By Alex Anteau | February 22, 2024
"It's the perfect example of a case where you shouldn't take the police report at face value," said Darl Champion of the Champion Firm, who litigated the case with co-counsel Adrienne McKay.
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By Cheryl Miller | February 22, 2024
Lawyers for an elderly property owner in Los Angeles said she didn't know her tenant was selling unlicensed marijuana and that charges against her should be dropped. The Los Angeles City Attorney's office said such a ruling would undermine local authority to regulate cannabis operations.
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By Michael A. Mora | February 22, 2024
"That was never a valid map, and it was always unconstitutional, and he has no right to move back into his home while he is a district three commissioner," said Jeff Gutchess of AXS Law Group.
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By Joel R. Brandes | February 22, 2024
New York courts have reluctantly passed upon the enforcement of religious marriage contracts. The restrictions of the First Amendment constrain state courts from limiting the free exercise of religion or the use of civil law to support or further its establishment. The reported decisions dealing with the enforcement of religious marriage contracts involve Jewish and Islamic marriage contracts that are discussed in this article.
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By ALM Staff | February 21, 2024
This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
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By Charles Toutant | February 21, 2024
"Neither the memo nor the court's direction to Judge Grant address the merits of any potential legal issues," a judiciary spokesperson said.
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By Alex Anteau | February 21, 2024
"Litigation strategy can be much debated among lawyers," Leonard's attorneys, former Supreme Court Justice Keith Blackwell, Steven Collins and Meredith Kingsley of Alston & Bird, wrote in their appellee brief. "That leaves even seasoned litigators open to second-guessing, especially when their decisions are viewed in hindsight after an adverse ruling."
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By Edward M. Spiro and Christopher B. Harwood | February 21, 2024
Conflicts arise between law firms and their clients that require lawyers within the firms to seek legal advice. In such situations, firm lawyers may seek advice from another lawyer within their firm about how to handle the issue. In subsequent litigation with the client, however, such communications may not be protected from discovery, particularly where the firm lawyer whose advice is sought has been involved in the representation of the client.
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By Lara Flath, Jacob Fargo and Gaby Colvin | February 21, 2024
This article examines 'Reveam v. Taylor Freres Capital Markets', a recent decision from the New York Supreme Court applying New York's long-arm statute to assess specific personal jurisdiction over a non-resident defendant.
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By Corinne Ball | February 21, 2024
This article addresses how a Creditor's Committee may sue members of an LLC, despite Delaware law limitations, and how prebankruptcy exercise of proxy rights in reliance on Delaware law are upheld in a subsequent bankruptcy case.
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