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Ali v. McClinton, PICS Case No. 17-0997 (E.D. Pa. June 14, 2017) McHugh, J. (14 pages).

Plaintiff's whistleblower and §1983 suit against the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and a state representative in her official capacity was barred by Eleventh Amendment immunity but his action against representative in her personal capacity for firing him after he reported the alleged misuse of state funds to promote representative's church was not barred. Motion to dismiss granted in part and denied in part.
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Capinski v. Upper Pottsgrove Township, PICS Case No. 17-0999 (Pa. Commw. June 14, 2017) Leavitt, J.; Brobson, J., concurring (21 pages).

Plaintiff properly sought to enforce a final determination of the Office of Open Records through a writ of mandamus, rather than a petition to enforce, where he did not appeal the final determination to a court for a merits review. The court affirmed the trial court's decision denying plaintiff relief on the merits.
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New York Law Journal

Citizens Union of the City of N.Y. v. The Attorney General of the State of N.Y.

Eleventh Amendment Immunizes Governor From Suit Over Nonprofit Law's Enactment
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Daily Business Review

Gov. Scott, Seminole Tribe Strike Deal on 'Exclusive' Card Games

Gov. Rick Scott and the Seminole Tribe have reached an agreement about the tribe's "exclusive" rights to offer banked card games such as blackjack, in a move that took the Legislature by surprise.
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Daily Business Review

Court Fight Looms for Controversial New Education Law

The Broward County School Board voted to move ahead with legal action against a sweeping new education law, an initial step toward a court clash over one of the legislative session's most controversial bills.
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The Legal Intelligencer

House Rejects Higher Penalty, Required E-Filing for Lobbyists

An amendment that would have required lobbyists to electronically file and report expenses and would have doubled the maximum penalty for prohibited actions by lobbyists was nixed 98-101 on June 30 in the House.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Proposal Would Mandate Counsel in Civil Forfeiture Actions

State Sen. Sharif Street, D-Philadelphia, issued a memorandum declaring his intention to introduce a measure that would guarantee legal representation in certain civil asset forfeiture cases.
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Capitol Report

The following is a listing of executive and legislative action for June 30 and the week of July 3. Members of the state House of Representatives were scheduled to return to session on July 7. State senators were set to reconvene on July 8.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Allergan Agrees to Pay $13 Million in Whistleblower Case

Drugmaker Allergan has agreed to pay the federal government and several states $13 million to settle whistleblower claims that it provided business consulting and services to doctors as a way of encouraging them to prescribe the company's eye care products.
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MDJ Accused of Viewing Porn in Chambers

A magisterial district judge who was the former top public defender of Monroe County has been hit with ethics charges over his alleged viewing of pornographic videos and images at work in full view of his clerks.
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