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Los Angeles Courts Took a Bold Step to Protect Your Rights. Here's Why It Matters

In the past year in Los Angeles, there's been no transcript for too many lawyers and their clients in California family courtrooms due to a shortage of court reporters (and this is an even greater problem statewide). Los Angeles County courts finally took a step recently toward addressing that problem by allowing electronic recording.
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Corporate Counsel

GC of Florida State Agency Steps Down After Threatening TV Stations That Aired Abortion-Rights Ad

John Wilson, the general counsel of the Florida Department of Health, had argued that the ad contained false information, an assertion its sponsor disputes.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

First Amendment, Appointments Clause at Issue in September Supreme Court Petitions

Requests for review include issues of free speech and free exercise of religion.
9 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Does Free Speech Trump Confidentiality in Harrassment Investigations?

"In a complaint filed by Usachenok against Mayo, Sanders and the N.J. Department of Treasury, she not only alleged discrimination by Mayo, but also challenged the confidentiality directive of N.J.A.C. 4A:7-3.1(j)."
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The Recorder

Critics Ramp Up Ongoing Battle With SEC Over Settlement 'Gag Rule' in 9th Circuit

The policy, enacted by the federal securities markets regulator in 1972, prohibits individuals and companies settling with the SEC from publicly admitting or denying the SEC's allegations against them. According to the NCLA, the rule is a First Amendment violation.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

Ga. High Court Restores Near-Ban on Abortions While State Appeals

With no explanation, the court said the state can't enforce a subsection of the law that reads: "Health records shall be available to the district attorney of the judicial circuit in which the act of abortion occurs or the woman upon whom an abortion is performed resides."
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Broken Agreement With KSM, and Civilian Prosecutions

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (KSM) may be the least sympathetic living figure in America— although he remains offshore (outside America). That's a fact designed to keep him away from American civilian courts.
10 minute read

Litigation Daily

What to Watch For in the Upcoming SCOTUS Term

A curtain-raiser on the U.S. Supreme Court term that starts today courtesy of our Law.com colleague Jimmy Hoover.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Ga. AG Appeals Judge's Rollback of Abortion Ban

Attorney General Chris Carr's office filed a legal motion Wednesday asking the Georgia Supreme Court to reinstate the law banning most abortions after the first six weeks or so of pregnancy while the court considers the state's appeal.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

'Onerous Speech Code'?: Wiley Rein Says Md. Green Power Law Violates 1st Amendment Rights

"The Act violates the speech and commerce rights of renewable residential electricity suppliers such as REAL members and their subsidiaries and threatens them with irreparable economic injuries," according to the allegations in the complaint. "Accordingly, the Act is unconstitutional under the First Amendment."
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