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New York Law Journal

Governor Names Members of Plastic Bag Task Force

Gov. Andrew Cuomo promised to create the group on Feb. 14, when he signed a bill halting New York City from implementing a nickel-a-bag fee until at least 2018, saying at the time that the city-only law would have given a "windfall" to merchants, who would keep the fee, but not solve the statewide environmental problem.
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New York Law Journal

Lancman v. De Blasio

By | March 14, 2017
Defendants Denied Dismissal of Plaintiffs' Timely Claims, Declaratory Relief Action
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New York Law Journal

Linares-Urrutia v. Sessions

By | March 13, 2017
BIA Must Decide if Asylum Applicant's 2012 Return From Canada Was 'Last Arrival' in U.S.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Cuomo Administration Proposes Eliminating Some Projects From Environmental Review

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration is proposing to "streamline" the Environmental Quality Review Act—the state's main means of gauging the environmental impact of major development projects since the mid-1970s—partly by classifying more projects as not requiring review.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Lawmakers Cool to Cuomo Bid to Consolidate Exec Agency Administrative Judges

Key legislators are raising concerns about Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to create a Division of Central Administrative Hearings in the executive department of state government.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judges to Hear Challenges to License Revocation Rules for Repeat DWI Offenders

Three cases New York state's highest court will hear later this month involve complaints critics have leveled since 2012, when the state introduced strict new restrictions on restoring license privileges to repeat drunken drivers.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Bakery Living 2.0 v. Allegheny Cnty. Health Dep't, PICS Case No. 17-0172 (CP Allegheny Jan. 30, 2017) Hertzberg, J. (6 pages).

By | March 03, 2017
Court was not required to consider local agency's acceptance of property's owner's appeal in determining the timeliness of the appeal, where agency's ruled stated that agency was not required to raise timeliness as a defense and that agency's acceptance of an appeal was not an excuse for untimeliness.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Adams Twp. v. Richland Twp., PICS Case No. 17-0291 (Pa. Feb. 22, 2017) Wecht, J. (29 pages).

By | March 03, 2017
Court-appointed commissioners selected to identify the boundary between two municipalities in a boundary dispute did not exceed their authority. Order of the commonwealth court reversed, case remanded.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Uninsured Emp'rs Guar. Fund. v. Workers' Comp. Appeal Bd., PICS Case No. 17-0281 (Pa. Commw. Feb. 17, 2017) 19 pages).

By | March 03, 2017
Workers' compensation appeal board erred in finding that claimant was an employee of restaurant where claimant was performing remodeling work for a restaurant that had not yet opened because restaurant owner did not direct claimant's work activities and because employer was not "in the construction business." Reversed.
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New Jersey Law Journal

In the Matter of Tukes

By | March 01, 2017
Layoffs Based on Lateral Job Title Rights Correctly Carried Out
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