Walmart’s Liabilities Under the HWCL: A California Case Study Rita Elfarisi In December 2021, the California Attorney General along with approximately a dozen district attorneys filed a lawsuit against Walmart.[1] The complaint alleges Walmart dumped nearly 80 tons of hazardous waste from more than 300 stores in California landfills throughout the state every year over…
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Cochise County may go to court without a lawyer in election canvass fight
Cochise County officials may go to court Thursday without an attorney to represent them against charges that they broke the law by failing to certify the results of the Nov. 8 elections. County supervisors on Tuesday voted to hire attorney Bryan Blehm to defend them and the county government against two lawsuits, even though they…
Attorneys in the Jennifer Dulos case could be the focus of hearing today
Prosecutors filed a motion in October, seeking the removal of Troconis’ attorney Jon Schoenhorn on the grounds he submitted a sweatshirt containing the DNA of an employee of Jennifer Dulos’ estranged husband as evidence in the case through an attorney representing him. The employee, who investigators said accused Fotis Dulos of trying to frame him,…
NY Appellate Court Upholds Finding that Planning and Architectural Review Board Improperly Classified Project on SEQRA but Finds Appropriate Review was
Posted by: Patricia Salkin | November 18, 2022 NY Appellate Court Upholds Finding that Planning and Architectural Review Board Improperly Classified Project on SEQRA but Finds Appropriate Review was Conducted Petitioners sought to annul the decision of the Village Planning and Architectural Review Board which issued a negative declaration under the State Environmental Quality Review…
10th Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Dismissal of Lawsuit Challenging Denial of Area Variances for a Digital Billboard on Claim Preclusion Grounds
Posted by: Patricia Salkin | November 23, 2022 10th Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Dismissal of Lawsuit Challenging Denial of Area Variances for a Digital Billboard on Claim Preclusion Grounds Macgowan’s application for area variances in 2018 to erect a digital billboard next to the interstate within Town limits was denied under a provision in…
Suspect in Australia murder arrested in India 4 years later
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The prime suspect in the murder of a woman on an Australian beach four years ago was arrested in New Delhi’s outskirts three weeks after he was targeted with a 1 million Australian dollar ($677,000) reward, authorities said Friday. Indian national Rajwinder Singh, 38, flew from Sydney to his homeland the…
MI Appeals Court Finds Public Nuisance Case Involving Trees and Aircrafts Should Have Been Reviewed Using State, Rather Than Federal, Standards
This post was authored by Matthew Loescher, Esq. The trial court found that trees on Suzanne Yopek’s property were a public nuisance that had to be abated because, under federal regulations, they encroached into the area used by aircraft when they land or take off from the Brighton Airport. This area was also known as…
Arizona attorney general’s office demands answers to ‘myriad’ voting issues in Maricopa County
Arizona’s attorney general’s office is demanding answers to “myriad problems” faced by Maricopa County voters on Election Day, breathing new life into the campaign for Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, who has refused to concede to Democratic Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs. Assistant Atty. Gen. Jennifer Wright sent a letter Saturday to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office…
NY Appellate Court Upholds Zoning Boards Approval of Area Variances for Project With Adjacent Parcels in Two Separate Zoning Districts
This post was authored by Christopher Guercio, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Touro Law Center Symphony Property Management LLC and Michigan-Rev LLC (developers) owned several parcels of land in Buffalo. The developers proposed building stacked residential buildings on the parcels of land, which are contiguous, and are located within two separate zoning districts. Some of the land…
AZ Appeals Court Finds Abuse of Discretion in Conditional Use Permit Battle
This post was authored by Gregory Ahlsen, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Touro Law Center In January 2017, a water company applied for a conditional use permit with the City of Sedona, Arizona (the “City”) to construct a water tank and pumping plant on a vacant lot in a residentially zoned district. The water company held public…