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3rd Circuit Invalidates Obama's Recess Appointments
By Kelly Cheung | Last updated on
What is the difference between a break and a recess? That was the issue that the Third Circuit had to grapple with in their latest opinion. President Obama...
Salvatore L. Pelullo, Still a Pre-Trial Detainee at FDC Philadelphia
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
When I first stumbled upon the case of Mr. Pelullo, the first words that caught my eye were “mafia” and “organized crime.” He had been indicted, along with...
Third Circuit Changes Its Briefs
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
An appellate brief is anything but brief. In the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, the body of principal briefs can be up 30 pages (or 14,000 words/1,300...
Does Mandatory Detention Have an Expiration Date?
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, immigration officials “shall take into custody any deportable alien who has committed various crimes” when the alien...
Want to Establish Residency? Bring Pets and Personal Property
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
If you have clients who are lucky enough to have millions in the bank and a home in the Virgin Islands, you might want to brush up on a recent tax ruling from...
Can the Third Circuit Get Anything Right? SCOTUS Reverses Again
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Last year, the Sixth Circuit surpassed the Ninth Circuit as the most-reversed federal appellate court, according to the ABA Journal. This term, the Third...
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