• June 18, 2019 | Delaware Business Court Insider

    Del. Supreme Court Refuses to Lift Stay in Unclaimed Property Lawsuit

    A three-judge panel of the high court left in place a Chancery Court decision that stayed a Department of Finance lawsuit seeking to enforce an administrative subpoena that would allow the state to investigate the firm's compliance with the state's escheat laws.

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  • June 18, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

    NJ High School Wrestler's Dreadlock Shaving Prompts Bill to Ban Discrimination Based on Hair

    The legislation, inspired by the nationally reported case of a high school wrestler forced into an on-the-spot decision to either shave his dreadlocks or forfeit a match, would prohibit hair discrimination in the workplace, housing and schools.

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  • June 14, 2019 | Daily Business Review

    State Crackdown on Invasive Anacondas Spurs Legal Fight

    An administrative law judge is scheduled to hold a hearing in the case, which targets a rule that added a series of animals, ranging from anacondas to meerkats and flying foxes, to a list of “prohibited non-native species.”

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  • June 11, 2019 | Daily Business Review

    State Medical Board Seeks Increased Fine in Abortion Case

    The Florida Board of Medicine is recommending that physician Harvey Craig Roth pay a $10,000 fine and take additional courses because of performing a surgical abortion on a 35-year-old woman instead of a medication-induced abortion.

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  • The Port Auth. of New York & New Jersey v. The Port Auth. of New York & New Jersey Police Benevolent Ass'n, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-10
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution | Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Judge Whipple
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason F. Orlando (Murphy Orlando, LLC, and Law Office of D. John McAusland, attorneys; W. Michael Murphy, Jr., Jason F. Orland, John W. Bartlett and D. John McAusland, on the briefs)
    for defendant: Sharon K. McGahee (Michael Farbiarz, General Counsel, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Law Department, attorney; Sharon K. McGahee, on the brief)

    Case Number: A-3104-17T2

    Bi-State Entity Could Be Subject to One Compact State's Laws If Substantially Similar to Laws of Other Compact State

  • June 3, 2019 | Daily Business Review

    100 Years Later and the Fight for Gender Equality Carries On

    Although Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton penned the Nineteenth Amendment in 1878, it took until 1919—more than 40 years—to see their dream become a reality.

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  • June 2, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Voters Should Decide NJ Pension Reform

    We believe that fiscal issues of this size and significance should be decided by the people's representatives, or the people themselves.

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  • Charles v. Orange County

    Publication Date: 2019-05-31
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Gerard Lynch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants Michelet Charles and Carol Small: Thomas C. Rice, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, on the brief, Daniel J. Stujenske, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY, Laura F. Redman, Antony P. F. Gemmell, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Orange County, State of New York, Orange County Sheriff's Department, Orange County Department of Mental Health and Carmen Elizondo, Former Clinic Director, Orange County Correctional Facility, in her individual capacity: Anthony Cardoso, Orange County Attorney's Office, Goshen, NY. For Amici Curiae American Psychiatric Association, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, American Psychological Association, American Medical Association, National Association of Social Workers, American Public Health Association, and Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants: Ira A. Burnim, Judge David C. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Washington, DC, on the brief, Aaron M. Panner, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae The Bronx Defenders, Brooklyn Defender Services, Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement, Detention Watch Network, The Florida Justice Institute, Inc., Human Rights First, Immigrant Defense Project, The Immigrant Rights Clinic of Washington Square Legal Services, Inc., at NYU Law School, the Kathryn O. Greenberg Immigration Justice Clinic at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, The Legal Aid Society of New York, The Prison Law Office, Prisoners' Legal Services of New York, and the Urban Justice Center Mental Health Project, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants: Jamie A. Levitt, Morrison & Foerster LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae New York State Sheriffs' Association, in support of Defendants-Appellees: Alexander M. Wilson, New York State Sheriffs' Association, Albany, NY.

    Case Number: 17-3506-pr

    Civil Detainees Alleged Discharge Planning an Essential Part of Their In-Custody Care

  • Tanner v. Humphries

    Publication Date: 2019-05-30
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, U.S. - NDNY
    Judge: District Judge Glenn Suddaby
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff: Zachary C. Oren, Esq., of Counsel, Law Office of Zachary C. Oren, Utica, New York.
    for defendant: Co-Counsel for Plaintiff: David A. Longeretta, Esq., of Counsel, Law Office of David A. Longeretta, Utica, New York.; Counsel for Defendants: Thomas K. Murphy, Esq., of Counsel, Murphy Burns LLP, Loudonville, New York.

    Case Number: 6:16-CV-1131

    Officer Entitled to Indemnity by Village; Claim Subject to One-Year-and-90-Days Limitation

  • May 29, 2019 | Daily Business Review

    By the Numbers: Florida Lobbyists Bring In the Cash

    Lobbying firms are required to file quarterly reports that offer a picture of how much they get paid.

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