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Daily Report Online

Feds File Federal Bribery Charges Against Former Atlanta Official in 'Pay-to-Play' Investigation

The City of Atlanta's former chief procurement officer—who for more than a decade oversaw billions of dollars in city purchases and public project expenditures—has been charged with engaging in a bribery conspiracy in a burgeoning federal corruption investigation of Atlanta City Hall.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Second Circuit Vacates Skelos' Corruption Conviction

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, again finding that jury instructions in public corruption trials after the U.S. Supreme Court's McDonnell…
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

11th Circuit: Immunity Bars Teacher's Retaliation Claim Over Father's Newspaper Comments

The court ruled that, even if the Huntsville City Schools superintendent declined to promote the teacher because of her father's comments, her First Amendment and intimate association rights claims cannot overcome the superintendent's immunity.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

State-Subsidized Segregation in Connecticut

Although our governments no longer demand segregation, housing assistance continues to confine low-income people of color to the low opportunity areas of Connecticut.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Elderly Deaths: Call for Generators in Florida Nursing Homes

After 11 nursing home residents died in the sweltering heat of hurricane-induced power outages, Florida's nursing home industry is now on a collision course with Gov. Rick Scott.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami City Commissioner and Mayoral Candidate Francis Suarez Leaves GrayRobinson for Carlton Fields

City of Miami Commissioner and 2017 Miami mayoral candidate Francis Suarez has left GrayRobinson to join Carlton Fields' real estate and commercial finance practice group.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

State Marijuana Law Challenged Over Black Farmer License

A lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of part of a new state law that requires a coveted medical-marijuana license to go to a black farmer.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

False Arrest Suit Over Pot Patch Bust Goes Up in Smoke at Trial

A federal jury in Columbus denied a man's claim that he lost his job after he and his wife were arrested and charged with growing marijuana based on deputies' allegedly false statements in support of a search warrant—charges that were eventually dropped against him and reduced to possession of more than one ounce against his wife.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Cuomo Pledges NY Aid to Hurricane-Ravaged Puerto Rico, Criticizes President

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo traveled to Puerto Rico to view Hurricane Maria damage and pledged state support to help get the U.S. territory back on its feet while criticizing President Donald Trump's priorities.
7 minute read

The American Lawyer

Lawyers To Benefit From Trump Administration's Increased Scrutiny of Chinese Investment in the US

Lawyers specializing in regulatory matters related to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States are having a busy year—especially with transactions related to Chinese investors.
41 minute read

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