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Federal Courts Spurned Wife Loses Appeal for Poisoning Pregnant Mistress

Spurned Wife Loses Appeal for Poisoning Pregnant Mistress

By Tanya Roth, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

For anyone who has read the book White Oleander (or seen the movie), this Third Circuit Court of Appeals case certainly sounds like a page from that...

Federal Courts Evidence of Lavish Living Exposes Tax Fraud

Evidence of Lavish Living Exposes Tax Fraud

By Tanya Roth, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Here's an interesting case about tax fraud and the admissibility of evidence. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently dealt with a case involving over...

Federal Courts Court Grants Deportation Appeal After Bankruptcy Fraud

Court Grants Deportation Appeal After Bankruptcy Fraud

By Tanya Roth, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

If you follow our numerous appellate court blogs, you'll know that immigration appeals and deportation appeals aren't easy to win. A Jamaican citizen, Nigel...

Federal Courts 3rd Circuit Vacates $6M Verdict Against Environmental Officials

3rd Circuit Vacates $6M Verdict Against Environmental Officials

By Tanya Roth, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

On April 26, a three-judge panel of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to vacate a jury judgment awarding $6.5 million to workers at the Department of...

Federal Courts Janet Jackson Wardrobe Malfunction Case On Its Way to SCOTUS

Janet Jackson Wardrobe Malfunction Case On Its Way to SCOTUS

By Tanya Roth, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

CBS is not out of the woods yet on Janet Jackson's notorious Super Bowl incident from 2004. The U.S. Supreme Court might be reviewing the infamous "wardrobe...

Federal Courts Court Gives Exclusive Jurisdiction in Virgin Islands Tax Case

Court Gives Exclusive Jurisdiction in Virgin Islands Tax Case

By Tanya Roth, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals of the Third Circuit ruled on a tax case that stemmed from the Virgin Islands district court. While this is a tax case,...

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