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FINRA recently released a Regulatory Notice 22-18, reminding firms about their obligation to supervise registered representatives to prevent falsification of digital signatures. ...

The American Law Institute revised the Model Penal Code over objections of those who prosecute sex crimes and those who work with victims.

Insane? Not legally.

/PRNewswire/ -- A group of well-known anti-trafficking, survivor, womens, and legal organizations are opposing proposed amendments to the Model Penal Code...

The thinking about consent has evolved drastically. A model code from the American Law Institute may turn the clock back.

A proposed update of rape laws would be a step back on consent.

AGs Fitch (MS) leads bipartisan coalition challenging efforts to weaken laws against human trafficking and sexual abuse, assault, and exploitation. This week, Attorneys General Lynn Fitch (MS) and Ellen Rosenbaum (OR) led a bipartisan coalition of 35 Attorneys General in writing a letter to urge th

/PRNewswire/ -- A private, non-profit organization made up of judges, attorneys, and law professors is about to set back decades of child safety laws. On May...

Prosecutors and lawmakers on Wednesday morning painted the second chance bill as a radical proposal and its proponents as unwilling to bend.

We should have abandoned the harmful practice of juvenile registration and notification years ago. We have the chance to do so now.