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New York Law Journal

Longtime Albany County DA Who Lost Primary Says His Write-In Campaign Has 'Statewide Consequences'

David Soares said he's remaining in the running because the November election has implications beyond the county's three cities, including the state capital, nine towns and five villages.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Bill Would Raise State Damages Cap, but Plaintiffs Attorneys Are Not On Board

The plaintiffs bar has long fought to change the cap, but some lawyers said SB 1300 is not the way to do it.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

New York State: The Prejudicial Trial

Legislation proposed recently is attempting to infringe upon the fair trial rights of individuals accused of sex crimes through new legislation with an addition to the Criminal Procedure Law. Bill Number A10588
12 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Litigation Funding Bill Advances in NJ Senate, Despite Pushback Over Making Loans Discoverable

"What I don't like is that this bill now says I have to tell the defendant insurance company that my client is borrowing money," Sen. Jon Bramnick said.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Critics Ramp Up Ongoing Battle With SEC Over Settlement 'Gag Rule' in 9th Circuit

The policy, enacted by the federal securities markets regulator in 1972, prohibits individuals and companies settling with the SEC from publicly admitting or denying the SEC's allegations against them. According to the NCLA, the rule is a First Amendment violation.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY Subpoena Against Queens Rental Empire Affirms AG's Authority to Probe Tenant Blacklisting

The AG's office has said it believes that the decision might send a message to landlords across New York, relative to the state's ultimate goal to get landlords out of the practice of using tenant screening forms in the first step of the application process.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Moving Beyond Growing Pains in New York's Cannabis Industry

As readers of this column know, New York's nascent adult-use cannabis market has (so far) failed to live up to the potential that was trumpeted when…
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Georgia Removed From Lawsuit Challenging Student Loan Forgiveness; Case Transferred to Missouri

U.S. District Judge J. Randal Hall of the Southern District of Georgia issued an order on Oct. 3 dismissing Georgia from a suit that includes the states of Missouri, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, North Dakota and Ohio against the U.S. Department of Education's enforcement of the Third Mass Cancellation Rule, which would cancel student loan debt in 2024 and 2025.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Newsom Signs Pro Bono Disclosure Bill Into Law

The state bar will ask active lawyers how many hours of free and low-cost legal work they performed in the previous calendar year. The information will be kept confidential, and there's no penalty for refusing to provide it.
3 minute read

Law.com

State Law Requiring Sex Offenders Display 'No Candy or Treats at This Residence' Sign Deemed Unconstitutional

"Defendants require the use of private property to reflect their own message 'for the express purpose that it be observed and read by the public,' thereby depriving registered offenders of their freedom to speak in their own words or to not speak at all," wrote U.S. District Judge John A. Ross for the Eastern District of Missouri.
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