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D.C. Circuit Review – United States v. Robertson

26 Oct 2023, 6:23 pm by Garrett West

Circuit Review – United States v. [read post]

Notice & Comment - https://www.yalejreg.com/nc/

Strum on Mendez v. Westminster

2 Apr 2010, 10:21 pm by Dan Ernst

The United States Studies Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in cooperation with the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the National Council of La Raza announce a Book Launch for Mendez v. [read post]

Legal History Blog - http://legalhistoryblog.blogspot.com/

Sentencing and Plain Error – trial court’s erroneous reliance on conduct pre-dating entry to conspiracy calls for vacation of lengthy sentence: United States v. Burnett, _ F.3d _ (D.C. Circuit, No. 13-3075, July 8, 2016)

10 Jul 2016, 9:09 am by The Blog Team

” (Slip Op. at 18) (citing United States v. [read post]

The Federal Criminal Appeals Blog - http://www.federalcriminalappealsblog.com/

Ex Post Facto – counsel’s failure to seek a sentence by application of the Guidelines in effect at the time of the offense was plain error: United States v. Head, _ F.3d _ (D.C. Circuit, No. 14-3055, March 25, 2016)

25 Mar 2016, 1:23 pm by The Blog Team

Head is a split opinion that is reminiscent of United States v. [read post]

The Federal Criminal Appeals Blog - http://www.federalcriminalappealsblog.com/

DC court rejects first amendment DMCA challenge, penalizing unauthorized access of copyrighted material

5 Aug 2024, 5:33 am by Bekim Bruka | JURIST Staff, US

Filed by Judge Nina Pillard, the decision stated that while the First Amendment protects the right to read, it does not guarantee unrestricted access to all reading materials one might desire. [read post]

JURIST - Paper Chase - https://www.jurist.org/news/

Ex Post Facto – counsel’s failure to seek a sentence by application of the Guidelines in effect at the time of the offense was plain error: United States v. Head, _ F.3d _ (D.C. Circuit, No. 14-3055, March 25, 2016)

25 Mar 2016, 1:23 pm by The Blog Team

Head is a split opinion that is reminiscent of United States v. [read post]

The Federal Criminal Appeals Blog - http://www.federalcriminalappealsblog.com/

Supervised Release and Linguistics– trial court’s erroneous revocation of supervised release and imposition of a term of incarceration is vacated for lack of jurisdiction: United States v. Marsh, _ F.3d _ (D.C. Circuit, No. 12-3096, July 19, 2016)

19 Jul 2016, 2:15 pm by The Blog Team

Circuit (Tatel, Srinivasan and Pillard, JJ), found error and vacated for lack of jurisdiction a 36- month term of imprisonment imposed on an appellants who had violated his conditions of supervised release by committing another felony offense. [read post]

The Federal Criminal Appeals Blog - http://www.federalcriminalappealsblog.com/

One Litigation, Many Legal Malpractice Cases Thereafter

23 Mar 2011, 3:45 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone

This case, Pillard v Goodman ;2011 NY Slip Op 01929 ;Decided on March 17, 2011 ;Appellate Division, First Department is one of them. [read post]

New York Attorney Malpractice Blog - http://blog.bluestonelawfirm.com/

Kavanaugh on the executive branch: PHH Corp. v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

8 Aug 2018, 7:25 am by Sarah Harrington

United States, decided in 1926, and Humphrey’s Executor v. [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

ACS Briefing on Concepcion

21 Oct 2010, 5:21 am by Deepak Gupta

For more restrained academic commentary, listen to the presentations by Nina Pillard (providing an overview of the case) and Steve Ware (flagging what he takes to be AT&T's two key arguments, both having to do with the contours of state contract law). [read post]

Consumer Law & Policy Blog - http://pubcit.typepad.com/clpblog/

Supreme Court advocates becoming D.C. Circuit judges (updated)

9 Jul 2013, 12:32 pm by Tom Goldstein and Dan Stein

In 1995, Pillard achieved one of her notable Supreme Court successes as the author of the Solicitor General’s brief in United States v. [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act – creatively using administrative law principles to overturn an indictment: United States v. Ross, _ F.3d _ (D.C. Circuit, No. 11-3115, February 24, 2017)

26 Feb 2017, 8:33 pm by The Blog Team

The Court of Appeals took pains to note that the latter, non-delegation claim, has sparked much recent litigation, typically adverse to the defense – albeit with a dissent by a certain judge in United States v. [read post]

The Federal Criminal Appeals Blog - http://www.federalcriminalappealsblog.com/

Ineffective Assistance– trial counsel’s crafting of idiosyncratic defense and failure to secure assistance of expert witness leads to overturning of decision rejecting claim of ineffective assistance in defense of child sex conviction: United States v. Brandon Laureys, _ F.3d _ (D.C. Circuit, No. 15-3032, August 8, 2017).

10 Aug 2017, 8:18 am by The Blog Team

In United States v. [read post]

The Federal Criminal Appeals Blog - http://www.federalcriminalappealsblog.com/

Lack of probable cause and overbroad search warrant; “Good-Faith Exception” and theory of abandonment rejected–Police lacked probable cause to seek and obtain overbroad warrant to search cell phone located in home: United States v. Ezra Griffith, _ F.3d _ (D.C. Circuit, No. 13-3061, Aug. 18, 2017).

21 Aug 2017, 9:31 am by The Blog Team

In United States v. [read post]

The Federal Criminal Appeals Blog - http://www.federalcriminalappealsblog.com/

Class-Action Bans in the Supreme Court: Respondents' Brief in AT&T v. Concepcion

29 Sep 2010, 3:26 pm by Deepak Gupta

Supreme Court in AT&T v. [read post]