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Hartsfield Baggage Handler Who Smuggled Machine Gun Gets 10 Years

A former baggage handler at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempting to smuggle a Mac-11 machine gun onto a commercial flight, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia announced today.
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New York Law Journal

Court of Appeals Declines to Review Commuter Tax

The state's highest court will not hear a challenge to a lower court's unanimous ruling that found the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's payroll tax on employers in its 12-county region is legal.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

National Firm Launches Lobbying Operation

Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker is looking to duplicate the lobbying success it's had at New York's capital at Connecticut's seat of government, firm leaders said. In early January, the national law firm announced the opening of a new office in Hartford that will focus in part on governmental relations.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Railroad Crossing Fatality Results In $1.25 Settlement

A railroad will pay $1.25 million to the family of an 18-year-old man who was killed four years ago when his truck was struck by a freight train at a crossing in Plainfield.
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New York Law Journal

Ross v. Transport Workers Union of Greater New York

Dismissal of 'MTA Bus' Driver's 'Hybrid' §301, Fair Representation Duty Suit Is Explained
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National Law Journal

Discovery Opening in Coordinated Asiana Crash Litigation

Discovery is set to begin in nearly 50 lawsuits over last summer's Asiana Airlines Inc. crash after a judicial panel coordinated them for pretrial purposes before a federal judge in San Francisco.
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New York Law Journal

Olympus Dairy USA v. Pavil Associates

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Supreme Court Brief

Case Tests Scope of Airlines' Immunity for Reporting Threats

A regional airline and the Obama administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to grant broad immunity from lawsuits to airlines and their employees who report potential threats or suspicious activity to the Transportation Security Administration.
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Law.com

The Legal Department as Economic Development Engine

Legal departments can earn more money than they spend by garnering tax savings or government grants. "It's simple, and anyone can do it," says Exel GC Mark Smolik.
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New York Law Journal

City Agrees to Boost Number of Wheelchair-Accessible Taxis

Getting around New York City in a wheelchair has long been an exercise in frustration, but it could become easier after officials announced a legal settlement Friday mandating that at least half the city's taxi fleet be wheelchair-accessible by 2020.
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