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The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

I saw that the new district attorney in Philadelphia has listed abolishing cash bail as one of his goals. I have also seen other reports. How will this affect lawyers?
11 minute read

National Law Journal

Federal Courts Have 3-Week Lifeline if Government Shuts Down

While courts will remain open, furloughs at the Justice Department would likely slow litigation.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Housing Unaffordable for Majority of Miami-Dade, Broward Renters

About a third of renters in each county spend more than half of their income on housing, an FIU report shows.
5 minute read

International Edition

Gibson Dunn Advises as CFIUS Clears Rare Chinese Semiconductor Acquisition

State-owned Chinese chip maker NAURA Technology Group was cleared by the U.S. national security watchdog to complete an acquisition of Pennsylvania-based Akrion Systems.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

'Protz' and the Implications of Its Retroactive Application

“AMA's Approach to Impairment Rating Evaluations is Unconstitutional”—an article written by Samuel H. Pond and Andrew F. Ruder of Pond Lehocky Stern Giordano, published in The Legal Intelligencer on April 23, 2013. The title speaks for itself, but contained therein was an explanation that while the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act (act) does not place limitations on the length of time an injured worker can receive ongoing wage loss benefits, it did establish an impairment rating system for individuals who had been receiving total disability benefits for a period of two years.
9 minute read

Daily Report Online

Parker Poe Opens Georgia Lobbying Shop With Local Insiders

Amy Odom and Chuck McMullen are starting the Georgia operation for the firm's lobbying arm, Parker Poe Consulting.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Cuomo's Proposed Discovery Reform Gets Cool Reception From Defenders, Bar

Neither the head of the New York State Bar Association or the Legal Aid Society support language that gives prosecutors new abilities to withhold information in discovery production.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Voluntary Self-Disclosure of Sanctions Violations: Frameworks and Considerations in the US, UK (Part I)

The concept of voluntarily self-disclosing sanctions violations is somewhat counterintuitive because it does not comport with our everyday notions of law enforcement. When people do things they are not supposed to do, they usually do not volunteer that information to the government agency responsible for punishing such misconduct.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Pharma Industry Scorns Governor's Opioid Surtax Proposal

PhRMA, the powerful Washington-based advocacy group that represents pharmaceutical companies, blasted a proposal by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to levy a 2-cents-per-milligram surtax on opioid prescription medication sold in the state to help fund measures against the drug epidemic.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Ideas Offered to Recruit Business Support for Legal Aid

Two Miami groups are pursuing projects offering corporate legal services to small businesses and finding jobs for people in poverty.
3 minute read

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