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March 18, 2024 | National Law Journal

Supreme Court Seems Sympathetic to Biden Administration, NRA in 1st Amendment Cases

"My biggest concern is that your view has the First Amendment hamstringing the government in significant ways in the most important time periods," Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said.
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March 18, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Fairness and Clarity Needed in Assessing Tenants' Prior Felony Convictions

Pending before the General Assembly is a bill, Raised H.B. No. 5242, An Act Concerning The Collateral Consequences of Criminal Records on Housing Opportunities,…
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March 18, 2024 | Law.com

Don't Throw the AI Baby Out with the GAI Bathwater

Join this webcast to learn more about the wide range of AI tools available to legal/eDiscovery professionals.
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March 18, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

One Case - One Judge: Individual Calendaring Should Not Have Withered on the Vine

In 2013, then chief justice Chase Rogers planted the seeds of the Indi-Cal system, based on one-case, one-judge assignments. The system grew and, in some places, took root, but in the end, it did not obtain the sustenance it needed.
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March 18, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Lawsuits Are Flying Over PFAS. But Can Plaintiffs Prove Actual Injury?

"It just makes it sound like everybody can sue over it, and that does not seem workable for our legal system," attorney John Galvin said.
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March 15, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Feds Want Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 50 Years

In their memo, prosecutors described Bankman-Fried's actions as "one of the largest financial frauds in history, and what is likely the largest fraud in the last decade."
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March 15, 2024 | National Law Journal

Supreme Court Sets Social Media Test for Public Officials

"A post that expressly invokes state authority to make an announcement not available elsewhere is official, while a post that merely repeats or shares otherwise available information is more likely personal," Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote for a unanimous court.
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March 14, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

New York Joins Parade of States Providing Social Media Protections for Workers

"The pendulum is swinging toward employee protection in this space. The time is now to begin adjusting and think of other ways to evaluate employees beyond their social media presence," said Lindsay Stone, a Sheppard Mullin partner.
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March 14, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Ex-Associate Sues Morgan & Morgan

The plaintiff alleges the firm withheld more than $60,000 in commissions earned on settlements.
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March 14, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Eliminate the Unconstitutional Waiver Provision in CT's Wrongful Incarceration Statute

The practical effects of the current law are to delay compensation for the majority of exonerees. To the extent language in the statute was intended to reduce the liability of municipalities or local police officers, in practice it is having the opposite effect.
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