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San Antonio Federal Judge Blocks Texas 'Sanctuary Cities' Law

A San Antonio federal judge has blocked the implementation of Texas' so-called "sanctuary cities" law which would have allowed local police to check the immigration status of detainees and imposed criminal penalties on local officials who refuse to cooperate in efforts to remove people from the country.
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Daily Business Review

White Nationalist's Rejected Speech at UF Expected to Spawn Lawsuit

The University of Florida expects to be sued for not hosting National Policy Institute president Richard Spencer. It just doesn't know when.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Law Dean Takes Us Inside Houston Convention Center-Turned-Shelter

Donald Guter, dean of the South Texas College of Law—Houston, has spent the past several days volunteering at the George R. Brown Convention Center, which has transformed into an emergency shelter for people displaced by flooding from Hurricane Harvey.
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The Recorder

Can Women Ever Be Paid Less Than Men? US Appeals Court Will Take New Look

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will revisit a pay-equality ruling that federal officials and advocacy groups argued would widen and institutionalize practices that allow women to be paid less than men based on past salaries.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Top Highway Patrol Official Resigns Amid Ticket Quota Questions

The second-highest-ranking officer in the Florida Highway Patrol is stepping down after acknowledging he wrote an email in May encouraging troopers to write at least two tickets per hour.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

As Confederate Monuments Fall, Group Calls for Restoration

After a Confederate monument was taken down in Bradenton, a group that wants to preserve such monuments called for it to be repaired and restored to its former place on the courthouse lawn.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Save Laurel Way v. City of Redwood City (Laurel Way Joint Venture)

C.A. 1st; A147942 The First Appellate District reversed a judgment. The court held that a city’s issuance of a planned development permit for infrastructure…
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The Recorder

Gregg v. State of Hawaii

9th Cir.; 14-16785 The court of vacated a judgment of dismissal and remanded. The court held that the plaintiff should have been granted leave to amend…
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Georgia AG Joins Amici Asking Justices to Hear 10 Commandments Case

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr said Wednesday he has joined a coalition of states in an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court supporting Bloomfield, New Mexico's right to display a Ten Commandments monument on its city hall lawn.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

No 1983 Relief for ADA, Title VII Violations, Third Circuit Says

Plaintiffs alleging stand-alone violations of either Title VII or the Americans with Disabilities Act cannot seek relief in federal court for deprivation of civil rights under section 1983, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has held in declining to revive claims a former Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission employee brought against her former employer.
6 minute read

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