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NY Appellate Court Dismisses SEQRA and Consistency with LWRP and Zoning Ordinance Claims Finding the Matter Moot

  • July 20, 2023
Posted by: Patricia Salkin | June 30, 2023 NY Appellate Court Dismisses SEQRA and Consistency with LWRP and Zoning Ordinance Claims Finding the Matter Moot Petitioners brought an Article 78 proceeding to annul the determination of the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation issuing a negative declaration pursuant to SEQRA with respect to a construction project and to annual the determination of the City of Buffalo that the project was consistent with the City’s Local Waterfront Revitalization Program and the City’s zoning ordinance. However, the petitioner did not move for preliminary injunctive relief to enjoin the construction from continuing pending the…
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House Republicans, Manhattan district attorney’s office reach deal over Trump inquiry

  • May 2, 2023
House Republicans and the Manhattan district attorney’s office reached an agreement on Friday to end a legal dispute over a House judicial committee inquiry into former US president Donald Trump’s historic indictment. Under the agreement, committee members will be able to question former prosecutor Mark Pomerantz under oath next month in Washington, resolving a lawsuit in which District Attorney Alvin Bragg had sought to block Pomerantz from testing. Among the committee’s concessions, Pomerantz will be accompanied by a lawyer from Bragg’s office, which is not typically allowed in congressional deposits. Bragg’s office and the judicial committee reached the agreement after…
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Hunter Biden attorneys to meet with DOJ officials

  • April 26, 2023
Attorneys for Hunter Biden are set to meet with a career Justice Department official and the US attorney for Delaware next week at the request of the president’s son’s legal team, according to two individuals familiar with the situation. David Weiss, the US attorney for Delaware, and an appointee of former President Donald Trump, has been overseeing an investigation into the president’s son since at least 2019. The probe has examined possible crimes related to his taxes and made a false statement when purchasing a gun, sources familiar with the investigation previously told CBS News. Biden has not been charged…
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Fed. Dist. Court in CT Rules Meriden, CT’s Zoning Regulations Discriminatory

  • March 23, 2023
This post was originally published on the RLUIPA Defense blog by Evan Seeman, Esq. of Robinson & Cole, and is reposted with permission. A district court has ruled that the City of Meriden, Connecticut (the City) discriminated against Omar Islamic Center Inc. following the City’s denial of the Islamic Center’s application to move its mosque to another location. The Islamic Center (the Center) outgrew its prior location – a 1,200 square foot space above a pizza restaurant in a neighboring city – and was unable to accommodate the members of the assembly, the number of students interested in its Quran…
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Hagens Berman, National Trial Attorneys,

  • February 24, 2023
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hagens Berman urges Atlassian Corporation (NASDAQ: TEAM) investors who suffered $500k or more in losses to submit your losses now. Class Period: Aug. 5, 2022 – Nov. 3, 2022Lead Plaintiff Deadline: Apr. 4, 2023Visits: www.hbsslaw.com/investor-fraud/TEAM Contact An Attorney Now: [email protected] 844-916-0895 Atlassian Corporation (NASDAQ: TEAM) Securities Fraud Class Action: The litigation focuses on Defendants’ past assurances that Atlassian was vigilantly watching all stages of the funnels in which it operates, that “[t]he good news […] is that we have yet to see any specific trend geographically or even in industry segments or…