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Delaware Law Weekly

Sentencing Case Highlights Issues of Retroactivity, Criminal Justice Reform

The Delaware Supreme Court ruled that the 2014 Amended Sentencing Act only applies prospectively, denying the request of an offender sentenced under the old law to have his sentences revisited, in a case implicating criminal justice reinvestment policies that have been a major public policy topic in the First State.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

New Regulations Increase Oversight of Conn. Dams

Connecticut's dam owners face additional inspection and reporting obligations under revised safety regulations implemented in February.
14 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

CAPITOL REPORT

A round-up of action from Trenton, including amicus activity and measures in the Legislature.
12 minute read

Daily Business Review

Lifetime Achievement: Scott Split Time Between Legislative, Lobbying Tasks

The courtly Kentuckian served as state Senate president, civil litigator and lobbyist.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

More Benefit or Harm? Lawmakers Weigh CFPB Arbitration Proposal

As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau prepares to collect comments on its proposal to ban class action waivers, House lawmakers discussed Wednesday whether the court system or arbitration best serves aggrieved customers.
10 minute read

National Law Journal

Morning Wrap: Health Insurers Sue Feds for $223M | The Consensus Court

Reed Smith represents insurers First Priority and Highmark in their Federal Claims Court suit seeking $223 million in damages related to the health care law. The justices are taking small steps to reach consensus. And George Mason's law school is officially renamed to honor the late Justice Antonin Scalia. This is a news roundup from ALM and other publications.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

The Global Lawyer: Terror Plaintiffs Still Have Friends in Washington

After taking the Saudis' best punch, the 9/11 bill passes the Senate unanimously.
10 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Justices Issue Narrow Rulings on Path to Consensus

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday demonstrated that the "straight and narrow" may not be just the path to honest and moral behavior, but also a path to consensus on a bench struggling without a critical ninth vote.
13 minute read

National Law Journal

SEC In-House Judges are Unconstitutional, Barred Investment Adviser Tells D.C. Circuit

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's in-house law judges are unconstitutionally hired for their jobs, a lawyer for an investment adviser, barred for life by the agency, told a federal appeals court in Washington on Friday.
9 minute read

The Recorder

Short-Term Rental Bill Hits Snags

Sen. Mike McGuire's new bill has support of Airbnb—but not San Francisco.
7 minute read

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