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Three-Judge Panel Narrows Federal Gerrymandering Suit Against State

A rare three-judge panel in Atlanta has dramatically narrowed a federal voting rights suit that accused the Georgia General Assembly of unconstitutional racial and partisan gerrymandering.
9 minute read

The Recorder

Mercury Casualty Company v. City of Pasadena

C.A. 2nd; B266959 The Second Appellate District reversed a judgment. The court held that a municipality’s mere ownership of a tree was insufficient…
4 minute read

Legaltech News

Trump Cybersecurity Council Resignations Could Mean Disruption for Cybersecurity Policy

The departure of eight members of the council could signal a strained relationship between the business sector and the government around cybersecurity policy.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Fulton Chief Juvenile Judge Responds to Critic on Lack of Black Men on Bench

A recent decision left the court's bench with three white male judges, three black women and one black man.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Law School Alums Call for Labor Secretary Acosta to Resign, Saying He's 'Complicit' with Trump

While the FIU community generally gives Alex Acosta high marks for the seven years he served as dean, the group is unhappy with his silence regarding President Trump's hardline stance on immigration and controversial statements on race.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Dirty Fight, Clean Win—How Enviro Experts at Beveridge and Diamond Beat Arnold and Porter in Fight Over LA's 'Biosolids'

A decade-long legal fight between the City of Los Angeles and neighboring Kern County over, ahem, biosolids came to a close last week. It was a critical test case over what to do with what gets flushed down the toilet.
18 minute read

Daily Report Online

Federal Judge Sanctions CFPB by Dismissing Claims

Calling out attorneys with the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for their "blatant disregard" for judicial instructions, U.S. District Judge Richard Story in Atlanta sanctions the agency by dismissing four payment-processing companies from a civil case over debt collection abuses.
4 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Officer's Family Challenges Ex-Governors' Immunity Claims in Prison Takeover Suit

Attorneys representing the family of a slain correction officer on Monday attacked arguments that former Govs. Jack Markell and Ruth Ann Minner are entitled to immunity in a wrongful death case stemming from the Feb. 1 takeover of James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, arguing their failure to address severe staffing and training shortages at the prison created the conditions for the deadly uprising to occur.
8 minute read

The Recorder

Airline Service Providers Association v. Los Angeles World Airports

9th Cir.; 15-55571 The court of appeals affirmed in part and vacated in part a district court judgment. The court held that the City of Los Angeles was…
3 minute read

The Recorder

Rubenstein v. Doe No. 1

Cal.Sup.Ct.; S234269 The California Supreme Court reversed a court of appeal decision. The court held that the delayed discovery statute does not extend…
2 minute read

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