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Corporate Counsel

Looking for a Lobbyist? Here are 250 New Candidates

Companies looking for a former member of Congress or an ex-congressional staffer to lobby on Capitol Hill have a new list of hundreds of potential candidates to review.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Finkel v. Township Committee of Township of Hopewell

To place a proposed question on a nonbinding local referendum on the ballot, a municipality must comply with the deadlines in both N.J.S.A. 19:37-1 and 19:37-2.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

NYC's New Mayor Taps Zach Carter for Corporation Counsel

New York mayor Bill de Blasio said "it became very clear to me that there was no one more qualified in all of New York City to play this role than Zach Carter."
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Matter of Stewart v. Rockland County Board of Elections

Court Does Not Rule on 41 Absentee Ballots, Finds Certain Other Challenged Ones Invalid
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

2013's Top 10: From Voting Rights Act to Moreland Commission

In their Government and Election Law column, Jerry H. Goldfeder of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan and Myrna Pérez of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law reveal their election law top 10, including cases on campaign donation limits, New York City's election runoff system, and the language of state constitutional amendments on the ballot.
9 minute read

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

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