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7 Mar 2023, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
  Further chapters deal with the difficulty of suing municipalities, the biases of judges, the habits of juries, the trouble of obtaining court-ordered reforms, indemnification of police officers by their employers, how cities budget for settlements, and the lack of mechanisms for police departments to learn and improve from civil rights suits. [read post]
7 Mar 2023, 4:46 am by Seán Binder
  A Ukrainian retreat from the eastern city of Bakhmut would not be a “setback,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said yesterday. [read post]
7 Mar 2023, 3:45 am by jonathanturley
” In 2018, the SPLC paid $3.375 million after branding Muslim reformer Maajid Nawaz an “Anti-Muslim Extremist. [read post]
7 Mar 2023, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Campaign Finance California: “Donors Step Up for Mark Ridley-Thomas’ Defense Against Bribery and Corruption Charges” by Matt Hamilton and Katie Licari (Los Angeles Times) for Yahoo News Virginia: “Virginia General Assembly Adjourns for 2023 After Passing Modest Campaign Finance Reform” by Jimmy Cloutier for OpenSecrets Ethics National: “Group Seeks Disbarment of a Trump-Aligned Lawyer for a Key Jan. 6 Witness” by… [read post]
6 Mar 2023, 6:36 am by Drew Cochran
 Jim Seward, an Afghanistan veteran who led the development of criminal and juvenile justice reforms as general counsel for South Dakota Gov. [read post]
6 Mar 2023, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
  There are others, too, whose names and killings have become part of our collective consciousness amid the national contestation over police reform. [read post]
5 Mar 2023, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
  For example, suits against the city that employs and supervises the police are limited by the “official policy or custom” requirement under which plaintiffs must show the city’s “deliberate indifference” to citizens’ rights. [read post]
3 Mar 2023, 10:24 am by Arthur F. Coon
  The opinion comes in a case that has been much publicized in popular news media as involving both development of an iconic historic site, currently plagued with crime and homelessness, and treatment of housed college students as presumptive purveyors of “party noise” environmental impacts; it has also (justifiably) resulted in renewed calls for CEQA reform, including from Governor Newsom. [read post]
3 Mar 2023, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
The suit alleges lawmakers never had the authority to amend the Political Reform Act of 1974 in such a significant way. [read post]
2 Mar 2023, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
A decade later, Chief Justice Burger complained of the “torrent” of suits against cities (p.200). [read post]
2 Mar 2023, 4:20 am by Seán Binder
  The situation in the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut remains “critical” today as Ukrainian forces struggle to repel the constant attack from Russian troops. [read post]
1 Mar 2023, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
She observes that sometimes, the money paid for judgments comes from services that would have otherwise gone to some of the most vulnerable residents in the city. [read post]
1 Mar 2023, 6:07 am by Dan Bressler
” “Prigozhin’s Russian lawyers sent Discreet Law a copy of his passport and a gas bill in his mother’s name, which had an address in the Russian city of St Petersburg, the FT reported. [read post]
Both took place following weeks of rallies, with buses to the capital city seemingly paid for by supporters of the losing presidential candidate. [read post]
28 Feb 2023, 5:00 am by jonathanturley
If SAG includes abortion rights, what about trans gender rights, election reforms, criminal justice reform, climate change, or anti-racism as causes? [read post]
27 Feb 2023, 11:37 am by David Kopel
City of Naperville, Illinois, denying a preliminary injunction against state and local "assault weapon" bans. [read post]
27 Feb 2023, 9:47 am by INFORRM
Zimbabwe Digital rights campaigners have raised concerns about plans to build a new ‘Cyber City’, nicknamed New Harare. [read post]
24 Feb 2023, 5:58 am by Lauren Van Metre
In the weeks after the invasion, CPIA board member Tarelin and Galyna Ovcharova, with the organization Youth for Democracy in Kharkiv, fled Russia’s occupation of the city’s neighboring regions, as the Russian army moved closer to the city center. [read post]
24 Feb 2023, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
But other public officials like mayors and city council members were not included, leaving lobbyists free to continue giving them tickets, meals, and other items. [read post]
24 Feb 2023, 12:56 am by Tessa Shepperson
Those selling up are doing so because of the imminent Renters Reform Bill, interest rates and energy costs. [read post]