Attorneys for the state who examined a deal to end a county lawsuit over a San Diego redevelopment area said Monday that it appears the settlement is legal.
Earlier this month, State Sen. Christine Kehoe asked the Attorney General’s Office to investigate the June agreement regarding the Grantville redevelopment zone.
In turn, downtown redevelopment money would be [...]
Last week, the district council lodged an appeal to the Environment Court against an abatement notice issued by Horizons Regional Council in July to cease any unauthorised discharges from the treatment plant.
Horizons has criticised the legal action, saying the district council should be focusing on finding solutions to its problems, not costly court battles.
The district [...]
Going global isn’t what it used to be. Businesses that once purchased foreign-made products from importers, distributors and middlemen are now dealing directly with overseas manufacturers or establishing their own production facilities abroad.
Knowledge workers are no longer required to live and work close to corporate headquarters. The Internet and high-speed communications technology allow for collaboration [...]
After years of scant mention, the case — in which the state Court of Appeals ruled that Buffalo’s council could repeal a term limits law passed by referendum — is again being talked about around City Hall, where it is cited as evidence that New York’s council has the authority to extend its term limits, [...]
THE State Government has been asked to investigate Whittlesea Council’s conduct in waging an expensive legal wrangle over a pocket of land that has been used by a local family for decades.
Both the ratepayers’ association and the local family who hold the land, the Abbatangelos, are calling on the Government to investigate.
Local Government Minister Richard [...]
CPA, a leading provider of outsourced legal support services and the world’s top intellectual-property management specialist, is pleased to announce the appointment of Bill Fagan as Chief Financial Officer and Paul McGolpin as Commercial Director. Both Fagan and McGolpin will be members of CPA’s executive board.
McGolpin joins CPA from Keane Inc, a global services firm [...]
A teaching union is taking legal action against a council over its decision to turn a school into an academy allegedly without holding a proper consultation.
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) is seeking a judicial review of Bolton Council’s plans to turn Hayward Community Secondary School into an academy.
The NUT claimed the council’s alleged 12-day [...]
The Winston-Salem office of Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC) has a new managing attorney.
In her new position, Stackhouse will manage all aspects of the LANC law practice in the Winston-Salem area and supervise a staff of 26-member staff, including 12 attorneys and nine paralegals.
LANC is a statewide nonprofit law firm that provides free legal [...]
The investigation centres on allegations the former Lennon Government promised a senior legal appointment to an eminent person in return for certain favours.
Police are interviewing figures across the top echelons of Tasmania’s political, legal and public spheres in relation to the new inquiry.
The secret investigation has been under way for the past six to eight [...]
“This lack of decision has delayed drilling for another year - extending the timeline it will take to bring this much-needed U.S. production on line,” Shell spokesman Curtis Smith said in a press release.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco is considering a lawsuit filed by environmentalists, whalers and the North Slope Borough [...]
