By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | June 6, 2017
RICO Claims Against Energy Firm's Principals Properly Dismissed; Predicate Acts Insufficient
By Jason Grant | June 6, 2017
An animal rights group cannot use a mandamus action to compel New York City to stop ultra-Orthodox Jews from openly practicing the ritual of Kaporos, in which chickens' throats are sliced on public streets, a divided appeals court ruled Tuesday.
By Rebecca Baker | June 6, 2017
Tough zoning rules for adult establishments in New York City do not violate the constitutional rights of affected businesses, the state's highest court ruled Tuesday.
By Michael Booth | June 6, 2017
The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to determine whether a county's policy of giving historic preservation grants to local churches violates state constitutional requirements mandating the separation of church and state.
By Michael Booth | June 5, 2017
The state Supreme Court has been asked to reinstate a $166 million verdict against the state in the case of a child who was severely abused by his father after child-welfare authorities left him in the father's custody.
By Marcia Coyle | June 5, 2017
Three religious-affiliated, nonprofit hospital systems won reprieves from multimillion-dollar class actions Monday in the U.S. Supreme Court. But that relief may not be long-lasting. Here are some takeaways from plaintiffs' counsel, employment benefits attorneys, and others on the implications of the high court's decision.
By Greg Land | June 5, 2017
The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled that local sales and use taxes on motor fuels used to underwrite much of the hard-fought transportation package shepherded through the General Assembly by Gov. Nathan Deal and legislative leaders in 2015 are not constitutionally required to be used only for roads and bridges.
By Tony Mauro | June 5, 2017
The president attacked the courts and his own Justice Department in a flurry of early-morning tweets regarding his travel ban order.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 2, 2017
Petitioner waived all issues it sought to raise on appeal from a trial court order denying a request to set aside a property sale where it failed to file post-trial motions in accordance with Pa.R.Civ.P. 227.1(c). The Commonwealth Court affirmed the trial court's order denying petitioner's request to set aside the sale.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 2, 2017
Petitioner's application for review in the Commonwealth Court's original jurisdiction was premature where the matter was still before the public utility commission and, thus, petitioner failed to exhaust its administrative remedies before seeking review in the court's appellate jurisdiction. The Commonwealth Court granted defendants' preliminary objections and dismissed the petition for review in the court's original jurisdiction.
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