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New York Law Journal

The People v. Murray

By | December 19, 2016
Defendant to Submit DNA Sample, But May Only be Used for Comparison Purposes in Case
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

USA v. Green

By | December 19, 2016
Despite Medical Treatment Uses Marijuana's Classification as Schedule I Substance Rational
3 minute read

National Law Journal

VOIR DIRE: Swan Song

By | December 19, 2016
The incoming White House counsel bids the band life farewell; a lawsuit over bad grades; and a temporarily favorable bank glitch in this week's column.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Mexican State Government Plays Middleman in Exchange of Captives

A state government in southern Mexico found itself playing middleman in negotiations involving a gang of drug traffickers who already released a kidnap victim and a band of armed, angry citizens who briefly held a crime boss' mother seeking to take back control of their lawless, opium-country town.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Feds Indict Lawyers Behind Prenda Law 'Porno-Trolling' Scheme

John Steele of Florida and Paul Hansmeier of Minnesota filmed pornographic movies and enticed people to download them illegally, according to a federal indictment, then used phony copyright infringement allegations to "extort" millions of dollars in settlements.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Zapien v. Martel

By | December 16, 2016
4 minute read

The Recorder

People v. Pinon

By | December 16, 2016
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Summons Court's Move Aims to Boost Efficiency

Starting Monday, criminal court summonses from Manhattan and Brooklyn and code violation summonses from all five boroughs are to be heard in a new 40,000-square foot court facility in Lower Manhattan established as part of a broader effort to expedite cases in the high-volume Summons Court.
6 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Justices Effectively Cancel 12 Executions in Wake of Tossing Capital Sentencing Scheme

Just four months after striking down Delaware's death penalty sentencing scheme as unconstitutional, the state Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the 12 men sentenced under the statute may not be executed.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Williams, PICS Case No. 16-1521 (Pa. Super. Dec. 2, 2016) Gantman, P.J. (8 pages).

By | December 16, 2016
Court properly denied appellant's motion to dismiss his state charges of person not to possess a firearm after he was acquitted on federal charges of possession of a firearm pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) based on the same incident because the federal and state statutes each required proof of facts not required by the other and the two statutes targeted different harms. Affirmed.
4 minute read

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