Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit Construes Attorney’s Advice as Property
In a curious case of extortion, the 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld last week the conviction of...
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NY Bar Proposes Reforms in Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
On Thursday, the New York Bar Association released a 125-page report calling for optimizing and streamlining...
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2nd Circuit Rules Jurors Can Take Indictment Home
On Wednesday, in a case called the first of its kind, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals acknowledged that...
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NY Bar Reports ‘Immigrant Representation’ in Dire Straits
According to a report that has been approved by the house of delegates of the New York Bar Association on this...
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Parole Possibilities for Teen Murderers Serving Life without Parole
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that mandatory sentences of life in prison without the possibility of...
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Court Upholds Indiana Law Banning Sex Offenders from Internet Social Networks
On Friday, Judge Tanya Walton Pratt, upheld the law in Indiana that bans registered sex-offenders from...
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Class-action Granted to Lawsuit Alleging Price-fixing by Major Freight Railroads
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman of the District of Columbia court certified a class to eight...
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Rent-Controlled Apartment Cannot Be Distributed In Divorce
On Wednesday, the Appellate Division, Second Department, New York found that a rent controlled apartment...
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Appellate Court Overrules Pension Board to Recognize Disability Related to 9/11
On Tuesday, the Appellate Division, First Department, found that the Pension Board had erred in repeatedly...
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Appeals Court Holds Restraints Need To Be Justified Before Verdict, Not After
On Friday, a unanimous panel of the Appellate Division, Fourth Department reversed a burglary conviction...
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How Arizona’s SB1070 Puts the Police in a Fix
Arizona’s controversial 2010 immigration law, which is waiting to be upheld by the Supreme Court, has the...
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Sidley Austin Sued for Malpractice in Rare FCPA Controversy
On June 6, in a rare action of malpractice against a law firm involving FCPA diligence, Watts Water...
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Appeals Court Clarifies Conflict between SORA and FCA over Sex Offenders
On Wednesday, the Appellate Division, Second Department, New York clarified an important conflict over the...
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State Human Rights Division Cannot Deal Complaints against Public Schools
In an opinion that saw the panel sharply divided and judicial logic backed by terse comments, the Court of...
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No Time Limit is Applicable on No-Fault Divorce: NY Fourth Department
On Friday, the Appellate Division, Fourth Department of New York, held that while the statute of limitations...
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Dewey Cited in Coudert Brothers’ Case for Clawback Clarification
The judgment of the New York federal district court in the Coudert Brothers’ case holding that a law firm...
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Courts Lack the Authority to Grant Visitation Rights if Parental Rights End
On Thursday, the Court of Appeals, New York, held that family courts do not have the authority to grant...
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Lawyers Set to Defend $35,000 per Hour Fee Award before Delaware Supreme Court
On Thursday, the Delaware Supreme Court would hear a case of lawyer fees where the Delaware Chancery Court...
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Bankruptcy Lawyers Face Off Justice Department over Fees Scrutiny
On Monday, in a rare show of resistance over a rarer meeting over scrutiny of fees, bankruptcy lawyers told...
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Supreme Court: Cities Can Forgive Tax Payments
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a city does not breach constitutional rights by forgiving a part...
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Attorney Malpractice Damages Do Not Extend to Claims for Loss of Liberty
On last Thursday, in a unanimous decision, New York’s Court of Appeals ruled that individuals who have been...
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Court Blocks Part of Florida Voting Law
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle, Tallahassee, granted a preliminary injunction blocking parts...
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Sometimes, Killer Instinct Matters More Than Subject Expertise – FTC vs. Google
FTC has, in its probe against Google, hired Beth Wilkinson though the attorney has very little anti-trust...
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Supreme Court Affirms Rights of a Secured Creditor to Make a Credit Bid
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the ruling of though 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that said...
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North Dakota Quandary over Child Support and Attorney License
The broad powers of the Child Support Enforcement Division of the North Dakota Department of Human Services,...
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Disability Discrimination Re-spelt by the 6th Circuit
On Friday, in a decision lauded by activists, the 6th Circuit ruled that a worker suing her employer under the...
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Supreme Court Rules Retrial Should Follow Jury Deadlock
On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme court in Arkansas ruled that a murder case can be retried when the jury...
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“If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It”: Lawyers Criticize NYOCA Proposal on Fee Disputes
The NY Office of Court Administration has received a spate of terse and vitriolic comments from lawyers all...
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Get LOST: Obama’s Ready to Kill the Navy and Hand over Our Marine Rights
If you think that the title of this article is way too melodramatic, then read on to find out the implications...
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Who Are You to Challenge The Wiretap Law?
The wiretap law is in the middle of controversy again. Amidst greater waves of concern expressed by civil...
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