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Federal Courts Have No Jurisdiction to Expunge Convictions
By Jonathan R. Tung, Esq. | Last updated on
A federal district court in Brooklyn has no authority to expunge a valid conviction of a woman who said her arrest record had prevented her from securing a job...
Chevron Escapes $9.5 Billion 'Amazon Chernobyl' Judgment
By Jonathan R. Tung, Esq. | Last updated on
Energy giant Chevron can breathe a little easier after the Second Circuit overruled a lower court award of $9.5 billion, finding that the judgment was...
Court Revives Suit Over Anti-Male Bias in Campus Sex Assault Investigations
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
A male Columbia University student can go forward with his lawsuit accusing the college of gender bias in its sexual assault investigations, the Second Circuit...
2nd Circuit Decertifies Class After Jury Returns $32M Verdict
By Jonathan R. Tung, Esq. | Last updated on
A lesson of particular interest to class action civil procedure came out from a unanimous Second Circuit recently. That court of appeals affirmed a lower...
Microsoft Doesn't Have to Turn Over Emails on Foreign Servers
By Jonathan R. Tung, Esq. | Last updated on
The U.S. government cannot not legally compel Microsoft to hand over customer emails stored in Irish servers under the Stored Communications Act, the Second...
$7B Credit Card Settlement Killed Over Inadequate Representation
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
A $7.25 billion antitrust settlement between credit card companies and 12 million merchants was nixed by the Second Circuit last week. For over ten years,...
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