By Michael Booth | May 19, 2017
The Missouri Supreme Court has struck down a law — drafted based on city funding information revealed during the investigation into the 2014 Ferguson shooting of Michael Brown — that capped revenues raised from traffic fines at 12.5 percent for a group of municipalities in St. Louis County.
By Stephanie Forshee | May 19, 2017
Margaret Liu, deputy general counsel of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, speaks about her organization's new regulatory plan for nonbanks such as fintechs.
By Erin Mulvaney | May 19, 2017
Current labor laws and safety nets for workers were developed in a different era and more protections are needed for the growing number of independent workers in the gig economy, a prominent economist said Thursday on Capitol Hill.
By David Gialanella | May 17, 2017
The Newark lawyer made famous for his portrayal in the 2007 film "American Gangster" and his former partner were accused in an indictment Wednesday of thieving $140,000 in client funds to pay firm and personal expenses.
By Max Mitchell | May 16, 2017
Philadelphia has sued Wells Fargo, alleging the bank violated the Fair Housing Act by targeting minority borrowers with high-risk and high-interest loans. The lawsuit is the first that a city has lodged against a financial institution since a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling established that municipalities have standing to sue banks over allegedly discriminatory lending practices.
By Sue Reisinger | May 15, 2017
Companies and law firms increasingly are inserting noncompete clauses into employment contracts but more of those contracts are winding up in litigation and more states in the United States are passing laws to restrict their use.
By Cheryl Miller | May 8, 2017
California's Legislature has extended by four weeks its contract with Covington & Burling for guidance on challenging Trump administration policies. A spokesman for Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, D-Paramount, confirmed on Monday that the $25,000-a-month contract, initially signed in January, will now run through the end of May.
By Kristen Rasmussen | May 4, 2017
Some health care practice lawyers weren't ruffled by the passage of the Obamacare repeal bill in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, mainly because they give it little chance of making it through the Senate. But they offered some guidance on what lawyers should be thinking through with clients right now.
By Cheryl Miller | May 3, 2017
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Wednesday used the occasion of his upcoming 100th day in office to renew his promise to defend the state's environmental and immigration policies from any interference posed by the Trump administration.
By Tony Mauro | May 1, 2017
A mixed-bag ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gives ammunition to both sides in litigation between cities and banks over the impact of predatory lending practices on local communities.
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