A pair of recent Supreme Court cases built upon the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause, Crawford v. Washington and Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, have given criminal defense attorneys potent new weapons to challenge forensic evidence proffered by the government
The uptick in implosions of high-profile criminal cases has been cause for concern among the DOJ's most ardent supporters. Policymakers need to ask whether the DOJ is doing as much to mitigate its own risks of employee misconduct as it requires of the companies it investigates and prosecutes.
This article concludes last month's article on the ability of a secured creditor to credit bid its claims at a sale under ' 363(k) or ' 1129(b)(2)(A)(ii).
The intersection of bankruptcy and federal and state receiverships has become a fairly regular occurrence around the country. Cases from Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, New York and Oregon evidence that such incidents are taking place all across the country. There is a tension reflected in some of the cases between the primacy of the orderly and well-developed bankruptcy structure as compared with the much less structured alternative of receivership proceedings.
The New Jersey state senate has voted down the gay marriage bill 20-14, according to the Associated Press and The Huffington Post.
At the close of a nearly two-week nonjury trial between Internet titans eBay Inc. and Craigslist, Chancellor William B. Chandler III hinted that the companies might consider settlement talks because a ruling from the judge could "make everyone unhappy.
Country Artist's Bankruptcy Filing Not in Bad Faith
Permanent Injunction Against File-Sharer Tenenbaum Is Limited, But Judge Details Criticism of Fair Use Defense
Vivendi Counsel on Merger Between NBCU and Comcast
General Counsel for Live Nation Describes Team
Knowledge of Royalty Settlement Starts Malpractice Limitations Period
This series examines changes to the Federal Trade Commission guidelines for product endorsements and testimonials. The revised new guidelines took effect Dec. 1, 2009.
