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Corporate Counsel

Low Ethics and Honesty Marks for Lobbyists in New Poll

Americans hold car salespeople and members of Congress in higher esteem than lobbyists, who are perceived to have the lowest ethical values among workers in more than 20 professions, according to a Gallup poll.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Trial Over, Lehmberg Stays D.A.

Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg will stay in her post. Visiting Judge David Peeples on Dec. 11 denied the state's petition to remove her from office. While Peeples didn't provide the reason for his ruling, he did reproach Lehmberg for her extent of intoxication and her behavior the night of April 12, when she was arrested for driving while intoxicated.
9 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

City Councils Under Legal Pressure Not To Muzzle Public Speakers

Municipal lawyers take notice: The public does not want to let elected local leaders avoid verbal criticism at public meetings. That message was brought to the steps of city hall in Waterbury earlier this month, after the city's Board of Aldermen tried to alter its meetings policy to tamp down on the number of negative remarks it's been forced to endure.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Nominee Known For Handling 'Difficult Situations'

The probable next justice on the Connecticut Supreme Court is known among appellate lawyers for being a tough jurist who is not afraid to mix it up in the most intricate of legal arguments.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Village Residents Seek Removal of Mayor

An unusual case in which residents of a tiny village in Sullivan County are seeking to remove their mayor over alleged improprieties in planning for a high-density housing development is headed to the Third Department.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Federal Budget Deal Earns Praise from Business Groups

Key business associations in Washington, D.C., praised Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), calling on Congress to pass the budget the chairs of the Senate and House Budget committees hashed out.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Solution to Rampant Gerrymandering Resides With States

Voters in state legislative races can and should call for a constitutional amendment mandating that congressional districts be compact, contiguous and of reasonably equal population.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Brown v. NYC Board of Elections

Denial of District Attorney Candidacy Petition Passes Muster Under U.S., State Constitutions
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Only the Senate can Punish Balfour, his Lawyers Say

If a state senator socks another in the jaw during an intense debate on the chamber floor, there's nothing prosecutors can do about it. That's the argument of lawyers for indicted Sen. Don Balfour.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Then There Were Three: Committee Looking at Trio of Texans for Fifth Circuit Spots

President Barack Obama has a chance to appoint three Texans to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and it appears he's playing it safe politically by considering promoting three sitting U.S. district court judges, one of whom is a Republican, according to seven sources close to the appointment process.
7 minute read

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