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13 Jun 2016, 2:57 am by Amy Howe
” At his eponymous blog, Michael Dorf suggests that last week’s decision in Puerto Rico v. [read post]
1 Apr 2016, 9:27 am by Jim Sedor
Michael Maggio, a former state District Court judge, reached a plea deal where he admitted to receiving the bribes to reduce a $5.2 million judgment in a civil negligence case against a nursing home company to $1 million. [read post]
17 Mar 2016, 6:32 am by Jim Sedor
Campaign Finance “Even as Political Spending Explodes, Disclosure Remains Hazy” by Mary Spicuzza (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) and Jeremy White (Sacramento Bee) for CTNewsJunkie.com Arizona: “House Panel OKs Significant Changes to Campaign Finance Laws” by Howard Fischer (Capitol Media Services) for Arizona Daily Star Hawaii: “Honolulu Ethics Director on Leave after Internal Investigation” by Anita Hofschneider for Honolulu Civil Beat Hawaii:… [read post]
11 Feb 2016, 6:35 am by Roy Black
” The witness, under direct questioning from Crown attorney Michael Callaghan testified she’d neither seen nor had any further contact with Ghomeshi after that night in January 2002, when, she testified, he’d yanked her hair hard (not for the first time, which had occurred a few weeks previously during a kissing session in his car), forced her to the floor and delivered three sharp blows to the side of her head. [read post]
19 Jan 2016, 6:41 am by Jim Sedor
Brian Joyce” by Michael Norton and Matt Murphy (State House News Service) for Quincy Patriot-Ledger South Carolina: “Appeals Court Upholds Jury Award in The Sun News Defamation Case” by Chrarles Perry for Myrtle Beach Sun News [read post]
14 Jan 2016, 7:12 am by Amy Howe
” Briefly: At Verdict, Michael Dorf urges the Supreme Court to grant cert. and reverse in an Oklahoma license plate case, even as he warns that an opinion written too broadly could threaten anti-discrimination law. [read post]
22 Dec 2015, 6:09 am by Jim Sedor
Lobbying Arizona: “Embattled Arizona Utility Regulator Decides to Quit” by Howard Fischer (Capitol Media Services) for Arizona Daily Star Missouri: “Andrew Blunt’s Lobbying Work Faces Scrutiny as He Manages Father’s Re-Election Bid” by Deirdre Shesgreen (USA Today) for Springfield News-Leader Pennsylvania: “Lobbyist Reform Bills in Pa. [read post]
10 Dec 2015, 7:29 am by Amy Howe
Other coverage comes from NPR’s Nina Totenberg, Michael Lindeberger for The Dallas Morning News, and Greg Stohr for Bloomberg Politics (with another story focusing on Justice Antonin Scalia’s comments). [read post]
8 Dec 2015, 4:17 pm by Andrew Hamm
Early commentary comes from Derek Muller for Excess of Democracy, Ian Millhiser at Think Progress, Janaye Ingram for New Pittsburgh Courier, Andrew Grossman at The Federalist Society, Stacie Burgess at Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and Michael Lindenberger for The Dallas Morning News Trail Blazers Blog. [read post]
4 Sep 2015, 4:24 am
          The judge declined to set aside the settlement agreement because the evidence provided did not show any undue pressure, and in part actually showed that Ms Adamson actively sought the agreement as a way of resolving her financial problems, through which she hoped for the release of the accrued royalties.(2) Whether there was any valid agreement between Mr McMahon and Mr SharplesThe judge took the view that this agreement was void because Mr… [read post]
1 Jul 2015, 10:48 am
" Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Star reports that "Supreme Court to hear challenge to Arizona legislative maps. [read post]
1 Jul 2015, 6:06 am by Amy Howe
  Howard Fischer of Capitol Media Services reports on the Court’s grant in a challenge to the legislative boundaries drawn by Arizona’s independent redistricting commission; Rick Hasen also discusses the grant at his Election Law Blog. [read post]
30 Jun 2015, 11:23 am
" Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Star reports that "Supreme Court upholds Arizona congressional lines. [read post]
30 Jun 2015, 4:00 am by Amy Howe
  I covered the decision in Plain English, with other coverage coming from Howard Fischer of Capitol Media Services (via YourWestValley.com) and Howard Mintz of the San Jose Mercury News. [read post]
1 Jun 2015, 6:44 pm
"High court declines to weigh in on Arizona no-bail law": Michael Kiefer of The Arizona Republic has this report. [read post]
18 May 2015, 6:49 am by Jim Sedor
Louis Post-Dispatch New York: “NY Assembly Requiring Proof for Albany Travel Expenses” by Michael Virtanen (Associated Press) for Albany Times Union [read post]
24 Apr 2015, 7:37 am by Jim Sedor
The documents, including emails between the utility and regulators, portrayed questionably cozy relations between then-PUC President Michael Peevey and top PG&E executives. [read post]