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Federal Courts Are Ponzi Scheme Proceeds Dischargeable in Bankruptcy?

Are Ponzi Scheme Proceeds Dischargeable in Bankruptcy?

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

Let's say your client made a little money as an investor in (what turned out to be) a Ponzi scheme. The scheme was revealed, and a court ordered your client --...

Federal Courts Can't Sit on a Jury? Then Civil Rights Not Fully Restored

Can't Sit on a Jury? Then Civil Rights Not Fully Restored

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

Defendant Jason Jones, a/k/a Peek-A-Boo, plead guilty (without a plea agreement), to violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), “being a felon in possession of a...

Federal Courts Senate Unanimously Confirms Gregory Alan Phillips to 10th Circuit

Senate Unanimously Confirms Gregory Alan Phillips to 10th Circuit

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

Last week, the Senate confirmed Wyoming Attorney General Gregory Alan Phillips for a seat on the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Phillips, or as we like...

Federal Courts Denied Dental Braces? Could be 8th Am Violation, 10th Cir Says

Denied Dental Braces? Could be 8th Am Violation, 10th Cir Says

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

Most people hate going to the dentist -- not Arthur Conley. Mr. Conley filed a §1983 claim against many defendants for alleged constitutional violations...

Federal Courts 10th Circuit Upholds Hate Crime Conviction

10th Circuit Upholds Hate Crime Conviction

By Betty Wang, JD | Last updated on March 21, 2019

The Tenth Circuit has upheld a hate crime conviction of a Fruitland man, William Hatch, 31. Hatch and two other co-defendants were the first people in this...

Federal Courts 10th Circuit Finds Insurance Co. Has Duty to Defend

10th Circuit Finds Insurance Co. Has Duty to Defend

By Betty Wang, JD | Last updated on March 21, 2019

The Tenth Circuit held that Universal Underwriters Insurance Company (parent company, Zurich), the insurer of a car dealership, had a duty to defend he...

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