Law Advice

ABC15.com (KNXV-TV) Politics and the Supreme CourtNew York TimesThe Supreme Court underscored its power to shape American life when it took major cases about the health care reform law, Arizona's anti-immigrant law and the Voting Rights Act in an election year. But this is not simply a case of the court thrusting …Arizona Immigration Law's [...]

ROCHESTER, NY – The Fourth Department New York Supreme Court Appellate Division on Jan. 31 affirmed a trial court decision ordering the New York State Department of Health and its commissioner, Richard F. Daines, to reimburse Niagara County for Medicaid expenditures known as “overburden expenditures” (In the Matter of County of Niagara v. Richard F. [...]

Financial Times Bank of America, Wells and Chase's legal woes mount as New York suesBizjournals.com (blog)New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman fired the latest volley of litigation against Wells Fargo, Bank of America and JP Morgan Chase Friday when he sued over the use of a databased that played a key role in financing the [...]

NEW YORK – Despite “serious reservations” about a perceived proliferation of ex parte applications for expedited discovery in online file-sharing cases, a New York federal judge on Jan. 30 found that good cause exists for a plaintiff to engage in “cabined, expedited discovery” with respect to several John Doe defendants (Digital Sin Inc. v. John [...]

Where Coughlin First Laid Down the LawNew York TimesINDIANAPOLIS — At some point during the telecast of Sunday's Super Bowl, the cameras will almost surely cut to a close-up of Giants Coach Tom Coughlin — his face red and his frustration evident — as he upbraids an unlucky player after a poor tackle …and more » [...]

New York Daily News Washington: Foes of Gay Marriage Vow To Fight LawNew York TimesAs supporters of a law to legalize same-sex marriage celebrated Thursday over the State Senate's passing the measure on Wednesday night, a coalition of religious groups promised to start collecting referendum signatures as soon as the measure was …WA gay marriage [...]

Newsday Indiana Governor Signs a Law Creating a 'Right to Work' StateNew York TimesMitch Daniels of Indiana, who had once said that he did not wish to add a “right to work” provision to the state's labor laws, signed a bill on Wednesday doing just that. The legislation, which bars union contracts from requiring non-union [...]

New York Magazine New York, Chicago Law Schools Among Group Sued by Graduates Over Job DataBloombergJohn Marshall Law School in Chicago and the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University were among a group of law schools sued over claims they misrepresented employment data, leaving graduates with mounting debt and limited job prospects.A [...]

Newsday Indiana Governor Signs 'Right to Work' LawNew York TimesMitch Daniels of Indiana, who had once said that he did not wish to add a “right to work” provision to the state's labor laws, signed a bill on Wednesday doing just that. The legislation, which bars union contracts from requiring non-union members to …Indiana will [...]

New York Daily News Gross! Florida man legally adopts 42-year-old girlfriendNew York Daily NewsJohn Goodman, the founder of the International Polo Club, filed the paperwork to adopt Heather Laruso Hutchins in October, legally entitling her to a third of the assets in a trust fund he set up for his two biological children.Florida businessman, 48, [...]