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Casino law hinges on Massachusetts high court case
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2014/05/05 16:21
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The fate of casino gambling in Massachusetts may hinge on a case before the state's highest court Monday.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is set to hear arguments in a case centered on whether a question should be allowed on the November ballot asking voters if they want the state's 2011 casino law repealed. The court is expected to issue a decision by July.
If allowed on the ballot, the referendum could upend the state's ongoing casino licensing process.
Gambling giants MGM, Wynn, Mohegan Sun and others have expressed concern they could lose millions of dollars they've invested in the planning, development and promotion of their proposals if the referendum prevails. They also argue the state risks losing much more.
"Jobs certainty and billions of dollars in economic development hang in the balance," said Carole Brennan, a spokeswoman for MGM, which has proposed an $800 million casino project in downtown Springfield. "The Gaming Act allows for the creation of more than 10,000 jobs and the recapture of billions of dollars in tax revenues that are currently leaving the state. It doesn't make sense to forgo those opportunities."
State Attorney General Martha Coakley, a Democrat running for governor this year, has ruled that the question violates the state constitution and shouldn't be allowed on the ballot. |
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Lawsuit seeks access to more secret court opinions
Press Release |
2014/05/02 13:45
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The Obama administration has failed to turn over documents under public-records requests detailing still-secret court orders about the scope and legality of National Security Agency surveillance, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a civil liberties group, said the Justice Department failed under its legally prescribed deadline to hand over documents in four requests since last year under the Freedom of Information Act. The requests sought, among other documents, secret opinions from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court exploring whether the NSA violated the law in collecting Americans' Internet communications.
A Justice Department spokesman said Thursday that the agency was "committed to a transparent and open government, and makes every attempt to comply with Freedom of Information requests in a timely and efficient manner while ensuring that classified or sensitive information is not improperly released."
The lawsuit comes at a time when the president has promised to be more transparent on how the intelligence agencies conduct surveillance. As part of its response to the fallout from former NSA systems analyst Edward Snowden's disclosures, the administration has declassified hundreds of pages of documents regarding the secret surveillance programs, including many of the surveillance court opinions.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has aggressively sought access to the secret court's records, and some recently disclosed documents were the result of those lawsuits. EFF's most recent FOIA requests, among those challenged Thursday in U.S. District Court in Washington, also sought opinions from the secret appeals court and, if any were to exist, at the Supreme Court. |
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The Salazar Law Firm, PLLC - Houston Car Accident Lawyers
Attorney News |
2014/05/02 13:44
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Court revives EPA rule on cross-state pollution
Court Watch |
2014/04/30 12:02
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The Supreme Court has given the Environmental Protection Agency an important victory in its effort to reduce power plant pollution that contributes to unhealthy air in neighboring states.
The court's 6-2 decision Tuesday means that a rule adopted by EPA in 2011 to limit emissions from plants in more than two-dozen Midwestern and Southern states can take effect. The pollution drifts into the air above states along the Atlantic Coast and the EPA has struggled to devise a way to control it.
Power companies and several states sued to block the rule from taking effect, and a federal appeals court in Washington agreed with them in 2012.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote the court's majority opinion. Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas dissented.
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W. Bradley Ney - Washington, DC Business Litigation Lawyer
Attorney News |
2014/04/30 12:02
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Graduating with honors from The Ohio State University in 1999 and Cornell Law School in 2002, Brad has honed his legal litigating skills in the DC offices of Skadden Arps and Dow Lohnes, PLLC. Practicing business litigation, securities litigation and white collar criminal defense, Brad has represented clients in both federal and state courts across the country, and even in regulatory matters before agencies including but not limited to the SEC, IRS and FAA. Brad has significant criminal trial and appellate experience. He has taken on felony cases from the Maryland Public Defender’s Office pro bono. Brad has been a guest lecturer on contract litigation at Cornell Law School; has served as editor and research assistant to Professor Robert Summers (co-author of White & Summers’ UCC Treatise); and published on the subject of best practices in responding to subpoenas. Brad began his solo practice in 2011 on a contract basis by providing high-caliber litigation services to law firms.In 2013, he expanded his practice to provide quality legal services to individuals and small and medium-sized business.
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