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Uvalde officials use a legal loophole to block the release of records : NPR

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Law enforcement personnel stand outside Robb Elementary School following a shooting on May 24 in Uvalde, Texas. When the gunman arrived at the school, he hopped its fence and easily entered through an unlocked back door, police said.

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Law enforcement personnel stand outside Robb Elementary School following a shooting on May 24 in Uvalde, Texas. When the gunman arrived at the school, he hopped its fence and easily entered through an unlocked back door, police said.

Dario Lopez-Mills/AP

Uvalde city officials are using a legal loophole and several other broad exemptions in Texas to prevent the release of police records related to last month’s mass shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead, according to a letter obtained by NPR in response to public information requests filed by member station Texas Public Radio.

Since the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary

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Law firm merger to bring new national brand to Richmond

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McGonigle keeps its local office at 4870 Sadler Road in Innsbrook, where the Davis Wright Tremaine brand will soon be introduced. (BizSense file photo)

A niche law firm founded 12 years ago by a group of LeClairRyan attorneys has a merger in the works that will soon bring a new national law brand to Richmond.

McGonigle, a 44-attorney firm with an office in Innsbrook, is in the process of merging into Davis Wright Tremaine, which has around 550 lawyers nationwide.

McGonigle, originally known as Murphy & McGonigle, has had an office in the Richmond area since it was founded in 2010 by a group of LeClairRyan attorneys with a focus on representing clients in the financial services industry. It has since grown its lawyer ranks from 15 to 44, spread across offices in New York, Washington, DC, San Francisco and Chicago.

The Davis Wright Tremaine logo. It will

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Texas Seceding From US ‘Would Mean War,’ Law Expert Says

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Texans hoping that the Lone Star State eventually breaks away from the rest of the nation to form a new country are likely to be disappointed when considering what the Supreme Court once said about their options for secession.

A case following the Civil War made it clear that the state’s seceding from the United States is an unlikely and untenable scenario. In 1868’s Texas v. White decision, the Court said leaving the Union can happen only through one of two ways: “revolution” or “consent of the States.”

“When, therefore, Texas became one of the United States, she entered into an indissoluble relation…. The union between Texas and the other States was as complete, as perpetual, and as indissoluble as the union between the original States. There was no place for reconsideration, or revocation, except through revolution, or through consent of the States,” the Court’s ruling read.

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Why You Need Due Diligence Investigations Before Buying A Business

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Buying a new business can be a dream come true, but it can also quickly turn into your biggest nightmare if you rush the process. When you’re excited, it’s easy to want to jump ahead and get to your destination, rather than to focus on the journey. In all states of America all can be resolved by applicable law, under California law, a petition to challenge the validity of the belief.

To best avoid this, you’ll want to slow down, take your foot off the pedal, and be sure to really investigate the business before going full throttle. If you don’t slow down, you run the risk of missing key details along the way – some of which could prove invaluable. 

What does due diligence mean exactly?

You wouldn’t just jump off a tall bridge without checking your safety cord first, would you? Or getting to know the person

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