To illustrate the need for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, a new law that took effect in New York City last week, this New York Times piece tells of the story of a 22-year-old woman who was forced to take leave from the Bronx thrift store where she worked after she asked the employer to accommodate her pregnancy by assigning her tasks that do not require heavy lifting.

A federal court judge is Missouri last week held that several drivers would likely prevail in their free speech lawsuit challenging a state law that makes it illegal to flash your headlights to warn other drivers of a speed trap ahead. So reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

New Jersey officials are working with the FBI and law enforcement officials from prior Super Bowl host cities to combat the uptick in sex trafficking in the tri-state area as hundreds of thousands of tourists flood into New York and New Jersey for Super Bowl-related festivities. So reports Fox News.

The California Supreme Court last week denied bar admission to Steven R. Glass, a former journalist who was first found morally unfit to practice law in 2009 because of transgressions he perpetrated when he worked as a writer for the New Republic in the 1990s. So The Daily Caller reports.