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A case from the Third Department - Matter of Humane Socy. of United States v Fanslau, 2008 NY Slip Op 0668, indicates yes - partially. [read post]

New York Legal Update - http://tswartz1.typepad.com/new_york_legal_update/

Second Circuit Limits “Tippee” Insider Trading Liability

11 Dec 2014, 9:45 am by MaryJeanette Dee

In United States v. [read post]

Corporate Securities Law Blog - http://www.corporatesecuritieslawblog.com/

Rehaif Claims — Keep ‘Em Comin’!

23 Jan 2020, 1:04 pm by Matt Larsen

United States, 139 S. [read post]

Federal Defenders of New York Blog - http://blog.federaldefendersny.org/

Scheme to Bribe Basketball Coaches Fouls Out.

9 Jun 2021, 11:27 am by Edward S. Zas

In United States v. [read post]

Federal Defenders of New York Blog - http://blog.federaldefendersny.org/

Under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2), district courts may not reduce a sentence below the bottom of the amended Guidelines range based on a § 5G1.3(b) adjustment at the original sentencing.

4 Jun 2020, 12:00 am by Edward S. Zas

In United States v. [read post]

Federal Defenders of New York Blog - http://blog.federaldefendersny.org/

Reliability challenge to a new testing technique, “computerized voice stress analyzer,” to verify compliance with supervised release, is not ripe for review until supervision begins.

26 Aug 2020, 1:03 pm by Colleen Cassidy

In United States v. [read post]

Federal Defenders of New York Blog - http://blog.federaldefendersny.org/

Second Circuit: Completion of Prison Sentence Moots Appeal from Denial of Compassionate Release Motion

3 Mar 2021, 12:14 pm by Daniel Habib

In United States v. [read post]

Federal Defenders of New York Blog - http://blog.federaldefendersny.org/

Under 18 U.S.C. § 1591, the term “commercial sex act” — defined as “any sex act, on account of which anything of value is given to or received by any person,” id. § 1591(e)(3) — doesn’t require that the “[]thing of value” have a monetary value; it can be something “intangible” that has a subjective value to the person receiving it. United States v. Raniere, Nos. 20-3520-cr(L), 20-3789-cr(Con), __ F.4th ____, 2022 WL 17543156 (2d Cir. Dec. 9, 2022) (C.J.J.’s Calabresi, Cabranes, and Sullivan).

14 Dec 2022, 8:46 am by Darrell Fields

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Federal Defenders of New York Blog - http://blog.federaldefendersny.org/

Convictions for “actual and attempted Hobbs Act robbery” are crimes of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). And the imposition of 6 consecutive mandatory minimum prison sentences, totaling 115 years’ (based on the “stacking” of five § 924(c) convictions, running consecutively to a 10-year minimum drug sentence), doesn’t violate the Eighth Amendment. United States v. Waite, No. 18-2651, __F.4th__, 2021 WL 3870712 (2d Cir. Aug. 31, 2021) (C.J.J. Cabranes, Raggi, Sullivan).

8 Sep 2021, 1:08 pm by John Lee

United States v. [read post]

Federal Defenders of New York Blog - http://blog.federaldefendersny.org/

United States v. Nixon at Fifty: Why Judge Cannon Is Wrong About the Attorney General’s Authority to Select a Special Counsel

24 Jul 2024, 6:27 am by Marty Lederman

United States v. [read post]

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Update: Sex, Drugs, and 3000 Billable HoursDefendant law firm moves to strike 'scandalous' material.

18 Dec 2009, 7:08 am

Earlier: Lawsuit of the Day: Sex, Drugs, and 3000 Billable Hours Law - Lawyers & Law Firms - Services - United States - Business and Corporate Law [read post]

Above the Law - http://abovethelaw.com/

Too Early to Dismiss? BAP Overturns Order Dismissing Chapter 11 Case as Bad Faith Filing

19 Dec 2014, 1:30 pm by Bankruptcy Attorney

In Sullivan v. [read post]

California Bankruptcy Blog - http://www.calbk.blogspot.com/