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New York Law Journal

Judge Approves $75M Settlement of NYPD Summonses Class Action Suit

"This civil rights class action is the paradigm of change and progress achievable in a society undergirded by the rule of law," Southern District Judge Robert Sweet wrote in approving the settlement in a case that accused NYPD officers of writing at least 900,000 summonses that were later dismissed as insufficient.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Advocates Push to Ban NY From Accepting Fracking Waste

Environmental groups are making a last-ditch effort to bank hydraulic fracturing waste from coming into New York from neighboring states like Pennsylvania.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Cosby Team Gambles on Jury's Doubt as Deliberations Begin

After nearly two years of intense legal wrangling and more than 12 years after his alleged crime took place, Bill Cosby's defense team spent under 10 minutes putting on their case before leaving the comedian's fate in the hands of a Montgomery County jury on Monday.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Six Key Updates in California's Latest Marijuana Regulatory Proposal

State lawmakers on Monday unveiled compromise marijuana regulation legislation that attempts to meld rules for recreational and medical growing, sales and use. Here are six key changes.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

CAPITOL REPORT

A report on recent action in Trenton of interest to NJSBA members
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Brewery Wholesaler to Pay $2M Fine for Underselling

A New Jersey craft beer wholesaler has agreed to pay $2 million and surrender its license to settle claims of anti-competitive trade practices.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Law Firms React to Growing Wave of Whistleblower Lawsuits

Plaintiffs firms and corporate defense firms have been adding whistleblower law experts as the number of suits proliferates along with the number of state and federal laws that have been enacted allowing qui tam claims.
20 minute read

Legaltech News

The Layered Federal and State Cybersecurity Regulation of Financial Services Firms

Cybercrime poses an ever-increasing threat to consumers of financial products and services, and now individual states are increasingly joining federal agencies in the regulatory game.
10 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Law Shifts Burden of Proof in 'Stand Your Ground'

Florida became the first state with a law that spells out that prosecutors, and not defendants, have the burden of proof in pretrial "stand your ground" hearings when Republican Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill Friday.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

`Docs vs. Glocks' Legal Battle Ends

Six years after Florida lawmakers tried to stop doctors from asking patients about guns, health care providers have emerged victorious in a legal battle as the state did not appeal a federal court ruling striking down major parts of the 2011 law.
10 minute read

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