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New Jersey Law Journal

Capitol Report

By | December 19, 2016
This is a status report provided by the New Jersey State Bar Association on recently passed and pending legislation, regulations, gubernatorial nominations and/or appointments of interest to lawyers, as well as the involvement of the NJSBA as amicus in appellate court matters.
14 minute read

Daily Business Review

Pitbull Releases Details of $1 Million Deal With Tourism Agency

The Miami rapper Pitbull released details of a controversial $1 million deal to promote Florida, two days after the state House filed a lawsuit to try to get the information.
9 minute read

Daily Business Review

Business Groups Fight Higher Miami Beach Minimum Wage

Amid debates across the country about higher minimum wages, three major Florida business groups filed a lawsuit challenging a plan to gradually raise the minimum wage in Miami Beach.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Border Cities Worry That Ending NAFTA Would Hurt Economies

Donald Trump's only visit to the U.S.-Mexico border while running for president was a stop in Laredo that lasted less than three hours. On some days, that's not long enough for 18-wheelers hauling foreign-made dishwashers and car batteries to lurch through the gridlocked crossing.
9 minute read

Texas Lawyer

'Judicial Hellholes' Report Trains Fire on South Texas County

Texas tort reformers couldn't have hoped for more favorable confluence of events. One month before Texas lawmakers are scheduled to start a new session, during which tort reformers are expected to lobby to curb hail-damage lawsuits filed against insurers, a Texas federal judge issued a stern warning to Steve Mostyn, a well-known Houston plaintiffs lawyer who files such suits and financially supports Democratic candidates. And then on Thursday the American Tort Reform Association issued its annual report on "judicial hellholes."
13 minute read

National Law Journal

Gingrich's View: Trump Will Smash the Washington Bureaucracy

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, now a Dentons senior adviser, won't be serving in President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet, but he's following the nominations closely. He sees a pair of retired four-star generals filling out top posts at the U.S. Defense and Homeland Security departments, an Alabama senator becoming U.S. attorney general and a neurosurgeon heading up the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. What Gingrich doesn't see is a lot of lawyers—and he doesn't see the incoming administration getting along with career employees.
16 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Tort Reformers, Trial Lawyers Offer Rival Wish Lists for Texas Lawmakers

Tort reformers and trial lawyers have drafted competing wish lists for the 85th legislative session set to begin for Texas lawmakers the second week in January.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Congressional Aide Jodi Davidson Joins Colodny Fass

The former aide to U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz will be a government consultant with the law firm.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

Big Law Lobbying Efforts Fail to Kill 9/11 Litigation Against Saudi Arabia

Efforts to pare back the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act have fallen short despite a gusher of cash from Saudi Arabian coffers to lobbyists from DLA Piper and Hogan Lovells.
25 minute read

Daily Report Online

'Miss Sloane' Portrays Lobbyist Who Ignores Her Lawyer, and Everyone Else

The new movie showcases Jessica Chastain's power to emote charm, ecstasy, anger and loneliness.
8 minute read

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