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New Hampshire’s Alimony Law Recently Changed; Will It Change Again?

MorneauLaw

New Hampshire’s Alimony Law Recently Changed; Will It Change Again? T he general test when deciding whether alimony is appropriate in a New Hampshire case is whether there is a need for alimony and an ability to pay. Under the new law, the length of a term alimony order was also defined.

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Forum Selection Clauses, Afghanistan, and the United States

Conflict of Laws

Finally, it is important to note that the State of Michigan has adopted a statute that clearly spells out when its courts should and should not give effect to choice-of-court clauses. states—Nebraska, New Hampshire, and North Dakota—have adopted similar statutes based on the Model Choice of Forum Act. This is unusual.

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December 1 Deadline for Biennial Ownership Reports Begins A Busy Regulatory Month for Broadcasters

Broadcast Law Blog

December 1 is also the deadline for noncommercial ownership reports to be filed by noncommercial radio stations in Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont , and noncommercial television stations in Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota (see our Advisory here ).

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Fourth Circuit Overturns Conviction Of Retired Air Force Colonel For Using Racial Slur

JonathanTurley

” The language of the statute in my view is unconstitutional due to its sweeping criminalization of any “curse or abuse” that could “provoke a breach of the peace.” ” However, the appellate panel corrected noted that such laws are narrowly construed in light of controlling precedent.

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Washington School Triggers Free Speech Fight Over Order to RemoveBlue Lives Matter

JonathanTurley

New Hampshire , the Supreme Court followed a “two-tied approach” that allowed for restrictions in certain defined areas like fighting words and obscenity. On the one hand, certain forms of speech, or speech in certain contexts, has been considered outside the scope of constitutional protection. In Chaplinsky v.

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Pipeline Decisions Do Not Spell Doom for Transmission

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Following a slew of recent cases scuttling or hamstringing new oil and gas pipelines, some have commented that it may now be even harder to develop transmission capacity for renewable energy. In contrast to the natural gas permitting scheme, no federal law provides a specific approval process for siting oil pipelines.

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Why is New Hampshire Imprisoning People with Serious Mental Illness?

The Crime Report

In the spring of 2015, an experienced nurse started work in the forensic unit of the New Hampshire State Prison for Men. She was in fact the victim of a series of statutes and administrative rules in New Hampshire that departed from constitutional protections, civil rights, evidence-based practice, and dignity.

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