By Katheryn Tucker | May 9, 2018
The Georgia Supreme Court has been asked to decide whether litigation funding agreements amount to illegally high interest loans or investment contracts that reward risk—and industry groups are watching and filing amicus briefs in support of the practice.
By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida | May 9, 2018
The ruling, issued Friday by a panel of the Second District Court of Appeal, stemmed from a change that shifted a key burden of proof in “stand your ground” cases from defendants to prosecutors.
By Charles Toutant | May 8, 2018
A $625,000 settlement has been reached in a suit that claimed former Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli sent an employee of his office for involuntary commitment to a psychiatric facility as a favor to the worker's romantic rival.
By Jim Turner, News Service of Florida | May 8, 2018
Republicans running to replace term-limited Attorney General Pam Bondi would continue with the state's legal approach to defending a controversial process for restoring felons' voting rights. But Democrats seeking the state Cabinet post support a proposed constitutional amendment that would automatically restore voting rights to felons who have served their sentences.
By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida | May 8, 2018
Lawyers for the NRA late last month asked U.S. District Judge Mark Walker to keep the identity of “Jane Doe” secret, based in large part on a declaration filed by the gun-rights group's Florida lobbyist Marion Hammer.
Daily Report Online | Analysis
By Jonathan Ringel | May 8, 2018
"Fumbled Call" revisits a dramatic Atlanta trial involving big football and big lawyers.
By Colby Hamilton | May 7, 2018
After lying dormant for over a decade pending similar litigation in state courts, three lawsuits on behalf of a number of gentlemen's clubs were joined recently by another suit filed by a bookstore with viewing booths to challenge the constitutionality of the 2001 zoning ordinance.
By Kristen Rasmussen | May 7, 2018
John Carlin, the former highest-ranking national security lawyer at the U.S. Department of Justice and former FBI director Robert Mueller III's chief of staff and senior counsel, is representing three Georgia voters in their federal lawsuit against Secretary of State Brian Kemp and other state officials, who are represented by former Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Law Journal Editorial Board | May 7, 2018
Many of us, like Justice Sotomayor, were concerned that our historic church/state separation had been badly damaged by Trinity Lutheran, and it may have been. But Chief Justice Rabner emphasized that the funds the Morris County churches sought and obtained were put to a religious use.
Connecticut Law Tribune | Expert Opinion
By Mark Dubois | May 4, 2018
If the ideals embodied in our state and federal constitutions are to continue to make us a strong and vibrant country, it's all our duty to speak out and protect them when we see them under attack.
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