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Jury Trials Not Guaranteed to Hear PLRA Deficiency Excuses
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
The Second Circuit ruled today that a prisoner who sued under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”) was not entitled to a jury trial on disputed factual...
Second Circuit Says Administrative Hearings Open to Public
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
New Yorkers are free to observe Transit Adjudication Bureau (TAB) hearings. That's the word from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which sided with the New...
Attorney's Fees Award Valid, Even on Vacated Judgment
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Attorneys are relieved when the court orders the losing party to pay their fees because it usually means that they will be paid. But what happens when the...
JPMorgan Chase Not Liable Under RICO, 2nd Circuit Says
By Tanya Roth, Esq. | Last updated on
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals tossed out a conspiracy lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase & Co for violating RICO. The case involved the notorious Bernard...
You Don't Mess With The Zohan-- No Really, You Don't
By Tanya Roth, Esq. | Last updated on
You don't mess with The Zohan. Or at least, you don't mess with the guys who invented The Zohan. Robert Cabell claims that Adam Sandler, Robert Smigel and Judd...
2nd Circuit's Fleeting Expletive Case Going Back to SCOTUS
By Tanya Roth, Esq. | Last updated on
What happens when a television station forgets to bleep the swear words? Fox Broadcasting learned the hard way after two incidents in 2002 and 2003 where Cher...
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