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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.
5 minute read

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.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Eric Adams Announces Choices for NYC Government's Top Attorneys

The mayor, currently facing a federal indictment, announced that Allison Stoddart will become City Hall chief counsel. He said he also intends to nominate interim Corp. Counsel Muriel Goode-Trufant to lead the Law Department.
3 minute read

Law.com

Coalition of AGs Support Updates to ABA's Legal Education Diversity Standard

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and attorneys general from California, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, New Jersey and New York, among others, voiced their support for the amended standard requiring schools continue to improve access to legal education and the legal profession for all qualified aspiring lawyers.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Transforming Probation With Rehabilitation and Second Chances

Act 44, alongside the Clean Slate Law, works to provide second chances for individuals involved in the criminal justice system, ultimately helping them reintegrate into society and reducing recidivism.
8 minute read

Daily Report Online

Federal Judge Greenlights Claim of 'Deliberate Indifference' for Inmate's Assault and Death

The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia issued an opinion Sep. 25 denying a motion to dismiss by Central Georgia's Baldwin State Prison for claims that their negligence led to inmate Jamari McClinton's death in 2021.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Municipalities Not Exempt From Vicarious Liability: This Week in Scott Mollen's Realty Law Digest

Scott Mollen discusses "Gilead Cmty. Servs. Inc. v. Town of Cromwell," which is "of interest because it analyzes, inter alia, when punitive damages are available, when the amount of punitive damages may exceed the limits of constitutional due process and when a municipality may be subject to punitive damages based on the conduct of its officials."
14 minute read

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