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National Law Journal

'Onerous Speech Code'?: Wiley Rein Says Md. Green Power Law Violates 1st Amendment Rights

"The Act violates the speech and commerce rights of renewable residential electricity suppliers such as REAL members and their subsidiaries and threatens them with irreparable economic injuries," according to the allegations in the complaint. "Accordingly, the Act is unconstitutional under the First Amendment."
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New York Law Journal

Sidley Austin Scores Landmark Civil Rights Verdict Against Prolonged Solitary Confinement in State Prisons

"This trial win is significant because it upholds the Eighth Amendment, which is a difficult test. The punitive damages verdict sends a powerful message that the acts that took place here were extreme. We appreciate the jury's decision," Sidley Austin partner and lead trial attorney Sona De told Law.com.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Newsom Signs Pro Bono Disclosure Bill Into Law

The state bar will ask active lawyers how many hours of free and low-cost legal work they performed in the previous calendar year. The information will be kept confidential, and there's no penalty for refusing to provide it.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

'I'm Your F--king Boss': Press Secretary's Discrimination Suit Against House Republicans Survives

The judge denied a motion to strike the complaint.
3 minute read

Law.com

State Law Requiring Sex Offenders Display 'No Candy or Treats at This Residence' Sign Deemed Unconstitutional

"Defendants require the use of private property to reflect their own message 'for the express purpose that it be observed and read by the public,' thereby depriving registered offenders of their freedom to speak in their own words or to not speak at all," wrote U.S. District Judge John A. Ross for the Eastern District of Missouri.
4 minute read

The Recorder

New Law Expands Ethical Rules for California Neutrals

SB 940, signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom, will create a voluntary, state bar-run program to certify ADR firms and neutrals found to be in compliance with ethics rules.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Fulton Judge Considers Whether to Clarify 2 New Ga. Election Certification Rules

Supporters of the rules say they are necessary to ensure the accuracy of the vote totals before county election officials sign off on them; critics worry that supporters of Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump could use the rules to delay or deny certification if the former president loses.
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Daily Report Online

Fulton Judge Strikes Down Ga. Abortion Ban, Allows Till Week 20 of Pregnancy

A spokesperson for the Georgia attorney general said he would immediately appeal to the state supreme court, which earlier reversed a separate ruling by McBurney that had struck down the law on different grounds and could put Monday's ruling on hold.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Newsom Signs Lemon Law Changes Into Law, Averting Threatened Tort War

Gov. Gavin Newsom's approval of AB 1755 means business groups will stop threatening to place a contingency fee cap initiative before voters in 2026 and plaintiffs attorneys won't reciprocate with their own ballot measure.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Cuomo Spokesman Sues Wigdor, Alleging Their Lawsuit on Behalf of Trooper Was 'Legally Baseless'

Lawyers for Richard Azzopardi said his professional reputation was harmed. A Wigdor attorney said that the new litigation was an attempt to silence an accuser of the ex-governor.
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