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By Todd Cunningham | July 11, 2017
U.S. newspaper publishers, who say they are chafing under the market power of Google and Facebook, are calling on Congress to allow them to negotiate collectively with the online giants. They want an antitrust exemption so they can compete more effectively with what they term a de facto "digital duopoly," which now dominates online advertising.
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By Peter Fisch and Mitchell Berg | July 11, 2017
Peter Fisch and Mitchell Berg write: The EB-5 visa program has become a major source of real estate financing nationwide, and in particular for large real estate development projects in New York City such as Hudson Yards in Manhattan, the New York Wheel on Staten Island, and the Pacific Park development in Brooklyn. While the real estate industry has to date been the primary beneficiary of investment dollars generated by the EB-5 program, proposed changes to the program's rules could imperil what has been a reliable source of funding for new development projects.
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By C. Ryan Barber | July 10, 2017
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Monday finalized a sweeping new rule banning arbitration agreements that prevent class actions against banks and other financial institutions, setting the stage for parallel legal and political fights over a regulation that Republican lawmakers will seek to overturn before it sees the light of day.
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By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | July 10, 2017
A report on recent action in Trenton of interest to NJSBA members
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By Jim Saunders | July 7, 2017
In a case that could involve hundreds of millions of dollars, the Florida Supreme Court upheld a state law that directed Sarasota County to reimburse private hospitals for providing care to indigent patients.
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By Victoria Hudgins | July 6, 2017
An amendment that would have required lobbyists to electronically file and report expenses and would have doubled the maximum penalty for prohibited actions by lobbyists was nixed 98-101 on June 30 in the House.
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By Victoria Hudgins | July 6, 2017
State Sen. Sharif Street, D-Philadelphia, issued a memorandum declaring his intention to introduce a measure that would guarantee legal representation in certain civil asset forfeiture cases.
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 6, 2017
The following is a listing of executive and legislative action for June 30 and the week of July 3. Members of the state House of Representatives were scheduled to return to session on July 7. State senators were set to reconvene on July 8.
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By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | July 3, 2017
A round-up of action from Trenton, including a favorable ruling in a case where the NJSBA was an amicus party.
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By Michael Booth | June 30, 2017
The New Jersey Senate in a late voting session Friday gave final legislative approval to a bill that would regulate daily fantasy sports betting, a multi-million-dollar-a-year industry that has, until recently, gone largely unregulated nationwide.
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