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For example, in Hynes-O’Sullivan v O’Driscoll [1988] IR 436, 449, 450, [1989] ILRM 349, 360, 361, Henchy J declined to expand the defence of qualified privilege, holding that the existing rules properly reflected that constitutional balance (emphasis added): I have no difficulty in rejecting the submission, which has only slender judicial support, that the occasion is one of qualified privilege if the person making the communication honestly believes that… [read post]

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Second Circuit: On a motion under the First Step Act, a court isn’t obligated to “recalculate” the Sentencing Guidelines range to account for new Guidelines provisions “or new judicial interpretations of existing Guidelines.” Only Guideline-changes “that flow from the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010” have to be considered. But there’s an acknowledged circuit split. United States v. Moore, __F.3d__, No. 19-1390-cr, 2020 WL 5523205 (2d Cir. Sept. 15, 2020).

16 Sep 2020, 9:45 am by Darrell Fields

In United States v. [read post]

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Summary: En Banc D.C. Circuit Denies Flynn’s Emergency Petition for a Writ of Mandamus

15 Sep 2020, 10:16 am by Christie Mayberry

Under the Supreme Court precedent of Cheney v. [read post]

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Weekend Roundup

11 Sep 2020, 9:30 pm by ernst

Sullivan. [read post]

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