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October 15, 2018 | Daily Business Review

IRS Allows Employer Matching Contribution Based on Student Loan Repayments

With U.S. student loan debt totaling $1.5 trillion, employers are seeking ways to ease the burden of repayment for their employees and prospective employees. These have included signing bonuses and direct repayment of outstanding loans.

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October 4, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Court of Appeals to Eye Whether NYC Can Impose Conditions on Pre-K Funding for Charters

The interpretation of certain laws by the judiciary can often come down to a few words, or even a sentence. In this case, it's just one word: all.

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October 4, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

When Does Music Cross the Line From Art to Criminal Conduct?

In one of the most interesting cases the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has decided this term, Justice Thomas Saylor writing for the majority in Commonwealth v Knox, held that lyrics of a rap song may lead to criminal charges.

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Coal. for Competitive Electricity v. Zibelman

Publication Date: 2018-10-03
Practice Area: Administrative Law | Constitutional Law
Industry: Energy | State and Local Government
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Dennis Jacobs
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs‐Appellants: Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, Washington, DC; Henry Weissmann, Fred A. Rowley, Jr., Mark R. Yohalem, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, California; Jonathan D. Schiller, David A. Barrett, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, New York, New York; Stuart H. Singer, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
for defendant: For Amici Curiae Energy Economists, in support of Plaintiffs‐Appellants: Aaron M. Panner, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC. For amici curiae American Petroleum Institute, Natural Gas Supply Association in support of Plaintiffs‐Appellants: Ben Norris, American Petroleum Institute, Washington, DC; Dena Wiggins, Natural Gas Supply Association, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae Independent Market Monitor for PJM, in support of Plaintiffs‐Appellants: Jeffrey W. Mayes, General Counsel, Monitoring Analytics, LLC, Eagleville, Pennsylvania For Defendants‐Appellees: Peter J. Hopkins, Jeffrey A. Schwarz, Amber L. Martin, on the brief, Scott H. Strauss, Spiegel & McDiarmid LLP, Washington, DC; Paul Agresta, General Counsel, John Sipos, Deputy General Counsel, John C. Graham, Public Service Commission of the State of New York, Albany, New York. For Intervenors‐Defendants‐Appellees: David W. DeBruin, Zachary C. Schauf, William K. Dreher, on the brief, Matthew E. Price, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae Electricity Regulation Scholars in support of Defendants‐Appellees: Ari Peskoe, Harvard Law School Environmental Policy Initiative, Cambridge, Massachusetts For Amicus Curiae Institute for Policy Integrity, in support of Defendants‐Appellees: Bethany A. Davis Noll, Avi Zevin, on the brief, Richard L. Revesz, Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law, New York, New York For Amici Curiae Natural Resources Defense Council, Environmental Defense Fund, in support of Defendants‐Appellees: Miles Farmer, on the brief, Thomas Zimpleman, Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, DC; Michael Panfil, Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, DC For Amicus Curiae Nuclear Energy Institute, in support of Defendants‐Appellants: Ellen C. Ginsberg, on the brief, Jonathan M. Rund, Nuclear Energy Institute, Washington, DC For amici curiae States of California, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington, in support of Defendants‐Appellees: Seth A. Hollander, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, Clare E. Kindall, Assistant Attorney General, for George Jepsen, Attorney General of Connecticut, New Britain, Connecticut; M. Elaine Meckenstock, Deputy Attorney General: Kathleen A. Kenealy, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Robert W. Byrne, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Sally Magnani, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Gavin G. McCabe, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Melinda Piling, Deputy Attorney General, Myung J. Park, Deputy Attorney General, Dennis L. Beck, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, on the brief, for Xavier Becerra, Attorney General of California, Oakland, California For Amici Curiae Independent Economists, in support of Defendants‐Appellees: Samuel T. Walsh, Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP, Washington, DC For Amicus Curiae American Wind Energy Association, in support of neither party: Gene Grace, on the brief, Julia Dreyer, American Wind Energy Ass
Case Number: 17-2654-cv

N.Y.'s ZEC Program for Nuclear Power Plants Not 'Field','Conflict' Preempted by FERC

September 28, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Scott Advances His Right to Make Supreme Court Appointments

The lawsuit, filed by the League of Women Voters of Florida and Common Cause, has asked the Supreme Court to block Gov. Rick Scott's action, through a procedure known as a “writ of quo warranto."

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September 24, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

In Support of Turner's Restricted License Bill

We urge the Legislature to act favorably on the proposed legislation. We can see no harm from such enactment and, in the words of Sen. Turner, "the opportunity for the poor to be put on the road to economic and social justice."

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September 21, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

SeniorLAW Center and AARP Leverage Pro Bono to Change Systems and Lives

Philadelphia's own SeniorLAW Center and AARP are developing an innovative partnership that will use the power of the city's legal community to improve the lives of senior veterans, elder abuse victims, and grandparents raising grandchildren, far too many of whom face poverty or other challenges.

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September 19, 2018 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Del. Discovery Updates 2018: Little Tolerance for Failure to Adhere to Deadlines

Both the Delaware Court of Chancery and the Delaware Superior Court emphasize that discovery must proceed in a timely manner in accordance with the scheduling order entered by the court. Litigants who delay in bringing their discovery disputes before the court may find themselves without a remedy.

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McKissic v. The State

Publication Date: 2018-09-19
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Bethel
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Walker, (Appellate Division-GPDC), Macon, for appellant.
for defendant: Julia Slater, Frederick Lewis, Raymond Tillery, (Office of the District Attorney - Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit), Columbus, for appellee.
Case Number: A18A1393

Court Affirms Conviction of Child Sex Abuser

Delay et al. v. Sutton, Commissioner

Publication Date: 2018-09-18
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Election and Political Law
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Presiding Justice Melton
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Rene Fox, James Darren Summerville, Kurt Gregory Kastorf, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Dwight L. Thomas, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S18A0765

Bill authorizing private entities to appoint public officials violates the state constitution.