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Daily Business Review

Florida Supreme Court to Rule on Legality of Red-Light Camera Programs

Some Floridians have been seeing red after receiving traffic tickets based on footage reviewed by private companies.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Fintech Lawyers on State Regulators' Possible Alternative to OCC Charter Plan

State banking regulators have proposed a plan that might rival the OCC's recent offering of a special purpose bank charter to fintechs.
12 minute read

The Recorder

In Suit Against Uber, Calif. Judge Wants to Hear From Labor Commissioner

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Maren Nelson is considering a $7.75 million settlement to resolve claims against Uber under the Private Attorneys General Act.
9 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Justices Mull Need for Witnesses at Pretrial Detention Hearings

Defense lawyers and prosecutors argued before the New Jersey Supreme Court over whether law enforcement should make witnesses available for cross-examination in pretrial detention hearings for criminal suspects.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Sues Wells Fargo Over Alleged Discriminatory Lending

Philadelphia has sued Wells Fargo, alleging the bank violated the Fair Housing Act by targeting minority borrowers with high-risk and high-interest loans. The lawsuit is the first that a city has lodged against a financial institution since a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling established that municipalities have standing to sue banks over allegedly discriminatory lending practices.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Justices Mull Sheriffs' 'Conspiracy' to Ban Private Process Servers

Lawyers on both sides of a debate over the authority of the state's sheriffs to bar private process servers from working in their counties were pressed by an active Georgia Supreme Court bench.
10 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Use of Noncompete Clauses Grows Even as More States Move to Limit Them

Companies and law firms increasingly are inserting noncompete clauses into employment contracts but more of those contracts are winding up in litigation and more states in the United States are passing laws to restrict their use.
17 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Legislator Relights Fire for Recreational Marijuana

State Sen. Nicholas Scutari, a ranking Democrat who took up the mantle of marijuana legalization several years ago, introduced legislation on Monday that would allow recreational use of small amounts of the drug for adults 21 and over.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Suffolk DA Declines to Seek Election to Fifth Term

Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota, whose office is reportedly under federal investigation for possible corruption, has announced he will not seek re-election in November.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

State Govt. Says Staffers' 'Intentional Wrongdoing' Is Off-Ramp From Bridgegate Civil Suit

The New Jersey state government is seeking to be cleared of civil liability stemming from the actions making up the Bridgegate scandal on the grounds that it can't be ordered to pay for an employee's intentional wrongdoing.
8 minute read

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