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Federal Courts No Need to Prove Underlying Offense for Sentence Enhancement

No Need to Prove Underlying Offense for Sentence Enhancement

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

When a defendant decides to skip town instead of appearing at a change of plea hearing, he might not want to later plead guilty to failure to appear. It's a...

Federal Courts Mean Boys: Court Rules Against Brothers After Blog Disrupts School

Mean Boys: Court Rules Against Brothers After Blog Disrupts School

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

Lee's Summit North High School suspended twin brothers Sean and Steven Wilson for 180 days after a website they created to discuss, satirize, and "vent" about...

Federal Courts When Must Cops Provide Interpreters for Deaf Arrestees?

When Must Cops Provide Interpreters for Deaf Arrestees?

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

Douglas Duane Bahl sued the City of St. Paul under the anti-discrimination provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, §504 of the Rehabilitation Act,...

Federal Courts Res Judicata Can Be Raised in Motion to Dismiss

Res Judicata Can Be Raised in Motion to Dismiss

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

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals offered two important lessons for contract disputes this week. First, choice of venue clauses are sometimes mere...

Federal Courts 4-H Cheating Scandal Reaches 8th Circuit

4-H Cheating Scandal Reaches 8th Circuit

By Aditi Mukherji, JD | Last updated on March 21, 2019

The Eighth Circuit is “weighing in” on a lawsuit brought by the family of a South Dakota teenager accused of cheating in a 4-H pig-showing competition in South...

Federal Courts Postnup Does Not Waive Spousal Rights to 401(k), 8th Cir. Says

Postnup Does Not Waive Spousal Rights to 401(k), 8th Cir. Says

By Aditi Mukherji, JD | Last updated on March 21, 2019

When you sign a prenuptial or postnuptial agreement in which you agree not to be the beneficiary of a 401(k) retirement plan, does that extinguish your spousal...

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