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Hunterstown Ruritan Club v. Straban Twp. Zoning Hearing Bd., PICS Case No. 16-0934(Pa. Commw. July 14, 2016) Wojcik, J. (22 pages).

A zoning board erred when it ruled that a go-cart racing club had lost its right to a lawful nonconforming use of a property as a go-cart racing track on Sundays. Order of the trial court reversed.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Court Had Power to Reopen Case Over Car's 'Black Box' Data

A divided state Supreme Court has ruled that a judge overseeing a nonjury homicide by vehicle case had the discretion to call for additional evidence about the vehicle's "events data recorder"—akin to an airplane's "black box"—even though closing arguments had already taken place and neither party initially sought to introduce the additional evidence.
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

President's Perspective

NJSBA President Thomas H. Prol invites members to speak up about cases that may merit amicus involvement.
9 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

A look inside the latest New Jersey Lawyer

A peek inside the New Jersey Lawyer.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

State bar magazine focuses on appellate practice

The August edition of New Jersey Lawyer examines appellate advocacy.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Divided Calif. Supreme Court Rules for Plaintiffs on Class Arbitration

Justice Kathryn Werdegar wrote for a 4-3 court that no federal or state rule requires that courts, rather than arbitrators, decide whether a case can be arbitrated on a class basis.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

D.C. Appeals Court Rejects Challenge to Fee Fight Arbitration

The court on Thursday rejected the latest challenge to a local rule that requires lawyers and their clients to resolve fee fights in arbitration, if the client asks for it.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Van Dusen v. Swift Transportation Company Incorporated

5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Lawyer Resigns From Bar Amid Misconduct Charges

A Manhattan-based appeals court has accepted the resignation of a lawyer who faced nearly 30 charges of professional misconduct, including making false statements to a tribunal. The lawyer also admitted to making threats to opposing counsel, the court said.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Preparing and Arguing in the U.S. Supreme Court

In 2006, Jeffrey Heffernan—a ­detective in the Paterson (NJ) police ­department—was seen holding a mayoral campaign lawn sign while off duty and was immediately demoted on the government's mistaken belief that Heffernan was supporting the challenger against the ­incumbent mayor.
16 minute read

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