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  • November 13, 2015 | New York Law Journal

    Cross-Border Investigations and the Fifth Amendment

    Last week, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, a jury found two former Rabobank traders, Anthony Conti and Anthony Allen, guilty of wire fraud and conspiracy fo

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  • State of Texas v. United States, 15-40238 (5th Cir. 11/09/2015)

    Publication Date: 2015-11-13
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    Date Filed: 2015-11-09
    Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
    Judge: JERRY E. SMITH, CIRCUIT JUDGE
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    Case Number: 15-40238

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas Before KING, SMITH, and ELROD, Circuit Judg

  • November 12, 2015 | New York Law Journal

    Cross-Border Investigations and the Fifth Amendment

    Marc P. Berger and Justin Florence write that the guilty verdicts for two former Rabobank traders last week marked the DOJ's first successful prosecution of individuals in connection with the LIBOR scandal, but Judge Jed. S. Rakoff, who presided over the trial, will now confront a critical post-trial question: Under 'Kastigar v. United States', can the government rely on a witness whose testimony has been affected by exposure to a defendant's involuntary statements that were compelled by a foreign government?

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  • State v. Young

    Publication Date: 2015-11-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Arthur C. Walton, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Head, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A1347

    The totality of the circumstances would have given a reasonable officer probable cause to arrest the defendant for DUI less-safe and the trial court therefore erred in dismissing the DUI and serious

  • People v. Nilsson

    Publication Date: 2015-11-12
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    Date Filed: 2015-11-12
    Court: C.A. 3rd
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Ward A. Campbell, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Matthew H. Wilson, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Dennis Nilsson.
    Case Number: No. C070296 No. C070298

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 12150 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DENNIS NILSSON, Defen

  • Jones v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2015-11-12
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    Date Filed: 2015-11-12
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Cormac J. Carney, District Judge, Presiding Before: Susan P. Graber, Johnnie B. Rawlinson, and Paul J. Watford, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Laurence (argued), Cliona Plunkett, Nisha Shah, and Tara Mikkilineni, Habeas Corpus Resource Center, San Francisco, California, for Petitioner-Appellee.
    for defendant: Michael J. Mongan (argued), Deputy Solicitor General; James William Bilderback II and Keith H. Borjon, Supervising Deputy Attorneys General; Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General of California; Edward C. DuMont, Solicitor General; Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General; Lance E. Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney General; and A. Scott Hayward and Herbert S. Tetef, Deputy Attorneys General, Los Angeles, California, for Respondent-Appellant.
    Case Number: No. 14-56373

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 12139 ERNEST DEWAYNE JONES, Petitioner-Appellee, v. RON DAVIS, War

  • Reyes v. State, 02-13-00563-CR (Tex.App. Dist.2 11/12/2015)

    Publication Date: 2015-11-12
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    Date Filed: 2015-11-12
    Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Second District, Fort Worth
    Judge: ANNE GARDNER, JUSTICE.
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    Case Number: 02-13-00563-CR

    FROM THE 297TH DISTRICT COURT OF TARRANT COUNTY TRIAL COURT NO. 1181465D. PANEL: GARDNER, MEIER, and GABRIEL, JJ. OP

  • Union Street Houses Owners LLC. v. Marshall, L&T 70504/2015

    Publication Date: 2015-11-12
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    Court: Civil Court, Kings County, Housing Part S
    Judge: Judge Jeannine Baer Kuzniewski
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For petitioner: Rose & Rose.
    for defendant: For respondent: Sarah M. Telson, Esq., South Brooklyn Legal Services.
    Case Number: L&T 70504/2015

    Cite as: Union Street Owners LLC. v. Marshall, L&T 70504/2015, NYLJ 1202741935736, at *1 (Civ., KI, Decided October 27, 2015) CASENAME Union Street

  • Mixon v. State, 07-15-00094-CR (Tex.App. Dist.7 11/10/2015)

    Publication Date: 2015-11-10
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    Date Filed: 2015-11-10
    Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Seventh District, Amarillo
    Judge: MACKEY K. HANCOCK JUSTICE.
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    Case Number: 07-15-00094-CR

    On Appeal from the 251st District Court Randall County, Texas Trial Court No. 23, 963-C, Honorable Ana Estevez, Presiding Before QUINN, C.J., and HANCOCK and PIRTL

  • November 10, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

    Schlumberger Asks Court to Affirm Attorney Disqualification in Patent Dispute

    Lawyer disqualification is a tricky concept. Sometimes it is viewed as a tactical and harassing litigation weapon that robs clients of their trusted counsel of choice. Yet, on the flip side,

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