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  • September 26, 2017 | New York Law Journal

    The Second Circuit in the Supreme Court

    In their Second Circuit Review, Martin Flumenbaum and Brad S. Karp write: Five of the U.S. Supreme Court's 71 merits decisions (resulting in 69 written opinions) last term arose out of the Second Circuit. One was affirmed and four were reversed or vacated, resulting in an 80 percent reversal rate.

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  • September 26, 2017 |

    Insurers Must Strictly Comply with Statutory Cancellation Rules, Nevada Supreme Court Holds

    The Supreme Court of Nevada has ruled that an insurer had to strictly comply with the Nevada law setting forth the rules for cancelling an insurance…

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  • September 25, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

    Trump Doesn't Look Far in Making Northern District of Texas US Attorney Nomination

    Before winning a presidential nomination for one of the four U.S. Attorney positions in Texas, a candidate must first meet with a committee of 35 lawyers who vet applicants for the state's two Republican senators, John Cornyn and Ted Cruz.

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  • The People v. Seegobin, 1761/11

    Publication Date: 2017-09-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Queens County, Criminal Term Part K-22
    Judge: Justice Ira Margulis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For People: ADA Joseph Z. Amsel, Queens County District Attorney's Office.
    for defendant: For Defendant: Craig Relles, Esq.
    Case Number: 1761/11

    Plea Counsel Not Ineffective; Defendant Failed to Advise of Immigration

  • People v. Trujillo

    Publication Date: 2017-09-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-09-21
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, Michael Pulos and Britton B. Lacy, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: James M. Crawford, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. D071715

    Electronics search condition reasonably related to preventing first-time offender's future criminality (Haller, J.)

  • In re N.R.

    Publication Date: 2017-09-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-09-21
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Steven D. Matthews, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Analee J. Brodie, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Esther R. Sorkin, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: 2d. Juv. No. B278221

    No abuse of discretion in juvenile court's refusal to dismiss delinquency petition and seal record for juvenile offender who dropped out of school (Perren, J.)

  • September 21, 2017 | National Law Journal

    Government Agencies to Clash in Upcoming Case on Sexual Orientation

    A full Second Circuit will hear from two opposing government agencies in key case on whether sexual orientation should be protected under federal civil rights law

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  • September 21, 2017 |

    US Agencies to Clash in Appeal Over Sexual Orientation Bias

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit will hear arguments in a high-profile case next week that could telegraph what's to come in…

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  • Browning v. Baker

    Publication Date: 2017-09-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-09-20
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Robert Clive Jones, Senior District Judge, Presiding Before: Kim McLane Wardlaw, Ronald M. Gould, and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy K. Ford (argued), MacDonald Hoague & Bayless, Seattle, Washington; Mark A. Larrañaga and Jacqueline K. Walsh, Walsh & Larrañaga, Seattle, Washington; for Petitioner-Appellant.
    for defendant: Victor-Hugo Schulze II (argued), Senior Deputy Attorney General; Thom Gover, Chief Deputy Attorney General; Adam Paul Laxalt, Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Las Vegas, Nevada; for Respondents-Appellees.
    Case Number: No. 15-99002

    Defense counsel's inadequate pretrial investigation and prosecutor's withholding of exculpatory evidence warranted habeas relief for death row inmate (Gould, J.)

  • THE COURT ANNOUNCES THE FOLLOWING MOTION ORDERS:

    Publication Date: 2017-09-21
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    Court: First Judicial Department, Appellate Division
    Judge: Acosta, J.P., Tom, Friedman, Sweeny, Jr., Renwick, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number:

    CONFIDENTIAL M-3908. MATTER OF FARIDA A., MUHAMMAD A., AMIR A., LAILA A., AND YUSUF A., CHILDREN UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE ALLEGED TO BE ABUSED AND/OR NEGLECTED UNDER ARTICLE 10 OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT.