By Lee A. Spielmann | July 17, 2024
In recent years, a number of cases have sought compensation from Germany or Hungary for property the Nazis or their allies seized. Plaintiffs relied upon the "expropriation exception" of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) to secure jurisdiction over the foreign sovereign. The authors discuss two such cases, 'Toren v. Federal Republic of Germany' and' Republic of Hungary v. Simon.'
By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press | July 16, 2024
The appeal is to be decided by a three-judge panel of the intermediate appeals court, which will then have until mid-March to rule.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Jules Epstein | July 12, 2024
At least some facial identifications are reliable (see, e.g., familiar identifications of a previously well-known individual). The question is—can the same be said when the perpetrator was fully masked and all that was visible were his eyes?
By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman | July 10, 2024
The decision means Marilyn J. Mosby may remain an active attorney as she appeals her federal convictions. But a dissenting justice said she "presents an unacceptable risk of harm to the public" if she's allowed to practice law.
By Avalon Zoppo | July 3, 2024
Ryan Park argued in vain that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's use of race as a factor in admissions passes constitutional muster.
By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press | July 2, 2024
The condemned man's lawyers say the prosecutor in his case violated the Batson rule and ranted against it when trial attorneys raised concerns during jury selection that he was striking Black jurors because of their race.
By Jimmy Hoover | July 2, 2024
The high court will decide whether a defendant convicted and sentenced before the First Step Act, but then resentenced after the criminal justice reform law went into effect, is eligible for its sentencing relief provisions.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Matthew T. Mangino | July 2, 2024
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has yet again addressed the issue of proving a prima facie case at a preliminary hearing. The Supreme Court has clarified that inadmissible hearsay alone will not be adequate to identify a defendant at a preliminary hearing.
By Jimmy Hoover | June 28, 2024
Writing for the 6-3 majority in "Fischer v. United States," Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. called the government's view of a federal obstruction statute too broad.
By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press | June 28, 2024
That the woman caused the fatal DeKalb County crash was not in dispute, but defense lawyers and prosecutors disagreed on what arguments should be allowed at trial.
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