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The Legal Intelligencer

Circuit OKs Punitive Damages Claim Against Bucks County Over Ex-Offender Database

The class suing Bucks County over its searchable database of former inmates won't be able to recover compensatory damages, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't be able to seek punitive damages, a federal appeals court has ruled in a case that appeared to address an issue of first impression for the circuit.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Cosby to Face Retrial in November

Bill Cosby is set to return to court before year's end for a retrial beginning Nov. 6.
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New York Law Journal

Embattled Rochester Judge Sentenced to 60 Days in Jail

Acting Rochester City Court Judge Stephen Aronson on Thursday sentenced fellow Judge Leticia Astacio to 60 days in jail and three years' probation for violating terms of her condition discharge on a DWI sentence. Her attorney called the jail sentence "outrageous."
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The Legal Intelligencer

FJD Sets Date to Vote on Interim DA

The First Judicial District has set July 20 as the date its Board of Judges is expected to vote on who will serve as district attorney for Philadelphia to fill the unexpired term of former District Attorney Seth Williams.
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The Recorder

Vallejo Loses Bid to Avoid Defamation Suit by Home Invasion Victims

A federal judge in Sacramento on Wednesday largely allowed the lawsuit to move forward in a case that mirrors plot elements from the movie "Gone Girl."
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New Jersey Law Journal

Approved Opinions for the Week of July 10, 2017

09-2-3622 Atlantic Ambulance Corp. v. Cullum, N.J. Super. App. Div. (Mayer, J.S.C.) (20 pp.) The court addressed an appeal from an order denying class…
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New Jersey Law Journal

Unpublished Opinions for the Week of July 10, 2017

07-2-3662 Falcetti v. Waterfront Comm'n of N.Y. Harbor, N.J. Super. App. Div. (per curiam) (11 pp.) Defendant appealed the order compelling it to produce…
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New Jersey Law Journal

State v. Cole

Admission of Video of Defendant Alone in Interrogation Room, Without Limiting Instruction, Not Plain Error
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New Jersey Law Journal

State v. Tringali

State Had Jurisdiction for Out-of-State Computer Crimes Where Purpose and Result of Activity Was to Harm In-State Entity
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New Jersey Law Journal

Jiwungkul v. Dir., Div. of Taxation

Same-Sex Couples Not Married or Entered in a Civil Union Not Entitled to Surviving Spouse Marital Deduction for Estate Tax
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