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Nashville DA Secretly Recorded Defense Lawyers, Other Office Visitors, Probe Finds

The Tennessee comptroller's office found that Nashville's DA installed an extensive surveillance system for audio and video recordings nearly four years ago. While investigators say numerous signs were posted that visitors were being filmed, there was only one small warning in an "obscure" place that audio surveillance was also happening.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

District Attorney in the Hot Seat for Malicious Prosecution

Most damning to the district attorney, Pulliam emphasized, was her instruction the sergeant to stop the investigation and proceed with arrest warrants.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Conduct Board Urges 'Swift and Severe Punishment' for Phila. Judge's Facebook Posts

JCB deputy chief counsel James Kleman Jr. said during Wednesday's sanction hearing that the case "will guide Pennsylvania judge's conduct for years to come."
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Guns at the State Fair? Holland & Knight's Pivotal Role in Ban

The State Fair of Texas Inc. insists it acted on its own, is the Fair Park "owner" during the lease period, not the city. The handgun ban occurred as a result of a mass shooting last year that forced premature closure of the fair.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Ex-Judge, DA Among Defendants Liable in $21.35M Retaliation Verdict

The jury found Quitman, its mayor, the county sheriff, district attorney and district court judge conspired to get the officer fired for stating an acquaintance might not get a fair trial in the state court.
6 minute read

International Edition

IBA Honors Mexican Supreme Court Battle for Independence Amid Controversial Reforms

In early September, Mexico's Congress passed a bill to reshape the judiciary, raising concerns it could foster blind loyalty to the ruling party.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Officers and City Cannot Escape Lawsuit Over Police Chase Death, Federal Judge Rules

Reid acknowledged in his opinion that "I am well aware that no §1983 police pursuit case in this circuit has been decided under a standard less than intent to harm."
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Judge Sounds Alarm Over Persistent Circuit Split on 'Favorable Termination' Rule

The rule, established in the Supreme Court's 1994 decision 'Heck v. Humphrey,' bars people from bringing civil rights suits without first showing their conviction has been reversed, set aside or expunged. Circuits are divided over whether that rule applies to plaintiffs no longer in prison.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Stay of Discovery Is Warranted While Summary Judgment Is Decided in Police Shooting Case

This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decisions editors. 
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Law.com

Federal Judge Blocks New Hampshire Law Banning Transgender Girls From School Sports

U.S. District Judge Landya McCafferty said the law "on its face, discriminates against transgender girls," and said the bill's "disparate treatment of transgender girls because they are transgender is clear on the face of the statute."
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