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Missouri Supreme Court orders attorney general to let abortion ballot initiative go forward

  • July 23, 2023
Missouri’s ballot initiative to legalize abortion will be allowed to move forward after the state Supreme Court ruled the state’s attorney general was improperly stonewalling the effort. The court ruled unanimously Thursday that Attorney General Andrew Bailey (R) was using “misleading” and “incorrect” arguments to justify delaying his approval of the cost estimates ballot measure that would allow residents to vote on whether to legalize abortion, a crucial step in the certification process. The delay stretched far beyond the normal time the state allows for reviewing and approving ballot initiatives, meaning supporters were unable to start collecting signatures to try…
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Britney Spears’ attorney working for free after $4.2 million

  • May 28, 2023
Britney Spears’ attorney is reportedly working for free. Mathew Rosengart has begun offering his services pro bono after receiving more than $4 million from the pop star since she retained him in July 2021, TMZ reported Friday. Sources told the outlet that Spears paid the former federal prosecutor $4,201,856 between November 2021 and March 2023 alone, a figure that represents the work he performed after her conservatorship was terminated. While the Grammy winner has been a free woman for a year and a half, her court case is still ongoing as she continues to battle her estranged father, Jamie Spears,…
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Trump attacks NY prosecutor in defiant Mar-a-Lago speech

  • April 10, 2023
WASHINGTON – Hours after being arraigned in a New York courtroom, former President Donald Trump used a speech to supporters at his Mar-a-Lago estate to lash out at New York prosecutor Alvin Bragg and other prosecutors who are investigating him. “I never thought anything like this could happen in America,” Trump told the crowd gathered in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump is facing 34 felony counts in the New York case, becoming the first-ever former president to face criminal charges. Trump indictment updates::Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony counts in historic New York case Trump’s 27-minute speech amounted to a…
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NY Appellate Court Upholds Damages for Partial Takings

  • April 6, 2023
This post was authored by Ashlee Vega- Slattery, Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center The question in 20 Rewe Street, LTD v State of New York is whether a landowner was adequately compensated by the State for the partial taking of their Brooklyn property. The property, located in a manufacturing/industrial zone and totaling 39,900 square feet, was primarily unimproved; it consists only of a concrete wall and chain-link fence, and was used for storage and parking. In January of 2012, the New York State Department of Transportation seized 27,041 square feet from the northern side of the property, leaving…
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Why law firms are tightening their belts, shrinking attorney ranks: ‘The work has fallen off a cliff’

  • March 2, 2023
Some large law firms, citing economic headwinds and slowing demand, are tightening their belts by shrinking their attorney ranks and eliminating professional staff. The law firms that have cut associate attorneys in recent months include Shearman & Sterling, Goodwin Procter and Stroock & Stroock & Lavan. Davis Wright Tremaine said it would eliminate professional staff, but not attorneys. The decline in demand for legal work last year followed years of growth driven by a boom in mergers and acquisitions work, prompting the hiring of sheets accompanied by six-figure bonuses for even lower-level attorneys. Firm expenses increased in 2022, colliding with…