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SCOTUS Abortion Decision Stirs Movement in Pa.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Monday that struck down abortion clinic restrictions in Texas has spurred advocates to bring Pennsylvania and other states in compliance with the decision.
10 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Christie, Lawmakers Battle Over Gun Deregulation

Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Democrats who control both houses of the state Legislature are battling over whether to make it easier for residents to obtain permission to carry concealed handguns.
7 minute read

The Recorder

State Bar Oversight Quarrel Stalls Dues Legislation

The state bar's ability to collect dues next year was thrown into question late Tuesday when the Assembly sponsor of dues-authorization legislation shelved his bill rather than accept hostile Senate amendments.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Matter of Valentin v. Correction Officers' Benevolent Assoc., Inc.

Declaration of Candidate's Eligibility to Run For President of COBA Denied, Dismissed
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Foreign Law Firms on Edge, Decamp as Venezuela Teeters on Chaos

Since January, the world has watched a slow-motion disaster unfolding in Venezuela, where critical shortages of food and medicine are fueling chaos. Inside the country, a handful of international firms are doing their best to ride out the crisis, while others have already jumped ship.
34 minute read

Legaltech News

Could President Obama Find a Post-Presidential Job in Silicon Valley?

There has been some recent speculation that Obama could have some connection with companies in Silicon Valley after he leaves the White House, but one Presidential expert is skeptical.
9 minute read

Litigation Daily

Labor Lawyers Dodge a Bullet

Imagine if every time a client hired you for advice, you had to file a publicly available report with the government revealing the engagement, what you did and how much you were being paid. Until a federal judge in Texas stepped in on Monday, this was about to become reality for labor lawyers retained by companies facing unionization drives.
20 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Province of the Trial Court in a Condemnation Case

In his Condemnation and Tax Certiorari column, Michael Rikon writes: A trial court is charged with making all the legal determinations in an eminent domain case. But as the trier of the facts, it also has broad discretion to decide many critical issues which determine the amount of "just compensation." In this article, he discusses a few of the areas that are said to be within the sound discretion of the trial court.
21 minute read

Daily Business Review

House Ethics Panel Finds No Wrongdoing by GOP Rep. Buchanan

The House Ethics Committee ended a four-year probe into Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan of Florida, finding no evidence that the lawmaker violated House rules.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

New Archibishop May Transform Cuban Church With Modest Style

In the mid-1970s, a recently ordained priest trekked the Cuban countryside, defying the communist government by distributing hand-printed religious pamphlets to townspeople bold enough to open their doors. At the height of Cuba's anti-religious sentiment, the man known as Father Juanito was tolerated thanks to his soft-spoken manner and unbending will, say those who followed his rise. His admirers say that personality served him well when he became bishop of the eastern city of Camaguey and launched an intensive outreach to the poor, arranging aid for needy pregnant women and diverting religious processions off main streets into the humblest neighborhoods.
10 minute read

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