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New York Agrees To Pay $75 Million to Settle Lawsuit over Illegal Summonses Lacking Probable Cause

On January 23rd, New York City’s Law Department agreed to pay $75 million to settle a federal class-action lawsuit accusing the city’s Police Department of issuing close to one million criminal summons which were without any legal justification over the course of eight years (thus far). Specifically, a federal judge found that “probable cause… Read More »