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After a pair of formerly incarcerated activists helped convince leaders in Atlanta to extend anti-discrimination protections to people with criminal records by making them a legally protected class, they are now working to get more cities to do the same. law360.com/access-to-just…

Inheriting property in New York means going through the state surrogate's court system, where filing fees can run more than $1,000. While state law allows low-income residents to have their fees waived, attorneys say courts sometimes refuse to apply it. law360.com/access-to-just…

Big news for guys named Dupree.

Action News.

Some well-deserved accolades here for Daniel Connolly 〽️ and his excellent reporting. Happy to have been able to work with him on this one.

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Inside The New Legal Push To End California’s Death Penalty law360.com/access-to-just…

Really nice remembrance of U.S. District Judge Gene Pratter, who died last week at age 75. law360.com/articles/18388…

Aided in part by an influx of settlement money from opioid litigation, a growing number of legal aid groups are offering programs aimed at individuals and families hurt by the addiction crisis. law360.com/access-to-just…

The Texas Supreme Court laid the groundwork for allowing nonattorneys to provide limited legal services, while remaining silent on the issue of nonlawyer ownership in organizations that provide legal services. law360.com/access-to-just…

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A coalition of nonprofit civil rights litigators and pro bono counsel notched a pair of legal victories in cases over two mid-Atlantic city police departments' property seizure. Lawyers have expressed hope the impact could reach past their communities. law360.com/access-to-just…

The SEC brought a new insider trading case tied to the theft of confidential merger info from a Covington atty, suing the cousin of an ex-FBI trainee who was sentenced to prison for filching the Merck deal info at the case's heart and tipping off others. law360.com/articles/18783…

A former Hollywood studio bigwig saddled with a gambling debt lawsuit has told a Connecticut state court that Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority is relying on an invalid contract to support its breach claim. law360.com/articles/18784…

Despite a jury acquitting Terence Richardson and Ferrone Claiborne for the murder of a police officer nearly 25 years ago, the two men remain in prison for the crime. But they're hoping to reverse the guilty pleas that a judge relied on to sentence them. law360.com/access-to-just…

Very proud of Daniel and the whole Law360 team for this truly great piece of reporting.

Maybe the craziest story you'll read today? Lawyers must apologize to South Philly residents for, as a judge described it, playing "a looped recording of a woman screaming. At 122 decibels. For an hour. At 5:30 a.m. By a daycare center that was opening." law360.com/pennsylvania/a…

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