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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 23, 2017
The plaintiff taxi cab operators sufficiently alleged claims under the U.S. Constitution's equal protection and takings clauses where they claimed the Philadelphia Parking Authority engaged in disparate treatment by heavily regulating traditional taxis while failing to regulate transport network companies such as Uber and Lyft and asserted that taxi operators had a property right in their medallions. The court denied in part defendants' motion to dismiss.
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 23, 2017
In connection with criminal charges for possession of firearms, defendant waived his argument regarding his constitutional right to bear arms by failing to raise it in his pretrial motion. The court denied defendant's motion to dismiss the remaining firearms charges because the trial on the firearms matters was properly severed from the trial on the drug charges.
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By C. Ryan Barber | June 22, 2017
Since the dawn of the digital age, tech companies have grappled with the protection of privacy rights amid demands from foreign and domestic authorities seeking evidence for investigations. Those competing pressures have meant a tricky balancing act—but Google's top lawyer has some ideas for making it easier.
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By Chris Powell | June 22, 2017
Deference to the families of the schoolchildren and educators murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown in 2012 has gone much too far.
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By Andrew Denney | June 22, 2017
The Second Department agreed that Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has a compelling interest to prevent practicing medicine without a license or other fraudulent or illegal acts, but said that the subpoenas needed to be more narrowly tailored to avoid infringing on the right of freedom of association of a group that runs anti-abortion medical centers.
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By JOHN COUNCIL | June 22, 2017
Judge Jerry Smith wrote that the plaintiffs lacked standing because they could not prove they'd been injured by the law.
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By Marcia Coyle | June 22, 2017
The possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court will rehear a set of cases—including several immigration disputes—looms over the justices as the term moves into its final weeks.
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By Michael Booth | June 21, 2017
In a rare self-reversal, the New Jersey Supreme Court has overturned its five-year-old ruling that permitted appeals courts judges to use their own judgment in reviewing decisions made by trial judges regarding the admissibility of evidence in criminal trials.
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By therecorder | The Recorder | June 21, 2017
9th Cir.; 15-55479 The court of appeals reversed a judgment. The court held that the 30-day impoundment of a vehicle constitutes a “seizure”…
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By Samantha Joseph | June 21, 2017
Sixteen homeless plaintiffs filed suit in federal court against Fort Lauderdale, claiming the city violated their constitutional rights by trashing their possessions.
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