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By Cheryl Miller | May 15, 2024
Orange County Superior Court Presiding Judge Maria Hernandez said the governor's proposed budget cuts threaten to shorten the hours courthouses are open to the public.
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By Brian Lee | May 15, 2024
Lawmakers and legal advocates were in the Capitol on Wednesday to push a package of four bills and a campaign meant to hold Big Tech accountable for the potential risks of artificial intelligence, an area of priority for the executive branch as well.
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By Colleen Murphy | May 14, 2024
"Expanding the definition of 'pedestrian' to include LSES operators would advance the medical coverage goal but undermine the goal of curbing the rise of insurance costs," Justice Lee A. Solomon said. "The legislature may certainly choose to expand the availability of PIP coverage to LSES operators, as they did with motorcycles, but that policy decision and its insurance cost implications, if any, is properly for the legislature, not the court."
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By Colleen Murphy | May 13, 2024
"More broadly, we will continue our fight for open government and for transparency," Liza Weisberg, a staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, said. "We will continue to fight for open government and for transparency, not just to restore the OPRA we had before this bill, but to push it forward. Unfortunately, New Jersey has moved in the wrong direction."
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By Brian Lee | May 13, 2024
The New York Solicitor General's office filed a motion to leave to appeal the Third Department's unanimous determination that an ethics watchdog was created unlawfully.
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By Brian Lee | May 13, 2024
"It's not a radical idea," said State Sen. Sean Ryan, D-Buffalo, of the bill's aim to ensure that the monies are distributed to support legal services.
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By Brian Lee | May 10, 2024
The legislative effort follows on the heels of the state high court's decision to throw out Harvey Weinstein's rape conviction because of the admission of improper evidence.
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By Cassandre Coyer | May 10, 2024
The Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024 will go into effect on Oct. 1, 2025, and will bring new stringent protections for children's data and biometric data, among other unique requirements.
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By Avalon Zoppo | May 9, 2024
"I think that the Fourth Circuit is kind of following the Supreme Court in broadening the ministerial exception," said attorney Amy Epstein Gluck. "I think we're going to see more leeway for religion."
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By Brian Lee | May 9, 2024
The majority, in a win for former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, said lawmakers violated the separation of powers in creating the new watchdog group.
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