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New York Law Journal

Second Circuit Vacates Skelos' Corruption Conviction

The Second Circuit, again finding that jury instructions in public corruption trials after the U.S. Supreme Court's holding in 'McDonnell v. U.S.' require greater clarity to sustain convictions, vacated the convictions of former New York state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos in a summary order issued Tuesday.
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Daily Report Online

Feds File Federal Bribery Charges Against Former Atlanta Official in 'Pay-to-Play' Investigation

The City of Atlanta's former chief procurement officer—who for more than a decade oversaw billions of dollars in city purchases and public project expenditures—has been charged with engaging in a bribery conspiracy in a burgeoning federal corruption investigation of Atlanta City Hall.
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New York Law Journal

Second Circuit Vacates Skelos' Corruption Conviction

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, again finding that jury instructions in public corruption trials after the U.S. Supreme Court's McDonnell…
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

11th Circuit: Immunity Bars Teacher's Retaliation Claim Over Father's Newspaper Comments

The court ruled that, even if the Huntsville City Schools superintendent declined to promote the teacher because of her father's comments, her First Amendment and intimate association rights claims cannot overcome the superintendent's immunity.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Rundle Inducted Into Women's Hall of Fame

Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle has been the county's top prosecutor since 1993 and has an array of firsts to her name.
1 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

State-Subsidized Segregation in Connecticut

Although our governments no longer demand segregation, housing assistance continues to confine low-income people of color to the low opportunity areas of Connecticut.
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Legaltech News

Gavelytics Localizes Judicial Analytics for California Litigators

The tool combines predictive machine learning with human review to provide insights into how judges differ from one another.
13 minute read

Daily Business Review

Elderly Deaths: Call for Generators in Florida Nursing Homes

After 11 nursing home residents died in the sweltering heat of hurricane-induced power outages, Florida's nursing home industry is now on a collision course with Gov. Rick Scott.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

State Marijuana Law Challenged Over Black Farmer License

A lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of part of a new state law that requires a coveted medical-marijuana license to go to a black farmer.
7 minute read

The Recorder

Estate of Lopez v. Gelhaus

9th Cir.; 16-15175 The court of appeals affirmed a district court order. The court held that a deputy sheriff was not entitled to qualified immunity…
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