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No Probable Cause for a Search Warrant? Exclusionary Rule Applies
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
What do you get when you combine an investigator with more suspicions than facts and a judge who happily issues a warrant that lacks probable cause? A...
Circuit Blocks Double Recovery Setoff Under Foreign Judgment
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Lawsuits, like bicycles and skydiving harnesses, occasionally occur in tandem. Like tandem sporting activities, tandem litigation requires considerable...
Havana Club Rum Label Not False Advertisement
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Booze. Exotic locations. Communism. This case has it all. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that consumers are smart enough to figure out that...
Amendments to Third Circuit Rules Effective August 1
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals implemented five changes to its Local Appellate Rules this week. The amendments, which became effective on August 1, affect...
Anonymous Petitions Restricted in Third Circuit
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
What’s in a name? He who we call a plaintiff filing under a pseudonym would have as much right to bring a complaint, correct? The Third Circuit sayeth...
Police Officers Can Collect DNA Samples from Arrestees
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week that police officers may collect DNA samples from persons under arrest, finding that a DNA sample is no more...