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Federal Courts Rehearing En Banc Granted in Warrantless GPS Case

Rehearing En Banc Granted in Warrantless GPS Case

By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on March 21, 2019

The year is not quite over, but if we were doing a "hot issues of 2013" this one would definitely be on the list: warrantless GPS searches. In early 2012, the...

Federal Courts Fed. Cts. Retain Concurrent Jurisdiction, Even When Fed. Claims Are Unproven

Fed. Cts. Retain Concurrent Jurisdiction, Even When Fed. Claims Are Unproven

By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on March 21, 2019

In a case stemming from the Virgin Islands, the Third Circuit had to determine whether a federal court retains concurrent jurisdiction over local claims, even...

Federal Courts To Compel Arbitration, There Must First Be Agreement to Arbitrate

To Compel Arbitration, There Must First Be Agreement to Arbitrate

By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on March 21, 2019

This case deals with a company going through a world-wide bankruptcy involving multiple nations' courts, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, the Third Circuit, and New York...

Federal Courts State Rankings: State Supreme Court Justices' Financial Disclosures

State Rankings: State Supreme Court Justices' Financial Disclosures

By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on March 21, 2019

The Center for Public Integrity just released its findings of a study investigating state supreme court justices' financial disclosures. Tellingly, not one...

Federal Courts SCOTUS Grants Cert in Contraception Mandate Cases

SCOTUS Grants Cert in Contraception Mandate Cases

By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Last week, the Supreme Court granted cert in a group of cases that will likely be some of the most watched of the term -- the contraception mandate cases --...

Federal Courts Heightened Scienter Pleading Requirements Under the PSLRA