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S.F. City Attorney Subpoenas Uber, Lyft on Driver Practices

San Francisco's city attorney on Monday stepped up his scrutiny of ride-hailing operations, issuing administrative subpoenas to Lyft Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc. for records on driver practices and the services the companies offer to disabled riders.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Seattle, 'Laboratory' for Innovative Labor Laws, Makes Case for Uber Unions

Seattle is urging a federal appeals court to revive the city's effort to serve as a gig economy "laboratory" in which drivers who work for Uber, Lyft and other ride-hailing companies are allowed to unionize. The case will test how far traditional protections for workers extend in the rapidly growing sharing economy.
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Christie Nominates His Chief Counsel, 6 Others to Bench

Gov. Chris Christie nominated seven—including Gregory Acquaviva, his chief counsel since March—to the Superior Court bench. He also nominated a sitting Superior Court judge and a Tax Court judge for tenure.
16 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

News Media Should Be Helpful to DCF

Since 1965, Connecticut has had a statute designed "to require the reporting of suspected child abuse or neglect" to the Connecticut Department of Children and Families by certain individuals who care for or interact with children.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Delchester Developers, L.P. v. Zoning Hearing Bd. of the Twp. of London Grove, PICS Case No. 17-0847 (Pa. Commw. May 9, 2017) Colins, J. (40 pages)

"Net out" provision of stormwater management ordinance was not invalid exercise of municipality's police powers because the provision's clear intent was to protect public health, welfare and safety. Order of the trial court affirmed.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Packinghouses Struggle to Maintain Supplies Amid Greening

Stories of the fatal bacterial disease citrus greening often focus on growers, who have seen their annual harvest decline by more than 70 percent because of greening. Just as severely impacted have been Florida's fresh citrus packinghouses, which buy a large portion of Florida's annual orange, grapefruit and tangerine harvests and sell them to supermarket chains and retailers across the U.S. and ship to export markets, including Japan, Canada and Europe.
11 minute read

Daily Business Review

Puerto Rican Exodus Is Speeding Island's Economic Collapse

The choice is heartbreaking: stay to help other families, or leave to help your own. That's the calculation thousands in Puerto Rico are making. The bankruptcy of the U.S. commonwealth, the culmination of years of decline, has accelerated an exodus that's adding to the island's economic misery.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Young, PICS Case No. 17-0845 (Pa. Super. May 11, 2017) Dubow, J. (10 pages).

Search valid where, during mere encounter, appellant admitted to police that he was in possession of marijuana, thereby granting police probable cause to arrest appellant and to search him incident to arrest. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Simpson v. Sessions, PICS Case No. 17-0852 (E.D. Pa. May 9, 2017) Schmehl, J. (15 pages).

Plaintiff's as applied challenge to 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(4) under the Second Amendment failed because he could not meet the second prong of step one under the 'Marzzarella' framework since he could not produce sufficient evidence to distinguish himself from the historically barred class as he had no record of responsible firearms usage and he had undergone continuing mental health treatment. Motion to dismiss granted.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Liberti, PICS Case No. 17-0776 (C.P. Lycoming May 9, 2017) Butts, J. (11 pages).

The court denied a motion to suppress evidence from a chemical blood test performed after a traffic stop, because defendant was not coerced into signing a consent to the blood draw.
2 minute read

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