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Daily Business Review

Feds Pursue $15M Stolen in Oil-Gas Fraud With South Florida Recruiters

The SEC charges fraud organizers put some money aside to buy oil-drilling operations to make their high-earning scam appear real.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

USA v. Courton

Overruling Magistrate, Court Revokes Drug Defendant's Pretrial Release for Violations
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Judge Follows Suit in Ordering Google to Comply With Warrant

U.S. District Judge Juan Sanchez's ruling is another rebuke of a controversial ruling by the Second Circuit last year in favor of tech companies that warrants under the Stored Communications Act cannot reach outside the United States.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Skulason v. California Bureau of Real Estate

C.A. 1st; A147047 The First Appellate District reversed a judgment. The court held that the California Bureau of Real Estate had no mandatory duty to…
2 minute read

The Recorder

People v. Pennington

Cal.Sup.Ct.; S222227 The California Supreme Court reversed a judgment of conviction. The court held that the record failed to support a conviction of…
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

SCOTUS Limits Criminal Forfeiture in 'Honeycutt'

Steven L. Kessler writes that with the enactment of the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000, Congress sought to steer federal prosecutors to criminal forfeiture over civil, believing that the risk of abuse would be reduced because a criminal conviction is required before a defendant's property can be forfeited. Unfortunately, it turned out that greater reliance on criminal forfeiture increased abuses in that area as well. The Roberts-led Supreme Court hinted at some dissatisfaction with the state of criminal forfeiture law in recent decisions, but the rifle shot came in its June 5 decision in 'Honeycutt v. United States'.
14 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Daily Abuse of Women at Rikers

Daily, guards sexually abuse women at New York City's Rikers Island jails. Even if, as recommended by the Lippman Commission, those jails are torn down and replaced, that will take at least 10 years. Reforms are needed now.
12 minute read

Daily Report Online

Georgia AG to Lead National Bipartisan Effort to Fight Elder Abuse

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr said Thursday he will help lead a national bipartisan effort to stop abuse of older Americans.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Farmer v. US

Denial of Conviction Vacatur Not Reconsidered; Ineffective Counsel Claims Previously Rejected
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

USA v. Asante

Indictment Related to Fraudulent Marriage Denied Dismissal, Transfer on Venue Grounds
2 minute read

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