource=articleShare
We have more power than we thought against the flu and other respiratory viruses.
Revealed: more than 120,000 US sites feared to handle harmful PFAS ‘forever’ chemicals
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/17/us-epa-pfas-forever-chemicals-sites-data
List of facilities makes it clear that virtually no part of the US appears free from the potential risk of air and water contamination with the chemicals
What borrowers need to know about the new Public Service Loan Forgiveness rules
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/14/politics/public-service-loan-forgiveness-new-guidelines/index.html
The US Department of Education recently announced significant changes to a federal student loan forgiveness program that aims to help government and nonprofit workers but has failed in many cases to deliver on its promise of debt relief.
Refugees arriving in Albany are greeted by affordable housing shortage
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Where-can-we-house-them-Limited-affordable-16516837.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=share-by-email&utm_medium=email
Over 500 refugees will arrive in Albany this fiscal year, but resettlement organizations...
Michigan tells majority-Black city not to drink tap water amid lead crisis
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/12/benton-harbor-michigan-lead-contaminated-water-plan
Benton Harbor residents have had lead-contaminated water for at least three years as activists call on state to do more
A Jewish man was sentenced to death by an antisemitic judge, court finds. Now, he could get a second chance.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10/13/vic-cunningham-antisemitic-randy-halprin/
A Texas court found recommended "Texas 7" member Randy Halprin get a new trial after evidence showed that former judge Vickers Cunningham harbors deep-seated animosity toward Jews.
Join us for the national Land Use Institute - attend for one day or all four!
https://tlccommunity.tourolaw.edu/land-use-conference
This Annual Land Use Institute program is designed for attorneys, professional planners, and government officials involved in land use planning, zoning, permitting, property development, conservation and environmental protection, and related litigation. It not only addresses and analyzes the state-o...
Did ship’s anchor cause California oil spill? Maybe
https://apnews.com/article/business-lifestyle-environment-and-nature-california-environment-22556a1baa9644538db57e27aee2c26c
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Officials investigating one of California’s largest recent oil spills are looking into whether a ship's anchor may have struck an oil pipeline on the ocean floor, causing heavy crude to leak into coastal waters and foul beaches, authorities said Monday.
Will agritourism help this farm or harm the land?
https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/realestate/article/Will-agritourism-save-this-farm-or-harm-the-land-16503051.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=share-by-email&utm_medium=email
Whether a Dutchess County farm’s proposed lodging for 129 guests and 450-person events...
Rensselaer County can't perform autopsies with medical examiner refusing vaccine
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Rensselaer-County-can-t-perform-autopsies-with-16508975.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=share-by-email&utm_medium=email
Rensselaer County has nowhere to perform autopsies after medical examiner says no to...
Indigenous People’s Day
Join us virtually to acknowledge Indigenous People’s Day and discuss the North America residential boarding school experience on October 11th, 2021 from 6:00pm –7:00pm CT
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/indigenous-peoples-day-tickets-174530885577
Join us for a presentation and discussion with guest speakers about Indian Boarding schools in North America.
In first step in police reform, Brooklyn Center enacts new citation policy
https://www.startribune.com/in-first-step-in-police-reform-brooklyn-center-enacts-new-citation-policy/600101733/
Officers will release offenders in cases where the law does not mandate an arrest.
Kingston receives grant for African burial ground
https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/grant-for-Kingston-Pine-St-African-Burial-Ground-16416722.php
The City of Kingston has been awarded a grant to complete the nomination of the Pine...
Opinion: Our child-care system has been failing women (and men and kids). That may soon change.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/27/child-care-reconciliation-bill-democrats/
If the U.S. child-care system was always relatively threadbare, today it is unraveling.
No Time to Be a Child
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/25/us/young-girls-caregiving-covid.html
During the pandemic, teenage girls took on more caregiving at home, extra shifts at work and the burden of organizing racial justice protests. In many instances, it upended their lives.
Saratoga restaurateur: Workers aren't lazy - there's no (expletive) tips
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Saratoga-restaurateur-Workers-aren-t-lazy-16482127.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=share-by-email&utm_medium=email
One restaurant owner in Saratoga Springs is not believing the signs that say restaurants...
Nurses forced to work 24-hour shifts as staffing crisis worsens
https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/Nurses-forced-to-work-24-hour-shifts-as-staffing-16473488.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=share-by-email&utm_medium=email
Thousands of nurses and other medical professionals across New York could lose their jobs...
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A short sample of Professor Steele's 1-hour talk on "Title IX Update" for our Section's Diversity Law CLE program, at the ABA Midyear in Vancouver, BC. This is Professor Steele discussing the differences between on-campus and off-campus conduct under the old and new admin rules. For more like this, come join us in the Section. We have a year-long slate of in-person and web-based CLE programs on a huge range of topics.
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