AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday urged his supporters to protest at the state Capitol when Republicans in the House of Representatives take up historic impeachment proceedings that threatened to oust him The House has set a Saturday vote to consider impeaching Paxton and suspending him from office over allegations of […]
Continue ReadingThis post written by Andrew LW Peters originally appeared on the Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog and is reposted with permission First federal circuit court opinion to apply to Reagan National Advertising of Austin, Inc. v. The City of Austin is pouring in, and the local government can perhaps breathe a sigh of relief: normalcy […]
Continue ReadingThe top government attorney of a South Miami-Dade suburb threatened this week to sue a political activist for accusing him on Twitter of lying — using official Palmetto Bay letterhead and a police officer to deliver the message. On Monday night, Palmetto Bay resident Mark Merwitzer, 23, arrived at Village Hall prepared to comment on […]
Continue ReadingFlorida Attorney General sets up price gouging hotline for flooded areas Florida Attorney General sets up price gouging hotline for flooded areas 00:25 MIAMI – Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is sending a clear message to tow-truck operators who may be price gouging during the state of emergency in Broward County. Moody’s message through social […]
Continue ReadingNEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The mother of a 6-year-old Virginia boy who shot and wounded his teacher had a series of miscarriages and post-partum depression in the year before the shooting, her attorney said Friday, after she was arraigned on charges of child neglect and failing to secure the handgun his son used in the […]
Continue ReadingA George Soros-bankrolled prosecutor in St. Louis already mired in accusations of negligence and misconduct was a hit with more bad news on Friday, when one of the few remaining prosecutors who handled the city’s most violent felonies abruptly resigned, citing a “toxic work environment.” Natalia Ogurkiewicz, 27, joined the office of St. Louis Circuit […]
Continue ReadingThis post was written by Julie Tappendorf and Tyler Smith of Ancel Glink and originally posted on Municipal Minute and reposted with permission. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled against billboard companies in a First Amendment challenge to county sign codes. GEFT Outdoors, LLC v. Monroe County. A billboard company attempted to install […]
Continue ReadingThe good news is that, despite lacking a Senate-confirmed US Attorney to fill the more-than-two-year vacancy in Cleveland at the helm of the US Attorney’s office for the Northern District of Ohio, the Cuyahoga County prosecutor’s office has stepped up to take on two high-stakes prosecutions developed by federal agents. Both have already yielded indictments […]
Continue ReadingA New York legal firm sued one of its attorneys, accusing her of using remote work as a vehicle to “quiet quit” while she devoted herself to a new venture. Defendant Heather Palmore filed a countersuit against Napoli Shkolnik, accusing the firm, which specializes in personal injury litigation, of mistreating minority employees, “brazen bullying” and […]
Continue ReadingThis post originally appeared on Municipal Minute by Julie Tappendorf, Esq. from Ancel Glink and reposted with permission. We’ve written a number of posts in City Minutes discussing U.S. Supreme Court decisions in cases challenging the city’s code of conduct under the First Amendment. In 2015, we reported on the Court’s decision in Reed v. […]
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