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Federal Courts Court Affirms High School Coach's Child Porn Sentence

Court Affirms High School Coach's Child Porn Sentence

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on March 21, 2019

It looks like Todd J. Broxmeyer's legal luck ran out in 2010. In 2008, a jury found the former high school field hockey coach guilty of producing child...

Federal Courts Bin Laden Aide Loses Videoconferencing Appeal

Bin Laden Aide Loses Videoconferencing Appeal

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Five appellate courts have considered whether videoconferencing qualifies as "presence" for sentencing. Five appellate courts have ruled that it doesn't. The...

Federal Courts School Officials to Head Back to Court Before Going Back to School

School Officials to Head Back to Court Before Going Back to School

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on March 21, 2019

The first day of school in Wolcott, Conn. is August 29, but two public school employees in the central Connecticut town might be more focused on “back to...

Federal Courts Will Judge Jed Rakoff Get by with a Little Help from His Amici?

Will Judge Jed Rakoff Get by with a Little Help from His Amici?

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Just when U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff was about wallow in his robes crying, "No one understands me" like a 17-year-old girl in a young adult novel, The Wall...

Federal Courts Second Circuit OKs Google Books Class Certification Challenge

Second Circuit OKs Google Books Class Certification Challenge

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Google has changed how we search, email, and navigate. It's altered how we tell our friends to find their own answers. It's a part of the zeitgeist. Google...

Federal Courts Bring It On: 2nd Cir Affirms Title IX Cheering Decision