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Delaware Law Weekly

Delawareans Hit Back at US Chamber-Backed Study Downgrading State's Courts

Delaware attorneys this week took aim at a new report from a study group backed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that showed Delaware losing its long-held status as the best climate for handling corporate lawsuits, rejecting assertions that the state was losing favor with businesses.
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The Recorder

Banking Lobbyists, After Wells Fargo Scandal, Couldn't Stop This Arbitration Bill

California's governor and Legislature in recent years have not been welcoming of many bills aimed at restricting the use of arbitration. That could soon change. Gov. Jerry Brown is considering whether to sign legislation that would allow judges to deny a bank's arbitration demand in any case that involves fraudulently created accounts.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Capitol Report

Following is a listing of executive and legislative action for the week of Sept. 11. The state House of Representatives was continuing in session at press time; the Pennsylvania Senate stood in recess and was set to return to session on Monday.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Lawmaker Says Lifers Should Have Option of Parole

In a recent memorandum, state Sen. Sharif Street, D-Philadelphia, said he would present legislation that would allow those sentenced to life sentences the option to seek parole.
1 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Sen: Bring Back Impairment Rating Evaluations, Post-'Protz'

State Sen. Kim L. Ward, R-Westmoreland, issued a memo declaring her intention to reinstate the impairment rating evaluations process after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court eliminated it in the Protz v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board decision
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Law & Order premiered 27 years ago today

Everyone's favorite legal drama series “Law & Order” premiered on this date in 1990, according to History.com. The NBC show, created by Dick Wolf, has been one of the longest-running primetime dramas in TV history.
1 minute read

National Law Journal

DAG Rosenstein: Changes Coming 'in the Near Future' to Yates Memo

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein did not elaborate Thursday on what could be coming to the Justice Department's policies on prosecuting white-collar crime.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Edrei v. City of N.Y.

Excessive Force and Monell Claims Stayed Pending Appeal on Qualified Immunity Issue
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

McCray v. Capra

Credibility Central to Trial; Habeas Relief Granted on Confrontation Clause Claim
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Former Augusta Prosecutor is Trump's Latest Pick for U.S. Attorney

President Donald Trump's pick to become U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Georgia is an Augusta trial lawyer who is also a part-time magistrate, a judge advocate general and colonel in the Army National Guard and a former prosecutor who is one of the few to win a murder conviction without the body of the victim.
7 minute read

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