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New York Law Journal

The Legislature Has Enacted Landmark Criminal Justice Reforms. Now It Should Take Steps to Improve the System

The legislature has made dramatic reforms to our criminal justice system over the past several years—limiting monetary bail, increasing the discovery…
8 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

$39 Million Connecticut Verdict Could Be Road Map for Other States

Patrick Coughlin of Scott + Scott said this "groundbreaking" decision is going to help self-insured states struggling to keep insurance costs down.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Philadelphia District Attorney Alleges Elon Musk's Voter Sweepstakes Is an Illegal Lottery

The sweepstakes has already drawn scrutiny over its legality, with some law experts suggesting that limiting participation to registered voters may be akin to illegally bribing people to vote. But Krasner's lawsuit takes a different angle.
3 minute read

Law.com

Family or Tenure: State Appellate Court Sides With Teacher in Maternity Leave Dispute

"Our law has evolved so that teachers do not have to choose between becoming parents or securing tenure," said Massachusetts Appeals Court Justice Christopher P. Hodgens.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Appeals Court in Crucial Georgia Won't Expedite Case on Election Certification

The decision means that a Fulton County judge's order will almost certainly remain in effect through the deadline for county officials to certify results, which this year falls on Nov. 12.
2 minute read

The Recorder

Hershey's 'Bubble Yum' Hit With Consumer Class Action for Allegedly Containing 'Forever Chemicals'

The complaint, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Oct. 24, accused Hershey of omitting and failing to disclose that its Bubble Yum Original Flavor Bubble Gum Product has organic fluorine and misleading markets as "high quality," "sustainable" and "transparent about [their] ingredients."
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Clients, Not Counsel, Have Most To Gain from Georgia Tax Court, Lawyer Predicts

The proposed court would ease filing of appeals of state tax decisions but won't immediately increase demand for tax lawyers' services, one attorney says.
6 minute read

Law.com

Radiology Service Provider May Be Held Liable for 'Unavailable' On-Call Physician, State Appellate Court Rules

"We have no difficulty concluding that a hospital with an emergency department owes a duty of reasonable care to patients admitted on an emergency basis," Massachusetts Court of Appeals Judge Gregory I. Massing said.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Year-End Tax Planning: How Real Estate Investors Can Leverage Qualified Opportunity Funds

The QOF program incentivizes private investment in economically distressed communities across the United States, providing investors with the opportunity to defer and reduce capital gains taxes by directing their funds into designated opportunity zones.
5 minute read

Law.com

State, Federal Courts in North Carolina Announce Reopening Dates Following Hurricane Helene

After issuing an emergency order Sept. 30 to close 13 county courts in North Carolina, Chief Justice Paul Newby extended the order, which is also set to expire Monday. Still, some locations have ongoing clean up efforts.
3 minute read

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