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Prosecutor Steps Up as Judge in Clayton County

Margaret Spencer, now senior assistant solicitor general, will become a judge on the Clayton County State Court, Gov. Nathan Deal announced Friday.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Bedsworth: Pot of Gold Redefined in Nevada

As the great Arlo Guthrie once said: "There's two ways of looking at the drug problem: There's them that say there's too much drugs and them that say what there is ain't good enough."
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Barnes, PICS Case No. 17-1183 (Pa. Super. July 10, 2017) Stabile, J.; Ransom and Dubow, J.J., concurring (29 pages).

The trial court erred in sentencing defendant to the maximum term of imprisonment of 40 years for attempted murder in the absence of evidence of serious bodily injury to the victim. The court vacated the judgment of sentence and remanded.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Developer Wins Automatic Approval After Board Rebuffs Application

An application to build two high-rise buildings on the Hoboken waterfront is entitled to automatic approval after the city planning board refused to hold hearings on the plan, a New Jersey appeals court has ruled.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Firefighter Pay Raise Fight Goes to Supreme Court

After a divided appeals court sided with Gov. Rick Scott, a battle about his 2015 veto of pay raises for state firefighters could be decided by the Florida Supreme Court.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

State Defends Use of New Execution Drug Etomidate

Attorney General Pam Bondi's office Thursday asked the Florida Supreme Court to reject an appeal from Mark James Asay, a Death Row prisoner whose scheduled Aug. 24 execution would be the first in more than 18 months in the state.
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Court Affirms Expert Needed for Proximate Cause in Legal Mal

The Appellate Division has reaffirmed trial courts' authority to require a legal malpractice plaintiff to present expert testimony to demonstrate proximate cause.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Supreme Court Warns of Email, Phone Scams

The court warns scammers are demanding money -- purportedly for courts -- by phone and email from vulnerable people.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

S.J. v. Gardner, PICS Case No. 17-1197 (Pa. Super. July 11, 2017) Stevens, P. J. (9 pages).

Trial court erred in holding that action for battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress filed by appellants, minor's parents on her behalf, against minor's sexual abuser was time barred because the minority tolling statute suspended the applicable statute of limitations until the minor turned 18. Reversed.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Barnes, PICS Case No. 17-1183 (Pa. Super. July 10, 2017) Stabile, J.; Ransom and Dubow, J.J., concurring (29 pages).

The trial court erred in sentencing defendant to the maximum term of imprisonment of 40 years for attempted murder in the absence of evidence of serious bodily injury to the victim. The court vacated the judgment of sentence and remanded.
3 minute read

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