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IRS to Scale Back Bitcoin Account Data Request

Federal tax enforcement officials have asked Coinbase to sift through reams of data for U.S. customers to allow the government to search for unreported income.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Disciplinary Board Warns Public About Suspended Lawyer

The Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board alerted the public Thursday to "beware" of a suspended lawyer, saying he has persisted illegally in practicing law.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Morgado v. City and County of San Francisco

C.A. 1st; A141681 The First Appellate District affirmed a judgment. The court held that the procedure utilized by the City and County of San Francisco…
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The Recorder

Sato v. Orange County Department of Education

9th Cir.; 15-56402 The court of appeals affirmed a district court judgment. The court held that the passage of Assembly Bill 97 did not deprive California…
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Life Sentence of Offender With Reduced Conviction Is Upheld

The Court of Appeals on Thursday affirmed a lower court's ruling in an appeal by a persistent offender who had argued that increasing his prescribed minimum sentence on nonjury findings violated a U.S. Supreme Court decision.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

Former CFTC Fintech Adviser: 'Regulators Do Not Move at the Pace of Startups'

Hans Morris argues that despite recent announcements, 'less than one-quarter of a percent has actually changed.'
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Dental Clinic Manager Tagged As 'Fall Guy' Wins Acquittal

With her supervisors' encouragement, the manager of the Dalton office of a children's dental clinic that catered to Medicaid recipients created an overheated incentive program to recruit new patients—without knowing it likely violated federal regulations.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Nontraditional Representation Faces Latest Growing Pains

New Jersey lowered the boom on AVVO and LegalZoom the other day, finding their practice models violated a number of ethics rules, including fee sharing with nonlawyers and operation of an unlicensed referral service. I doubt this marks the end of them — it's more like a speed bump — but what our chief justice had to say the other day on alternative forms of dispute resolution is probably much more important.
9 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Paff v. Galloway Twp.

Sender/Recipient Email Data for Emails Sent between Public Officials Constituted "Records" Under OPRA
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Cuomo Signs NYC Schools Bill in Extra Session

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday afternoon signed a bill extending mayoral control of New York City schools for two years, capping off two days of an "extraordinary session" of the Legislature.
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