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Open Trials Come to Mexico After Yearslong Justice Reforms

It would have seemed routine in many places: A defendant accused of illegally possessing a gun sat across a gleaming courtroom from the judge who accepted his guilty plea and would pronounce his sentence. For Mexico, though, it was a remarkable change from a century-old judicial system of paper-shuffling court cases in which defendants rarely actually testified before the judge ruling on their fate from within a cramped, bureaucrat's office. As of Saturday, the open, oral trial will be the norm nationwide as part of a sweeping judicial reform.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Commissioner Wants to Speed Up Building Permit Review

City Commissioner Francis Suarez offers a resolution to study the lag in the building permit review, which developers say is is curbing small-scale development.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Attorney Guides Parcel Purchases, Easement Deals for Road Linkup

Medley is getting a new through street with help from Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman attorney Peter Waldman.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Schillaci v. Town of Islip

Town's Lack of Notice Defense Shown to Lack Merit, Dismissed in Personal Injury Action
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Juvenile Lifers Await Chance for Parole After US Ruling

It's been six months since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that some 2,500 "juvenile lifers" could seek a chance at parole for their childhood crimes, but only a few aging inmates have walked out of prison.
8 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas High Court Split Decision Halts Homeowners Who Claimed Harris Cty's Inaction Led to Flood Damages

Some 400 Houston-area homeowners who claimed their properties suffered flood damages because of upstream development allowed by the local government officials won no relief from the Texas Supreme Court. In a 5-4 ruling, the court's majority determined that local officials would not have known that particular properties downstream would flood.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Gunmaker Asks for Dismissal of Suit by Sandy Hook Survivors

A lawyer for Remington Arms asked a Connecticut judge today to dismiss a lawsuit against the gunmaker filed by the families of children and faculty killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Chemical Co. Pleads to Antitrust Charges, But Civil Suits Remain

A chemical company has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $5 million for its role in a conspiracy to eliminate competition in the sale of chemicals used by water treatment plants and paper manufacturers. But it remains to be seen whether the settlement will create positive momentum for the three dozen civil suits filed against the company over its alleged price-fixing.
6 minute read

Legaltech News

How Should the Government Handle Zero Day Vulnerabilities?

The federal government should formalize the process it uses to disclose vulnerabilities to vendors and make that process more transparent, experts say.
8 minute read

Law.com

Racketeering Law Applies Outside the U.S., With Limits, Justices Rule

The nation's chief law against racketeering applies to some activities outside of the United States, but private plaintiffs must claim a domestic injury, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled in a closely watched business case involving a major American cigarette and food producer.
13 minute read

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