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Connecticut Law Tribune

Carnegie Fellowship to Support Yale Law Professor's Prison Studies

Judith Resnik is among 31 recipients of the two-year grant researching and writing about pressing contemporary issues.
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Daily Business Review

Attorney General Objects to Woman's Anonymity in NRA Case

Lawyers for the NRA late last month asked U.S. District Judge Mark Walker to keep the identity of “Jane Doe” secret, based in large part on a declaration filed by the gun-rights group's Florida lobbyist Marion Hammer.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Comments on Separation of Powers From Middletown Bar's Law Day 2018

If the ideals embodied in our state and federal constitutions are to continue to make us a strong and vibrant country, it's all our duty to speak out and protect them when we see them under attack.
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New York Law Journal

NY Appeals Court Rejects de Blasio's Bid to Shield Emails From Disclosure

Emails between Mayor Bill de Blasio's office and an outside consultant not employed by the city are not exempt from New York's open records law, a state appeals court ruled on Tuesday, affirming a ruling last year by a lower court and granting attorneys fees to the plaintiffs.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Viewpoint: Connecticut's Gun Seizure Law Can Serve as National Model

Connecticut was the first state in the nation to pass a law to allow police to obtain a court order to seize guns from anyone who presents an imminent risk of harming himself or someone else.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Plaintiff Who Made Public Newark's Amazon 'HQ2' Proposal Seeks Fee Award

The City of Newark is weighing a request for legal fees from a plaintiff who successfully challenged its nondisclosure policy concerning its proposal to serve as a second headquarters city for Amazon.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Justin Muzinich, Trump's Pick for Treasury's No. 2, Files Ethics Pledge, Income Disclosure

Justin Muzinich, counselor to U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and the Trump administration's pick for deputy secretary, reveals more than $17 million in mostly investment income, and ethics pledge in new disclosures.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Judge Backs Hollywood Hills Nursing Home on Death Records

Ruling against the Florida Department of Health, a circuit judge said an embattled Broward County nursing home is entitled to receive copies of death certificates for people who died across the state around the time of Hurricane Irma.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Trump's Attorney Cohen Drops Defamation Suits Over Steele Dossier

Days after appearing in federal court over material seized in a federal raid, Cohen's attorney confirmed he's dropping suits in state and federal court against Buzzfeed, which published the dossier, and the political research group that commissioned it, Fusion GPS.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Transparency: Same Old Story With Some New Ideas to Get Results Faster

Transparency Law, a specialized practice designed to pry open government records, wasn't a coined phrase until recent years. But despite the newness of those words, the Founding Fathers knew all too well the concept—and frustrations—of attempting to access public records from government. They even wrote about it right here in Philadelphia in the 1700s.
7 minute read

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