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AG Pushes Collection Firm to Scrap $8.8M in Consumer Debt

The collector agreed to back off 11,000 accounts. The AG agreed to drop charges that the company committed multiple violations of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Georgia Fair Business Practices Act.
2 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

18 Connecticut Municipalities Sue Big Pharma Over Opioid Crisis

The litigation comes on the heels of separate lawsuits filed by New Britain, New Haven and Waterbury.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Litigating Cryptocurrency: Is Bitcoin's Future Doomed?

After the price of Bitcoin hit $10,000 on Nov. 28 and Bitcoin futures launched on Dec. 10, you might have asked yourself why this digital currency was getting so much attention in the closing days of 2017. You may have also wondered what the broader adoption of cryptocurrency means for future plaintiffs who hold their money in digital wallets on a blockchain, only to later find themselves the target of hackers and their money, gone
11 minute read

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

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