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S.E.C. Files Civil Case Against Hedge Fund Manager Steven Cohen
By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on
On Friday, the SEC filed civil charges against billionaire hedge fund manager Steven Cohen for failing to supervise two employees, criminally charged with...
Residential Handgun Fees Are Constitutional, 2nd Cir Affirms
By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on
With all the power the gun lobby holds, it’s a rare instance when a gun law gets challenged and upheld. Last week, in Kwong v. Bloomberg, the Second Circuit...
JFK Terror Plot Convictions Upheld, 2nd Cir Affirms
By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on
In 2007, Kareem Ibrahim joined a plot to blow up John F. Kennedy Airport ("JFK"), in New York, along with Abdul Kadir, Russell Defreitas and Abdel Nur, who...
SPCA 'Peace Officers' Subject to Civil Rights Claim
By Brett Snider, Esq. | Last updated on
New York animal owners better treat those puppies, kitties, and horses right or else the animal po-po will come a knockin’ on your door. SPCA “police” abuse...
Class Cert. Vacated; Evaluate Google's 'Fair Use' Defense First
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
Today was another bad day for the Author's Guild, the collective of copyright holders who are suing both the HathiTrust Digital Library and Google Books over...
True Threat or Political Speech? 2nd Circuit Rules on Free Speech
By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on
Let's say a blogger doesn't agree with your political views and writes a blog post saying you "deserve to be killed." Not great news, but the First Amendment...
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