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Open Trials Come to Mexico After Yearslong Justice Reforms

It would have seemed routine in many places: A defendant accused of illegally possessing a gun sat across a gleaming courtroom from the judge who accepted his guilty plea and would pronounce his sentence. For Mexico, though, it was a remarkable change from a century-old judicial system of paper-shuffling court cases in which defendants rarely actually testified before the judge ruling on their fate from within a cramped, bureaucrat's office. As of Saturday, the open, oral trial will be the norm nationwide as part of a sweeping judicial reform.
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Daily Business Review

Bugging in Brazil Scandal Exposes Fear of Biggest Betrayal Yet

The tale of Brazil's political crisis is one of betrayals, and the most explosive one may be yet to come.
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New York Law Journal

Magistrate Judge Unseals Documents in Falun Gong Case

Members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement suing over what they say is a campaign of violence and intimidation in Queens have lost their bid to have documents in the case kept under seal.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvanians for Union Reform v. Pennsylvania Dept. of State, PICS Case No. 16-0731 (Pa. Commw. May 23, 2016) Jubelirer, J. (14 pages).

A requestor was not entitled to enforce disclosure of voter registration information pursuant to the Right-to-Know Law (RTKL). Final determination of the Office of Open Records affirmed.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Pub. Util. Comm'n v. Seder/The Times Leader, PICS Case No. 16-0733 (Pa. May 25, 2016) Baer, J.; Saylor, J., dissenting. (23 pages).

A "tip letter" and documents from a subsequent investigation by Public Utility Commission staff were subject to disclosure pursuant to the Public Utility Code (PUC), which required disclosure of documents relied by upon by the commission in reaching a determination. Order of the commonwealth court reversed.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Third Circuit Hears Arguments on Bridgegate Names List

Exactly what constitutes a "bill of particulars" was the issue at the center of arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Monday over whether to disclose a list of unindicted co-conspirators from the Bridgegate scandal.
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New York Law Journal

Court Upholds Local Law Requiring Housing Disclosure

The New York City Council was within its rights to pass Local Law 44, which mandates the creation of a website tracking information about awarding and monitoring contracts with developers who work on subsidized housing projects, the First Department held.
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New York Law Journal

Panel Supports City's Denial of Data on NYPD Surveillance

Police properly applied the "Glomar Doctrine" in refusing to acknowledge the existence of records, requested under state Freedom of Information Law, that related to surveillance programs, a Manhattan appeals court found.
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New York Law Journal

Inaccurate Criminal Records Raise Barriers for New Yorkers

Among the common sources of inaccuracies in criminal records, advocates say, are court clerks who fail to ask law enforcement agencies to seal criminal records after cases are conditionally discharged and dispositions that are missing from court records and criminal history record searches. These errors can cause clients to lose out on housing and job prospects, attorneys for low-income New Yorkers say.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Centre County DA's Open Records Process Questioned by Court

A Right-to-Know Law denial of records from the Centre County District Attorney's Office should have been appealed in the Centre County Court of Common Pleas rather than the Commonwealth Court, the latter has ruled, in a decision that raised a question about how the District Attorney's Office handles the open records appeals process.
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