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Allen Matkins

Court Leans On Minutes To Find That Non-Inaction Is Action

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California's anti-SLAPP statute provides that a special motion to strike may be filed against "[a] cause of action against a person arising from any act of that person in furtherance of the person’s right of petition or free...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Supreme Court Decides Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach, Florida

On June 18, 2018, the Supreme Court decided Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach, No. 17-21, holding in a 8-1 decision that the petitioner need not prove the absence of probable cause to maintain a § 1983 claim of retaliatory...more

Robinson+Cole RLUIPA Defense

Floating Home Owner Scores Second Supreme Court Victory Against Riviera Beach, FL

Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued an important decision in Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach, Florida, 585 U.S. ___ (2018). The case does not involve land use or even free exercise of religion. ...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Officials’ Top 10 Things to Remember About Public Participation in Local Government

As the national political climate heated up recently, some local governments are facing spillover effects, with local and sometimes even out-of-town activists and provocateurs attending city council, school board and other...more

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