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Judges Dismiss Suit Alleging Tennessee's Political Maps Discriminate Against Communities of Color

The complaint was the first court challenge over a 2022 congressional redistricting map that carved up Democratic-leaning Nashville to help Republicans flip a seat in last year's elections, a move that critics claimed was done to dilute the power of Black voters and other communities of color in one of the state's few Democratic strongholds.
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New York Law Journal

Attorney for Eric Adams Accuser Threatens Alex Spiro With Defamation Action

Megan Goddard lobbed the warning after Alex Spiro said he didn't settle "fictitious" cases.
3 minute read

The Recorder

California Supreme Court Affirms $2.5M Discovery Sanction Against Los Angeles

In a unanimous ruling, the court held that judges have a broad, although not limitless, authority under statute to impose reasonable sanctions for discovery misconduct.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. High Court Sides With Property Owners, Rejecting Railroad's Eminent Domain Authority Benefiting One Private Company

"Any taking by a railroad does not warrant an automatic and conclusive finding of benefit to the public. Instead, courts must analyze any purported public benefit of the taking while considering the technological, social, and economic landscape 'of the period in which the particular problem presents itself for consideration,'" Justice Kevin Dougherty said.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Lawsuit Says NYS Assembly Refuses To Certify Ex-Legislative Director's $100K Harassment Judgment

A lawyer for the New York State Assembly said it is "inconceivable" sexual harrasment falls within the scope of an Assembly member's duties."
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Judge Threatened: Perpetrator Gets 20 Years in Prison

In one letter to a judge, he said he would "take great pleasure in knowing you will suffer and die."
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Law.com

Nashville Firm Accused of Illegally Retaining Client's Funds, Acting as Counsel After Termination

As a result of the delay, obfuscation, and refusal by defendants to accommodate the transfer of files and information for the member accounts, TENCU has expended countless employee hours and costs in communicating with its members to advise them that the defendants no longer represent TENCU," according to the complaint filed by the plaintiff's new firm with Adams and Reese.
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Daily Report Online

Lawyers for Ala. Inmate Seek to Block His Fall Execution by Nitrogen Gas

A federal judge is being asked to block the state from using the same nitrogen protocol that the state used in January to execute Kenneth Smith. The court filing cited witness descriptions of the execution and the findings of an autopsy conducted on Smith.
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New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Case Involving Noise Complaints From Forest Hills Stadium Dismissed

This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decisions editors. 
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National Law Journal

Federal, State Antitrust Collaboration Reaches 'Historic Level,' Colorado's Attorney General Says

"Our economy is so concentrated, competition has lessened, consumers are frustrated," said Phil Weiser. "The AGs are responding."
4 minute read

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