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The Ninth Circuit has rejected a challenge to California’s groundbreaking new law requiring social media platforms to bolster privacy protections for minors, saying it doesn’t violate free speech. The Appeals Court is poised to rule on whether former Chicago alderman Ed Burke can avoid prison time for bribery convictions in the federal corruption trial of his lawyer, real estate developer and his wife.
Federal court judges are taking a hard look at how they assign legal significance to federal appellate rulings. In the latest case to come to the bench, Judge Stephen Morris of the US District Court for the District of New Jersey has ruled that federal appellate courts should consider whether lower court decisions “are based on substantial evidence” and are “supportable in law or fact.”
A new book examines the ways that legal education is being transformed by technological innovation and changing trends in the practice of law. The book, entitled Legal Education in the Age of Intangibles, is edited by Hofstra Law Professor Robert H. McKay and published by Oxford University Press.
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The committee on open government may promulgate guidelines regarding deletion of identifying details or withholding of records otherwise available under this article in order to prevent unwarranted invasions of personal privacy. The committee shall review these guidelines annually and make recommendations to the legislature.
This bill would require the Department of Citywide Administrative Services, in consultation with the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, to prepare a notice for city agencies to provide to employees and job applicants regarding student loan forgiveness programs. DCWP would then make this notice available to city agencies and employers for distribution to their employees and job applicants.
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