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The Legal Intelligencer

Fattah Faces Long Odds on Conviction Appeal

Facing the probability of a stiff prison sentence and slim odds of having his conviction reversed on appeal, the fate of U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pennsylvania, seems all but sealed.
10 minute read

Daily Business Review

Commissioners Push for Study of Permit Process

Miami City Commissioners backed a resolution aiming to speed up the city's sluggish building-permit review process.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Suits & Deals: Discrimination Suit Against NJ Transit Settles for $3.65 Million in Essex Co.

In Wilson v. New Jersey Transit, seven current and former New Jersey Transit employees settled their Essex County racial discrimination suit against the agency for $3.65 million.
12 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

CAPITOL REPORT

A report on recent legislative action in Trenton of interest to NJSBA members
17 minute read

Daily Business Review

Commissioners Give Initial OK to Massive Wynwood Project

Moishe Mana's 20-plus acre plan for Miami's Wynwood neighborhood gained preliminary approval Thursday night.
8 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week: Cristina Arguedas of Arguedas, Cassman & Headley

It's hard to overstate how good Cristina Arguedas was last week during opening arguments in defense of FedEx Corp. Just four days later, prosecutors abruptly dropped the case at the end of the first week of a bench trial with $1.6 billion on the line.
14 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Has 3 Suggestions to Replace Confederate Statue

Either the African-American woman who founded what's now Bethune-Cookman University, the founder of Publix supermarkets or the woman credited with saving the Everglades will replace a Confederate general's statue that represents Florida in the U.S. Capitol.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Senate Tenures Escandon and Portelli, Approves Lougy Judgeship

A pair of judges who have been the subject of controversy in the Legislature and beyond were approved for tenure by the New Jersey Senate. Also garnering Senate approval was Acting Attorney General Robert Lougy, who now will join the Superior Court bench.
10 minute read

The American Lawyer

Dentons' Africa Head Leaves Global Giant for Boutique

Thomas Laryea, co-chair of Dentons' global government sector and former head of the firm's Africa initiative, has joined a new shop specializing in the diverse legal needs of African governments and diaspora from the continent.
27 minute read

Daily Business Review

Colombia, FARC Rebels Near Closure on Peace Deal

Colombia moved closer than ever to ending a half-century of bloodshed when its president joined leftist rebels in celebrating a cease-fire and disarmament agreement at a dignitary-studded signing ceremony in Cuba.
8 minute read

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