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Juvenile Offense Doesn't Make You a Career Criminal: 2nd Cir
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
Courts cannot apply the armed career criminal sentencing minimum based on juvenile offenses, the Second Circuit ruled on Monday. Just like your childhood paper...
Court Hears Appeal In $9 Billion Chevron Ecuador Debacle
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
More than 22 years ago, environmental advocates accused Texaco, later acquired by Chevron, of polluting the Amazonian rainforest homeland of 30,000...
Figure Skater Oksana Baiul Loses Defamation Suit (Again)
By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on
Okasana Baiul became famous after she beat both Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding to win the gold medal in figure skating at the infamous 1994 winter Olympic...
Peeping, but for Art: Voyeuristic Photos OK, New York Court Rules
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
Arne Svenson, a visual artist, created a series of photographs, entitled "The Neighbors," by using a telephoto lens to photograph the residents of the building...
2nd Cir. Affirms, Denies in Police Harassment Lawsuit
By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on
In November, 2007, a state trooper named Ben Campbell began to harass a woman named Joanne Smith. When Smith's adult son, Tom, said he would call 911 and speak...
2nd Cir. Won't Revisit Insider Trading Ruling
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
Inside traders can breathe a sigh of relief today. The Second Circuit has refused to revisit a ruling which federal prosecutors had said would severely limit...
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