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City of San Jose v. Superior Court (Smith)

By | March 02, 2017
4 minute read

Legaltech News

Texas Launches Its Own Version of PACER, But Only a Few Lawyers Will Have Access

re:SearchTX is designed to allow attorneys to access civil case records in any of the hundreds of district and county courts in all of Texas' 254 counties.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Dep't of Human Serv. Pennsylvanians for Union Reform, Inc., PICS Case No. 17-0218 (Pa. Commw. Feb. 8, 2017) Brobson, J. (31 pages).

By | February 17, 2017
The addresses of direct-care workers was not facially exempt from disclosure under the Right-to-Know Law where the exemption relied upon by the agency was intended to protect disclosure of information personal to an applicant for or recipient of social services, including the identity of a protected individual's caregiver, and where addresses direct-care workers would not automatically lead to the disclosure of a worker's identity, but OOR was required to conduct a balancing test in light of the workers' constitutional right to privacy of their home addresses. Order of the OOR affirmed in part, reversed in part, case remanded.
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Kean Fed'n of Teachers v. Morell

By | February 16, 2017
Board Violated OPMA By Failing to Send Rice Notice to Employees
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Prison Companies' Bid to Withhold Documents Fails

Two of the nation's largest private prison companies who handle immigration detention for the federal government have lost their bid to keep proprietary business information from being released.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

Public Records Fee Fight Re-emerges in State Senate

State Sen. Greg Steube filed a similar bill last year when he was a member of the state House, but versions of the bill died in both houses.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Some Patrons of Nightclub Massacre Upset at Not Getting Funds

Some Pulse nightclub patrons are upset that they aren't receiving money from a $29.5 million victims' compensation fund since they were outside the club when the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history began, newly released emails show.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Judges Affirm Dismissal of Defamation Claims Against Schools' Attorney

A New Jersey appeals court has ruled that the father of two public school students cannot sue a board of education attorney who told a newspaper about a child-welfare investigation into the father, but failed to disclose that the investigation was resolved in the father's favor.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Empire Center for Public Policy, Inc. v. NYC Office of Payroll Administration

By | February 06, 2017
Review of Denial of FOIL Request for Payroll Information for Undercover Officers Granted
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Scheeler v. Office of the Governor

By | February 02, 2017
Plaintiffs Granted Access to Third-Party OPRA Request Records
6 minute read

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