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New York Law Journal

NYS Proposed Bill To Require Enhanced Public Participation Plans for Major Projects: Will It Pass This Time Around?

Last year, New York Senator Jessica Ramos introduced S. 2510-A, which would require all major projects located in or adjacent to a "disadvantaged community" to submit a written enhanced public participation plan to NYSDEC as part of the proposed project's permitting process. This article summarizes the bill's requirements and explores both the benefits and drawbacks of the bill as currently drafted.
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New York Law Journal

Retroactive Application of FAPA; Licensee Holdover Proceeding: This Week in Scott Mollen's Realty Law Digest

      Reverse Mortgage Foreclosure—RPAPL 1501 Complaint Reinstated—Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act (FAPA)—CPLR 213(4)(b)—Lender…
12 minute read

The Recorder

State Bar Unveils Potential $164 Attorney Licensing Fee Increase for 2025

The state bar's executive director, Leah Wilson, said she wouldn't recommend asking lawmakers for the full $164 increase in 2025 given its large size.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Susan Friedman to Lead Launch of NY Prosecutorial Watchdog Agency

The prosecutorial watchdog will be naming Friedman its inaugural administrator, a newly created position resembling Commission on Judicial Conduct Administrator and Counsel Robert Tembeckjian's job.
5 minute read

The Recorder

California Lawmakers Flood Statehouse With Generative AI Bills

"As the technology develops, the laws have to try to keep up with them," said Husch Blackwell partner Mhare Mouradian. "And it's definitely a race."
5 minute read

Law.com

Federal Judge: CVS Health Job Candidate Has Standing in Failure to Notify Use of AI-Powered 'Lie Detector Screening'

Attorneys with Seyfarth Shaw, on behalf of CVS Health Corp., moved to dismiss the third count of the complaint brought by the plaintiff, Brendan Baker, who accused CVS of violating a state law known as the "Lie Detector Statute."
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The Recorder

PAGA Critics Seek Possible Legislative Alternative to November Ballot Measure

Brian Maas, a leader in the campaign to repeal California's Private Attorneys General Act, said that while initiative backers are confident they can win in November, they'd like the Legislature to "weigh in" on the labor law.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Georgia Churches, Nonprofits Ensnared in Push to Restrict Bail Funds

Wide-scale initiatives that pay for for her pretrial release could be significantly restricted, if not criminalized, under a Georgia bill awaiting Gov. Brian Kemp's signature.
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Bar Report – February 19, 2024

The NJSBA's weekly report.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Is Franchising Really Doomed in 2024?

In this article, Marc Lieberstein and Chris Caiaccio discuss recent legislative developments that represent the clearest attack on the franchise model to date that may present challenges to the growth of franchising in the year ahead.
10 minute read

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