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California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, listens during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill on February 24, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images)
COACHELLA VALLEY, CA Riverside County Supervisor V. Manuel Perez and a statewide association of Latino county supervisors throughout California added their voice of support for Xavier Becerra in the confirmation process for U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary but on Wednesday the Senate Finance Committee split along party lines on Becerra s nomination.
Perez, who is president of the Latino Caucus of California Counties, sent a March 1 letter to Senate Majority Chuck Schumer on behalf of the caucus commending California Attorney General Becerra.
Legal tech and the future of civil justice: Digital tools for underrepresented communities
Gina Jurva Manager for Thought Leadership in Corporate & Government at Thomson Reuters
2 Mar 2021
2 Mar 2021
In a recent panel hosted by Stanford Law brought together legal tech experts to offer insight into the future state of civil justice and technology s impact on access to justice
New technologies are transforming the practice of law; and while the pandemic certainly accelerated legal technology growth, this transformation was in motion long before COVID-19 emerged.
This acceleration also is leading to the rapid rise of a growing catalog of digital tools that serve the unrepresented, especially in areas such as e-discovery, technology-assisted review, legal analytics and outcome prediction software, and online dispute resolution platforms that many courts have begun to deploy
JACKSON - Attorney General Lynn Fitch has added two former high-ranking U.S. Department of Justice attorneys to senior staff roles.
Fitch announced Friday the appointment of Scott Stewart as Mississippiâs second Solicitor General and William C. Lamar to serve as a Special Assistant Attorney General prosecuting Medicaid fraud.
âIâm pleased to add some of the countryâs top legal talent, Scott Stewart and Chad Lamar, to the team of highly skilled attorneys and professionals we have assembled at the Mississippi Attorney Generalâs Office,â Fitch said. âMississippi will be well-served by these well-respected and experienced attorneys who will enhance our ability to protect, defend, and improve the lives of every Mississippian.â
Rolling Stone Joe Biden Inherited the Forever War. Will He Give it Away?
Congress has abandoned one of its major responsibilities: checking the president’s authority to wage war
By AP
Last Friday, Joe Biden announced that U.S. forces had dropped seven 500-pound bombs on a small building complex in Syria believed to be used by members of an Iranian-backed militia responsible for a rocket attack on U.S. forces in neighboring Iraq earlier last month. Already, it is easy to get confused. How big, exactly, is a 500 pound bomb? Why are we striking Syria if the original attack took place in Iraq? What, exactly, is an Iranian-backed militia, and how do we know that’s what we hit?