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Think Defense APLC | USA | 3 Mar 2019
When in Doubt, File the Appeal
Last week it was the Eighth Amendment; this week, it’s the Sixth…
Cozen O'Connor | USA | 4 Jan 2019
Notice of Appeal Winter 2019
Defendant fired his lawyer during his sentencing hearing, but the judge did not ensure that Defendant’s waiver of his right to counsel was knowing and…
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP | USA | 2 Aug 2018
Appeal “Tanks” After Circuit Holds That Defendant Gave Implied Consent to Have K-9 Unit Present in His Apartment After Calling 911 to Report Prowler
On July 31, the Second Circuit issued a decision in United States v. Iverson (Kearse, Calabresi, Livingston) and affirmed the conviction of a…
Clark Hill PLC | USA | 30 Nov 2017
SCOTUS Carves Out an Exception to the No-Impeachment Rule
On March 6, 2017, Pena-Rodriguez v. Colorado opened the curtain on jury deliberations for the purpose of correcting racial and ethnic bias that might…
Porzio Bromberg & Newman PC | USA | 30 Jan 2017
You Can't Cross Examine A Map!
In a case decided earlier last week, State v. Wilson, the New Jersey Supreme Court answered an interesting Constitutional Law question: Whether the…
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | USA | 8 Sep 2016
Scope Of The Jury Trial Right In Civil FIRREA Actions
In recent years, the U.S. Department of Justice has stepped up its use of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 to…
Zuckerman Spaeder LLP | USA | 8 Aug 2016
A Fifth Amendment Right to Not Talk to Your Employer?
An employee who is accused of participating in corporate wrongdoing can face potentially life-changing choices almost immediately. When a company…
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | USA | 11 Jul 2016
The Scope Of SEC Defendants' Jury Trial Right: Part 2
This is the second of four articles examining the scope of the Seventh Amendment jury trial right for civil defendants in U.S. Securities and Exchange…
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP | USA | 6 Jun 2016
Eye on the Supreme Court—Corruption and Fraud Edition
This session, the Supreme Court has undertaken the review of numerous cases that raise thorny issues arising in the white collar context. In our last…
Jackson Lewis PC | USA | 1 Jun 2016
Post-Luis, Law Enforcement Can Freeze Assets Not Tied to Crimes or Needed to Hire Counsel, Federal Court Rules
On March 30, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court in Luis v. United States, No. 14-419, held that pretrial restraint of untainted assets needed by a criminal…
