John Allen

Jul 22, 2024 | 256today.com | John Allen

Alabama is the home of rockets, research, and immense natural resources. We are also, unfortunately, one of only six states that still base funding for public schools on enrollment. This out-of-date model ignores the needs of actual students.

Sep 1, 2023 | kirkusreviews.com | John Allen |Adam Eli Werner |George Takei |Justin Eisinger

Clearly presented information on social media is helpful at any age: This book might benefit parents as well as teens. Is social media more good than bad? That’s easy to answer: It depends. The author’s careful “both sides” approach is evident from the start, with mention of the jaw-dropping income of a young U.S. TikTok influencer followed by official concerns over TikTok’s Chinese Communist Party links.

Aug 15, 2023 | varnumlaw.com | John Allen

Varnum trial attorney and Senior Counsel John Allen has received an American Bar Association (ABA) re-appointment to the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) Standing Committee on Ethics and Professionalism. The Ethics and Professionalism Committee advises over 25,000 lawyers on matters of legal ethics and presents programs for the education of both lawyers and the public. Allen has served on that Committee for over 20 years and served as its Chair in 2002-2004 and 2011-2012.

Aug 7, 2023 | galvnews.com | John Allen

Did you know that if you paid into Social Security and also paid into a pension such as the Teacher Retirement System your Social Security payout will be significantly reduced, by as much as 100 percent? Does that sound fair to you? Of course not. Two bills in Congress will end this injustice. In the Senate, it's Bill 597 and in the House, it's Resolution 82, both called the Social Security Fairness Act. The Senate bill has 44 sponsors. The House bill has 288 sponsors.

Jun 7, 2023 | egyptindependent.com | John Allen

CNN  —  A teenage girl is stabbed and bludgeoned to death as members of the public walk by. An even younger girl suffers a similar fate, allegedly at the hands of her own father because she and her mother wanted to sleep on the patio. These two horrifying events took place within 10 days of each other in India last month, but Jayna Kothari, a senior advocate at the country’s Supreme Court, said violence against women has been escalating for the past decade.