By Andrew Denney | December 27, 2018
John Gleeson, a partner at Debevoise & Plimpton and a retired federal judge from the Eastern District of New York, didn't wait until his 2016 departure from the bench to make his thoughts known on mandatory minimums.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | December 27, 2018
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled in a high-profile murder case that the state Supreme Court's landmark 2017 decision raising the prosecutorial burden for seeking a life without parole sentence for a juvenile offender should not be applied retroactively.
By Andrew Denney | December 27, 2018
John Gleeson, a partner at Debevoise & Plimpton and a retired federal judge from the Eastern District of New York, made his opinions on mandatory minimums known even while still on the bench.
By Jeff Amy, Associated Press | December 26, 2018
Chief Justice Bill Waller's court has at times questioned problems with forensic evidence but passed when asked to rule on the legality of Mississippi's cap on punitive damages.
By Andrew Denney | December 26, 2018
The FIRST STEP Act is aptly named for the series of changes advocates say need to be made for comprehensive criminal justice reform.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By C. Evan Stewart | December 26, 2018
Three times the U.S. Supreme Court has held that there is no aider and abettor liability for secondary actors.The Securities and Exchange Commission has never really taken “no” for an answer, however, and has continually tried to work a way around it. The Commission is at it again, this time in 'Lorenzo v. S.E.C.', discussed here.
By Marcia Coyle | December 26, 2018
Every now and then a U.S. Supreme Court justice, or an advocate, says something that brings laughter to the room. Here's a look back at some of the memorable moments of 2018.
By Tony Mauro | December 21, 2018
Would the justices clear their court chamber like the D.C. Circuit did, and leave the public and press outside, scratching their heads?
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By David Paul Horowitz and Lukas M. Horowitz | December 19, 2018
In their Burden of Proof column, David Paul Horowitz and Lukas M. Horowitz write: Twenty years ago there was a push, albeit ultimately unsuccessful, to enact a parent-child privilege in New York. Given the myriad legal and societal changes in the last 20 years, perhaps it is time to revisit the idea of codifying the privilege.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Paul Shechtman | December 18, 2018
On December 6, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Gamble v. United States. Gamble calls on the court to revisit the Double Jeopardy Clause's dual sovereignty doctrine—to determine whether the clause bars prosecution by the federal government following a state prosecution for the same offense (or visa versa). Precedent favors the government, but a betting man should not wager too heavily against Gamble.
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