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Federal Courts Government's Warrantless GPS Tracking Violates 4th Amendment

Government's Warrantless GPS Tracking Violates 4th Amendment

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

Yesterday, the Third Circuit decided a case that could have a ripple effect across the nation. The case involved the brothers Katzin, and their spree of...

Federal Courts Former Wharton Professor's Child Porn Sentence Affirmed

Former Wharton Professor's Child Porn Sentence Affirmed

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

Even the ivory towers of the Ivy League are not immune from perverts. In his second appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, a...

Federal Courts Circuit Split Grows: FDCPA Claims Not Precluded by Bankruptcy Code

Circuit Split Grows: FDCPA Claims Not Precluded by Bankruptcy Code

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

The Third Circuit recently decided a case that now results in a circuit split with two circuits on each side of the issue. With so many circuit splits heading...

Federal Courts Mount Holly: Gentrification, Disparate Impact and the FHA

Mount Holly: Gentrification, Disparate Impact and the FHA

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

Have you ever been to the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood in New York? While I was a struggling law student, I lived there and I would often see drug baggies on...

Federal Courts Bond v. United States: Poisoning, Chemical Weapons and Federalism

Bond v. United States: Poisoning, Chemical Weapons and Federalism

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

Let's say you're a microbiologist that works at a chemical company and you find out your best friend is pregnant with your husband's child. What would you...

Federal Courts Pennsylvania Considers Online Voter Registration

Pennsylvania Considers Online Voter Registration

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

For a place that played such a pivotal role in the forming of our nation's democracy, you would think Pennsylvania would uphold the rights of voters, rather...

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