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New York Law Journal

Man Convicted of Helping NYC Student Join ISIS

By | January 30, 2017
Southern District U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara called Ahmed Mohammed el-Gammal an "ambassador for ISIS right here in America," saying he actively glamorized the group online, ultimately recruiting and helping a Baruch College student reach a training camp in Syria.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Advising Marijuana Business Clients: The Only Certainty Is Uncertainty

Currently, attorneys in New Jersey who would like to provide guidance on medical cannabis use face challenges because, even though its use is permissible in the state, its use still runs afoul of federal law, which considers cannabis a Schedule I drug.
11 minute read

New York Law Journal

The People v. Gurung

By | January 30, 2017
Administrative Code §19-190 Found Neither Unconstitutional, Nor Preempted by State Law
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New York Law Journal

The People v. Vital

By | January 30, 2017
Defendant Fails to Show VTL Provisions Unconstitutional; Suppression Denied
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Woman Gets 4 Years in Prison for Defrauding Employer

Debra Biagi was also ordered to pay more than $700,000 and given three years supervised release.
5 minute read

The Recorder

In re Mallard

By | January 27, 2017
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The Recorder

People v. Brown

By | January 27, 2017
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New York Law Journal

SCOTUS to Decide Joint and Several Liability for Criminal Forfeiture

Evan T. Barr writes: Federal courts in the past have generally required convicted co-conspirators must be held jointly and severally liable for all proceeds that were at least "reasonably foreseeable." An influential appellate court recently held, however, that a co-conspirator's forfeiture liability instead should be limited to the amount that he personally obtained from the criminal conduct, setting up a circuit split to be resolved by the high court.
20 minute read

The Recorder

Latham Out, Jenner In for PG&E Post-Trial

Latham partner Steven Bauer, who led PG&E's trial team in a case stemming from the 2010 San Bruno blast, confirmed his team would be stepping aside.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Irland, PICS Case No. 17-0091 (Pa. Commw. Jan. 13, 2017) McCullough, J. (32 pages).

By | January 27, 2017
The commonwealth could not enact forfeiture of derivative contraband in the absence of statutory authority where the English common- law doctrine of forfeiture had been explicitly rejected by Pennsylvania and the other states. Order of the trial court vacated.
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