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Brunswick DA Tosses Chua Murder Conviction in Wake of Secret Memo

After serving 11 years of a life sentence for murder, Dr. Noel Chua was a free man Monday night after the Brunswick Circuit district attorney, in a startling turn of events, asked a judge to set aside Chua's 2007 felony murder conviction and release him.
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New York Law Journal

States Expand Probe Into Big Pharma Opioid Marketing

New York and Massachusetts Attorneys General and 39 others announced Tuesday they are issuing subpoenas to several drug manufacturers in connection with the opioid and heroin abuse epidemic.
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The Recorder

Xavier Becerra Urges Tech Companies to 'Join Us' on Internet Liability Bill

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra in Washington on Tuesday urged tech companies to "join us at the table" to craft federal legislation to crack down on online sex trafficking. The general counsel to the Internet Association, representing major U.S. companies, tells a U.S. Senate committee the bill "introduces overly broad concepts of criminal and civil liability."
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The Recorder

American Beverage Association v. City and County of San Francisco

9th Cir.; 16-16072 The court of appeals reversed a district court order and remanded. The court held that a municipal ordinance mandating the inclusion…
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Voice of the Bar

Over the past several years, there has been increased need to defend members of the judiciary against baseless ad hominem attacks, often leveled for nothing more than judges and justices simply doing their jobs.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Voice of the Bar

A recent "Voice of the Bar" accused South Brunswick Township of "uncivil," "ad hominem attacks" against former Mount Laurel Judge Douglas K. Wolfson. Lest the interests of South Brunswick—and indeed all New Jersey citizens—suffer prejudice by these accusations, a response is essential.
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The Recorder

Appeals Court Halts San Francisco's Soda Health Warnings

The city of San Francisco tasted a bitter defeat on Tuesday, at least temporarily, as a federal appeals court put a hold on its plans to label sugary-drink ads with health warnings.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Borough of Stroudsburg v. Shanti House LLC, PICS Case No. 17-1328 (C.P. Monroe May 17, 2017) Zulick, J. (22 pages).

The defendant property owner failed to demonstrate an unnecessary hardship to justify the grant of two dimensional variances for the construction of a mixed use commercial and residential building, even under the relaxed standard set forth in Hertzberg v. Zoning Board of Adjustment of City of Pittsburgh. The court granted the zoning hearing board's appeal.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Green Party of Pa. v. Dep't of State Bureau of Comm'ns, PICS Case No. 17-1371 (Pa. Aug. 22, 2017) Mundy, J., Todd, J. (concurring), Donohue, J. (dissenting) (17 pages).

Commonwealth Court correctly found that nomination certificate was untimely filed and that equitable estoppel did not apply because the 50 day deadline for a special election did not burden appellant's rights. Affirmed.
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The Recorder

Woodward v. City of Tucson

9th Cir.; 16-15784 The court of appeals reversed a district court judgment. The court held that neither an evicted tenant nor her “houseguest”…
5 minute read

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