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Municipalities Criminal Prosecution

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Enforcing Local Health and Safety Laws

BB&K's Denise Grimes and Brandon Sanchez Discuss Code Enforcement Remedies in PublicCEO - Municipal codes and ordinances are centered on improving a community’s quality of life. Enforcing these laws doesn’t come down...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Sovereign Immunity — Punishing the Innocent Injured

Sovereign Immunity — the STATE against the Injured - Antiquated Law Should Disappear from the Books - “The King can do no wrong” or as stated in Latin, “rex non potest peccare”. The legal maxim is also called “Crown...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

California Cooks Up Sidewalk Vendor Law - SB946 Limits Cities’ Abilities to Regulate

Legislation signed last week by Gov. Jerry Brown limits California cities’ abilities to regulate street vending. Notably, Senate Bill 946 prohibits all criminal penalties for sidewalk vending violations and allows anyone...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Bond Fraud Trial Shows Need to Scrutinize Municipal Revenue Generation

Ramapo, N.Y., Town Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence is in the middle of a multi-week trial on two dozen securities fraud charges stemming from municipal bond issuances and accounting practices in Ramapo, a Rockland County...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Government Fraud and Corruption: Ex-Mayor and Engineer Convicted in Major Municipal Corruption Case in Quebec

On September 15, 2015, the Court of Québec rendered a judgment? in which it found a former mayor and a vice-president of an engineering firm guilty of several criminal offences relating to municipal corruption. These...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

DOJ Criminal Cartel Enforcement: Six-Month Summary

This is the first in what we expect to be a series of updates on DOJ criminal actions in the cartel area. Here, we look at highlights over the last six months in the DOJ’s investigations of the auto parts industry, LIBOR, and...more

Proskauer - Insurance Recovery & Counseling

Illinois Court Holds That Coverage for Malicious Prosecution Claim Is Triggered When the Prosecution Is Commenced, Not When It Is...

An Illinois appellate court recently held in St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co. v. City of Zion that coverage under a law enforcement liability policy for a malicious prosecution claim is triggered when the wrongful...more

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