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Daily Business Review

Some Say He's a Hero: How a Lawyer Saved the Party

Meet Louis Terminello: law firm partner, adjunct professor, hero to party lovers everywhere.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Special Session to Replace Confederate Statue Nonstarter for GOP

Chances remain about zero that Republican leaders will be swayed by calls from the state's Democratic congressional delegation to hold a one-day special session to replace a statue of a Confederate general representing Florida in the U.S. Capitol.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

As Officials in Centre County Face Discipline, Appeals May Follow

Disciplinary proceedings involving Centre County officials have recently cast light on alleged ex parte communication between prosecutors and judges. Some of the cases cited have already been through the appellate courts, and the newest revelations may bring about more appeals as defense attorneys question the fairness of the county's criminal proceedings in recent years.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY AG Clears Police in Bronx Stun Gun Death

A state probe has cleared the NYPD of any blame in the death of an emotionally disturbed Bronx man subdued with a stun gun.
1 minute read

New York Law Journal

Schneiderman: $2.7M Recovered in Wage Theft Initiative

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says efforts to crack down on wage theft are paying off.
1 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Porrino Names New Executive Assistant

As movement in the New Jersey Attorney General's Office continues, Kevin Jespersen, the chief assistant to Attorney General Christopher Porrino, has been appointed as chief executive assistant attorney general.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Eleven Eleven Pennsylvania, LLC v. Commonwealth, PICS Case No. 17-1297 (Pa. Commw. Aug. 14, 2017) Simpson, J. (19 pages).

State board of cosmetology's regulation governing placement of lavatories in beauty salons was expressly pre-empted by the Construction Code Act, which pre-empted all constructions regulations promulgated by state boards and agencies. Application for summary relief granted.
4 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Report Links Unheeded Warnings, DOC and State Failures to Deadly Prison Uprising

Warnings from the corrections officer killed in the Feb. 1 takeover of James T. Vaughn Correctional Center's C-Building were ignored in the weeks leading up to the nearly 18-hour ordeal, an independent report revealed.
12 minute read

National Law Journal

Civil Rights Groups to Lawmakers: Jones Day Partner 'Ill-Equipped' for DOJ Post

A letter signed by 77 civil rights groups criticized Eric Dreiband's positions on equal pay and workplace discrimination, as well as his record as general counsel at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under President George W. Bush.
26 minute read

Daily Business Review

Workers' Compensation Rates Could Decrease in 2018

Florida businesses could see workers' compensation insurance premiums decrease in 2018, after a tumultuous period that included a double-digit rate hike late last year and a lobbying battle about whether to revamp workers' compensation laws.
4 minute read

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