One man was killed, one was injured and another is sought by police following a violent end to a holiday weekend in Las Vegas. Las Vegas police have confirmed to the Optic that 27-year-old Leroy Salazar was shot and killed Monday evening on Collins Drive, on the city’s north west side. Chief of Police Adrian Crespin said a second man was injured in the shooting. “Another person involved in the shooting was sent to UNM Hospital for his injuries,” Crespin said. LVPD is investigating a suspect in the shooting, according to Crespin. Charges had not been filed as of this writing.
CARSON CITY, Nev. – Leadership at the Nevada Supreme Court changed on January 4, 2021 when Justice James Hardesty assumed the post of Chief Justice and Justice Ron Parraguirre began serving as Associate Chief Justice.
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The first months of the Supreme Court’s 2020 term have had an aura of fatigue: a nation gripped by the COVID-19 pandemic, a court adjusting to a new colleague and an unusually light caseload (to be argued by telephone). Despite all this, the Court will address a number of issues important to businesses, including bankruptcy, administrative law, personal jurisdiction and liability under the Alien Tort Statute. Perhaps the most elucidating aspect of this term will be the window it gives into how Justice Amy Coney Barrett will affect the direction of the Court.
Montana Supreme Court orders resentencing in triple homicide
By AMY BETH HANSONJanuary 11, 2021 GMT
FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Montana Department of Corrections shows Steven Wayne Keefe. The Montana Supreme Court has ordered a resentencing hearing for Keefe after a state judge denied a petition to lift parole restrictions on his sentence. Justices said the state judge was wrong not to consider Keefe s rehabilitation in prison in re-sentencing him. Keefe was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing three people during a home invasion near Great Falls in October 1985, when he was 17. U.S. Supreme Court decisions prohibiting life-without-parole sentences for juveniles led to Keefe s petition for resentencing. (Montana Department of Corrections via AP, File)
Monday, December 21, 2020
In a year where the use of “unprecedented” became routine, COVID-19 dominated just about every aspect of life, and its impact on drug and device law was no less encompassing. As we bid adieu and good riddance to 2020, we pause, once again, to reflect on the most significant legal developments for our drug and device clients this year. Below is a brief recap and assessment of our top five developments in drug and device law for the year.
1. Snap Removal Continues Its Momentum
In April, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals joined the Second and Third Circuits in upholding snap removal. Snap removal occurs when an action is removed from state court to federal court before a forum defendant is served, and it is premised on a plain reading of 28 U.S.C. § 1441(b)(2).