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Track Star Turned Attorney Helps Put First Anti-Corruption Clause in Olympic Host Contract

Sylvia Schenk, along with global anti-corruption coalition Transparency International, has succeeded in getting an anti-corruption clause into the host city contract for Los Angeles 2028.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Fla.'s New Statute of Repose Is Good News for Construction Industry

The new law clarifies "completion of the contract" to mean the later of "the date of final performance of all the contracted services" or "the date that final payment for such services becomes due," regardless of the date final payment is made. The act took effect July 1, and applies to causes of action that accrue on or after that date, write K. Stefan Chin and Meredith Reynolds.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Baker v. Workers Compensation Appeals Board

C.A. 6th; H043291 The Sixth Appellate District affirmed a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board. The court held that the Subsequent…
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Second Circuit Junks $700K Sanctions Order Against Plaintiff

A Southern District judge was apparently misled by defense counsel when he issued an order leveling more than $700,000 in sanctions against a Bronx landlord who claimed a T-Mobile rooftop antenna damaged his building, a federal appeals court ruled.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Litigator of the Week: No Experience? No Problem. Plaintiffs Lawyer Lands $7M Win in Unfamiliar Territory

Brent Coon usually handles cases that involve explosions. But even in a comparatively dry contract law case, he found a way to bring in drama.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Micro-Units: When Smaller Apartments Are a Bigger Draw

Apartment developers are responding to a cry for reasonably priced housing by filling their towers with smaller units with permission from cities across South Florida.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Specrite Design, LLC v. Elli N.Y. Design Corp.

Lien Foreclosure, Bond Recovery Case Stayed Pending Outcome of State Court Breach Action
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Cozen O'Connor Beats Back Ex-Client's Disqualification Bid

A former client of two Cozen O'Connor partners has lost his bid to disqualify the firm from representing his adversary in a construction payment dispute, based on his allegations that the firm mishandled conflicts in a lateral hire from Pepper Hamilton.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Bulk Appeals Prompt Second Department to Hold Summer Session

A controversial development plan that would adds hundreds of houses and condominiums on undeveloped land in Rockland County is bringing a state appeals court back to the bench in August.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Metropolitan Edison Co. v. City of Reading, PICS Case No. 17-1118 (Pa. June 20, 2017) Donohue, J., Mundy, J. (concurring), Saylor, C.J. (dissenting) (26 pages).

Commonwealth court erred in finding that appellant failed to establish a claim under the utility exception to the tort claims act because, under the exception, the focus had to be on whether the injuries alleged were caused by a dangerous condition which had its source in the local agency's utility service facility. Reversed.
4 minute read

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