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Colby Hamilton

Colby Hamilton

B. Colby Hamilton is a litigation reporter for the New York Law Journal and Law.com.

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March 26, 2019 | Litigation Daily

2nd Circuit Weighs Whether Trump's Personal Twitter Account Is a Public Forum

The government sought to make distinctions between Trump's official and private actions on Twitter, while the blocked Twitter users argued the fine lines were obliterated when the President blocked them over their policy viewpoints.

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March 26, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Second Circuit Clarifies Removal Challenges in Upholding Eliquis Dismissal

The appellate panel resolved a district court split in the circuit over the reading of federal removal rules, agreeing with the district court that holding to the strict text was appropriate.

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March 26, 2019 | Delaware Law Weekly

Nixing Eliquis Suits That Bounced Between Calif., NY and Del., 2nd Circ. Clarifies Removal Challenges

The appellate panel resolved a district court split in the circuit over the reading of federal removal rules, agreeing with the district court that holding to the strict text was appropriate.

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March 25, 2019 | New York Law Journal

SDNY Mourns Passing of 'Role Model' Judge Robert Sweet at 96

In a letter to colleagues, Chief Judge Colleen McMahon praised the intellect and wit of Judge Sweet, who passed away at his home in Idaho.

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3 minute read

March 25, 2019 | New York Law Journal

EDNY Installs New Top-Tier Leaders as DuCharme Moves to Main Justice

Eastern District of New York U.S. Attorney's Office Criminal Division Chief Seth DuCharme is headed to Washington, D.C., to join Attorney General William Barr's staff.

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March 25, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Prosecutors Announce Charges Against Attorney Michael Avenatti

Michael Avenatti is being charged in Manhattan and Los Angeles federal court, with SDNY prosecutors alleging four extortion-related counts connected to an attempt to shake down Nike for millions, and Central District of California prosecutors charging him with bank fraud and stealing from clients.

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March 21, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Mail Bomber Sayoc Pleads to 65 Charges for 2018 Domestic Terror Acts

The Florida man sent 16 packages containing explosives and shrapnel material to prominent liberal figures and Democratic elected officials during an October 2018 terror spree.

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March 21, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Mail Bomber Sayoc Pleads Guilty to 65 Charges for 2018 Terror Spree

The man arrested in South Florida admitted sending 16 packages containing explosives and shrapnel to prominent liberal figures and Democratic officials in a case that riveted the nation.

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March 21, 2019 | New York Law Journal

District Judge's Ex Parte Talk With Jurors, 'Forbidden' Instruction Force Retrial, 2nd Circuit Rules

U.S. District Judge Thomas McAvoy's actions in a immigration and marriage fraud trial potentially tainted the jury, requiring the convictions be overturned and the case remanded, the appellate panel found.

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March 20, 2019 | New York Law Journal

'We're the Federal Government': US Marshals Sued Over Warrantless Raids

Elvayaris Rosa claims she was subjected to unlawful brutality at the hands of numerous unnamed marshals as part of the federal authority's attempts to apprehend a wanted friend, Disney Abreu.

By Colby Hamilton

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