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Unlawful Takings: Striking Back at the Maduro Government

Venezuela's embattled Maduro government may face a rude awakening on claims in U.S. courts, writes attorney Read McCaffrey.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

The Procrastinator's Guide to Overcoming Technical Challenges in GDPR Compliance

Even if you've been putting off compliance efforts, the GDPR will require a relatively modest adjustment in practices and procedures.
15 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Swatting Is a Crime—And Rightly So

"Swatting" has a new meaning, which made its way into the Oxford Dictionaries a few years ago: "The action or practice of making a hoax call to the emergency services in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large number of armed police officers to a particular address."
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Shame on Legislature, Rich Towns for Promoting Housing Segregation

By obstructing access to funding for anyone living in a "redlined" area, choices for health care, education, retail, banking and groceries are severely limited, stifling the livelihoods and pursuits of an entire group of people.
12 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Amicus Groups Try to Sway Conn. Supreme Court in Sandy Hook Hearing

As the Connecticut Supreme Court prepares to hear a case pitting families who lost loved ones in the Sandy Hook shooting against gun manufacturers Remington and Bushmaster, a variety of groups have staked out sides in amicus briefs in an attempt to sway the decision.
46 minute read

Daily Report Online

Private Probation Company Accused of Charging Illegal Fees in Atlanta

A new lawsuit claims Sentinel Offender Services never refunded the unauthorized fees flagged by the state before it stopped working in Atlanta.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

War Room: Lead Attorneys Brace for Litigation Over Flint Water Crisis

U.S. District Judge Judith E. Levy appointed South Florida attorney Theodore "Ted" Leopold and Michigan litigator Michael Pitt interim co-lead class counsel for residents suing over contaminated drinking water in Flint.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

DeKalb Sheriff Pleads to Ordinance Violations After Indecency Charge Dropped

DeKalb County Sheriff Jeffrey Mann pleaded guilty Thursday afternoon to violating two Atlanta city ordinances after city solicitors agreed to drop a pending public indecency charge.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Micro-Units: When Smaller Apartments Are a Bigger Draw

Apartment developers are responding to a cry for reasonably priced housing by filling their towers with smaller units with permission from cities across South Florida.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Solar Energy vs. Farmland Pits Green Against Green

An unfortunate kerfuffle has risen between those wanting to preserve prime agricultural land — some of it lying fallow in Connecticut's moribund farming economy — and another constituency also on the green side of things seeking more renewable energy through photovoltaics.
5 minute read

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