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The Recorder

Why Some California Counties Are Saying No to Commercial Cannabis

Voters overwhelmingly said yes to to recreational use. But not every city and county rushed to embrace the green wave. Here are five of the top reasons lawyers and local government officials gave for their hesitation.
14 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Capitol Report

Following is a listing of executive and legislative action for the week of July 10. At press time members of the General Assembly were in recess subject to the call of the president of the Senate and speaker of the House.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

State Senators Propose Education Savings Accounts for Students

Sens. John DiSanto, Joseph B. Scarnati III and John H. Eichelberger Jr. published a memo announcing their plan to create education savings accounts to help students attending low-achieving schools obtain nonpublic schooling.
1 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

State Rep. Says He Wants to Slash Sales Tax

State Rep. Russ Diamond, R-Annville, issued a memorandum declaring his intention to introduce a package of bills lowering Pennsylvania's sales and use tax to 1.9 percent, and to decrease Philadelphia and Allegheny counties' local sales and use taxes as well.
2 minute read

The Recorder

Airbnb Host Fined for Cancelling Law Student's Reservation Based on Race

An Airbnb host who refused to rent her Southern California house to a woman because she is Asian will pay $5,000 in damages and take a college-level course in Asian-American studies, the state Department of Fair Employment and Housing said Thursday in announcing the agreement.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Unpublished Opinions for the Week of July 17, 2017

46-2-3725 Pace v. Twp. of Nutley, N.J. Super. App. Div. (per curiam) (17 pp.) Plaintiffs, husband and wife, appealed the dismissal of their complaint…
151 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Approved Opinions for the Week of July 17, 2017

15-2-3695 Ocwen Loan Serv., LLC v. Quinn, N.J. Super. App. Div. (Carroll, J.A.D.) (10 pp.) In 2004, defendants David and Louisa Wuebbens conveyed their…
13 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Christie Brings Back Staff Lawyer to Be Chief Counsel

Gov. Chris Christie has turned to another insider to serve as his top legal adviser through the last six months of his final term in office.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Justices to Eye Immunity Exception in Suit Over Collision With School Wall

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether failing to fully cover a concrete wall in a school's gymnasium with protective matting fits the narrow exception for governmental immunity.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Justice Calls Scott's Citrus Canker Veto 'Road to Unfettered Monarchy'

Florida Supreme Court Justice R. Fred Lewis tells the governor he is treating homeowners in a 15-year legal battle like "yo-yos."
2 minute read

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