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The Legal Intelligencer

Meet the Candidates Who Want to Be Interim DA in Phila.

Since former District Attorney Seth Williams abruptly pleaded guilty to a bribery charge and resigned from the office last month, Philadelphia has been without an official chief prosecutor. Although voters are set to choose Williams' replacement in the general election in November, the process to find an interim replacement is well underway, and interest for the interim post has been high.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Bill Would Prohibit Sharing Info With 'Voter Fraud Panel'

New Jersey lawmakers have introduced bills that would prohibit the state from providing the Trump administration's "Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity" with any information about the state's voters that is not already publicly available.
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The Recorder

New CA Bar President Vows to Burnish Agency's Image

Michael Colantuono, a municipal law attorney from Grass Valley, was elected president of the State Bar of California on Friday, making him the first openly gay president of the organization. He'll be sworn in to office this fall.
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Daily Report Online

Sovereign Immunity Is Absolute, and Textualism May Be Too at Georgia High Court

Lawyers analyze the Supreme Court's abortion decision and seek lessons for business.
11 minute read

Daily Business Review

Waterfront Businesses Kill and Paralyze Their Guests: A Clear Proposal to Stop This

Personal injury litigators Stuart Z. Grossman and William Mulligan call for local ordinances to warn visitors of hidden hazards in Florida waters.
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The Legal Intelligencer

West Chester Area Sch. Dist. v. A.M., PICS Case No. 17-1057 (Pa. Commw. June 19, 2017) Simpson, J. (24 pages).

Hearing officer correctly denied the school district's motion to enforce a waiver agreement between student's parents and the district because the hearing officer correctly found that he lacked the authority to enforce such agreements. Affirmed.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Support Fair Wage for Connecticut Judges

Our judges are underpaid in terms of their peers across the country. The General Assembly voted these raises four years ago. It is right that the promise should be kept, and the judicial unions should support it.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Rizvi, PICS Case No. 17-1046 (Pa. Super. June 19, 2017) Stevens, J. (10 pages).

PCRA time-bar could not be equitably tolled, and appellant failed to establish governmental interference by failing to allege correctional officials violated his constitutional rights, and in failing to timely assert the alleged interference. Order of the PCRA court affirmed.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Morrison, PICS Case No. 17-1045 (Pa. Super. June 21, 2017) Fitzgerald, J. (15 pages).

The trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to suppress the discovery of a gun on his person where the quality and quantity of the information provided to the arresting police officers by an unknown source was insufficiently reliable to establish reasonable suspicion. The appellate court vacated defendant's judgment of sentence and remanded for further proceedings.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Suggs, PICS Case No. 17-1037 (C.P. Lycoming Jun. 28, 2017) Lovecchio, J. (8 pages).

Trial counsel was not ineffective in failing to explain the elements of crimes to defendant, because defendant admitted in a written colloquy that he understood the elements, and the court also explained the elements to defendant prior to accepting his guilty plea. Defendant's sentence was within the guidelines.
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