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13 Sep 2010, 4:30 am
The Court remarked that although CAFA provides the federal courts jurisdiction over state law class actions under certain circumstances, CAFA does not confer a right to defendants to be in federal court. [read post]
18 Nov 2009, 6:19 am
[JURIST] US Attorney General Eric Holder [official profile] appeared Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee [official website] to answer questions regarding the decision to try five men accused of conspiring to commit the 9/11 terrorist attacks [JURIST news archive] in federal court. [read post]
25 Jan 2007, 5:11 am
From The Chicago Tribune: Five division chiefs in the Cook County public defender's office asked a federal judge Wednesday to prohibit the county from firing anyone in that job until a hiring monitor determines which county jobs are subject to political termination.In December, Cook County Board President Todd Stroger ordered 500 county employees in so-called Shakman-exempt positions to sign undated letters of resignation. [read post]
15 Oct 2013, 8:48 pm by Solomon Wisenberg
In what appears to be a case of nationwide first impression, the Third Circuit ruled today that federal district courts may require a defendant's sentencing allocution to be sworn, without violating Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32 or the U.S.... [read post]
13 Nov 2018, 9:01 am by CrimProf BlogEditor
Geremy Kamens (Federal Public Defender, Eastern District of Virginia) has posted Statutory Originalism, National Security, and the Definition of Federal Crimes on SSRN. [read post]
21 Mar 2022, 3:59 am by Tim Kevan
If a person encounters unsafe working conditions, he or she may report the violation to the employer, the federal and/or state Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and, in some cases, […] The post Defending Yourself Against Dangerous Working Conditions first appeared on BabyBarista. [read post]
11 May 2016, 9:59 pm by Patent Docs
By Josh Rich -- This afternoon, President Obama signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 ("DTSA") into law, creating a new Federal cause of action for misappropriation of trade secrets. [read post]
22 Feb 2011, 2:51 pm by McNabb Associates, P.C.
In the federal criminal system, a defendant is presumed not guilty. [read post]
13 Mar 2018, 5:33 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
This new analysis about the varying criminal workloads covers 917 federal district court judges who had sentenced at least 50 defendants. [read post]
7 Aug 2014, 5:00 pm
We understand the serious criminal charges and penalties facing both state and federal defendants. [read post]
23 Feb 2011, 1:45 pm by David Brown
Department of Justice will no longer defend the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act.... [read post]
22 Mar 2010, 3:46 pm by lgbtlaw blogger
The religious-conservative groups who intervened as defendants in the federal constitutional challenge to California's Proposition 8 had moved early in the case for summary judgment. [read post]
24 Jun 2015, 8:15 am
"The Anti-Plaintiff Pending Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Pro-Defendant Composition of the Federal Rulemaking Committees": Law professor Patricia W. [read post]
5 May 2012, 11:17 am by Charles Bieneman
  The defendant petitioners argued that “because there was no concert of action, the claims against them did not arise out of the same transaction or occurrence, as required by Rule 20 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. [read post]