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National Law Journal

'Don't Talk,' and Other Advice for Trump From White-Collar Lawyers

Media reports Monday indicated President Donald Trump may sit down for a voluntary interview with the special counsel's team within weeks.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Senate GOP Leaders Scorn Cuomo's Payroll Tax Idea

At a press conference in Albany on Tuesday morning, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan told reporters that his conference was not at all supportive of Cuomo's payroll tax idea, which the Democratic governor unveiled last week in his state address to legislators.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Brooklyn Assemblywoman Indicted for Allegedly Bilking City Council, FEMA

Assemblywoman Pamela Harris, who was elected in 2015, faces an 11-count indictment on multiple fraud and obstruction-of-justice charges.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Court Tolls Death Knell on Work Product Privilege Over Records Related to Medical Incidents

On Oct. 26, 2017, the Florida Supreme Court rendered its opinion in Edwards v. Thomas, No. SC 15-18903, 2017 Fla. LEXIS 2136 (Fla. Oct. 26, 2017), concerning the applicability of Article X, Section 25 of the Florida Constitution, known as Amendment 7, to a health care facility or provider's external peer review records.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Impact of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 on Estate Planning

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the act), which was signed into law on Dec. 22, 2017, made substantial changes to the Internal Revenue Code, most of which went into effect on Jan. 1. One significant result of the passage of the act is the doubling of the exemption amount for the federal estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Upstate Town and Village Justice Is Censured for Misconduct

Joan Kline, a justice of the Guilford Town Court and a former justice of the Oxford Town and Village Courts, located in Chenango County, has agreed to the censure.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Trump DOJ Granted Appeal Petition to Challenge District Court's Authority in DACA Suits

Despite expressing concerns on the timing of the petition, U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis said the question about the district court's ability to review the immigration program rescission decision was a critical one.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Past of 'Cocaine Cowboys' Pilot May Come Back to Haunt Him

The colorful past of a pilot who has long bragged about flying loads of drugs for Colombian cartels during Miami's “cocaine cowboys” era in the 1980s may come back to haunt him in an auto fraud case.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Told Their Treehouse Must Go, Owners Appeal to Supreme Court

Lynn Tran and Richard Hazen built a Florida beachfront treehouse that would be the envy of any child. It's got two levels, hammocks and windows looking out on the Gulf of Mexico.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

In SCOTUS Water Dispute, Florida Edges Ahead of Georgia

Georgia's lawyer, Kirkland & Ellis partner Craig Primis, spent Monday's Supreme Court argument on the defensive, insisting that Florida had not proved its case that less water for Georgia means more for Florida.
4 minute read

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