• August 5, 2004 | New York Law Journal

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    Michael Garson's Lawyer Must Testify, Panel Rules The Appellate Division, Second Department, has ruled that lawyer Ira K. Miller must testify before the grand jury examining whe

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  • Brown v. Greiner

    Publication Date: 2005-07-01
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    U.S. COURT OF APPEALS SECOND CIRCUIT Before Walker, C.J.; Leval and Katzmann, C.JJ. Consolidated appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Ea

  • UNITED STATES v. MICHAEL RAVELO

    Publication Date: 2004-06-29
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    U.S. Court of Appeals Second Circuit Judges Van Graafeiland, Sack and Raggi The defendant-appellant Michael Ravelo was convicted in the United States District Court fo

  • November 22, 2006 | New York Law Journal

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    City Bar Blasts Pataki Over First Department Appointment Barry Kamins, president of the 23,000-member New York City Bar Association, yesterday blasted Governor George E. Pataki

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  • United States v. Ramel Handy, 07-CR-906

    Publication Date: 2008-08-11
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    Case Number: 07-CR-906

    District Judge Jack B. Weinstein U.S. DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Appearances: For United States of America: By: Brian Meagher, Assistan

  • May 24, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Circuit Decides Kaplan Lacks Authority To Hear Demands KPMG Pay Legal Fees

    A federal judge lacks the power to hear claims by indicted former KPMG executives that the accounting giant must pay for their defense in a massive criminal tax shelter prosecution, the U.S. C

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  • November 7, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    Guidelines Gone Awry

    On Oct. 12, the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security held its first hearing on federal sentencing since March 2006. The title—"Uncertai

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  • March 15, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Court Ordered To Settle Right To DNA Tests

    The issue of whether there is a constitutional right to DNA testing for a convicted defendant who hopes to be exonerated has been placed squarely in the lap of Eastern District Judge John Glee

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  • May 22, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Police Order to 'Stay Put' Ruled Enough for Fourth Amendment Suit

    A police officer's command to a suspect to "stay put" while the officer writes out a summons is sufficient to support a constitutional claim for false arrest, a federal judge h

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  • December 1, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Lost: the Vanishing Relevance of the Federal Fraud Guidelines

    This past summer, the Justice Department added to the growing controversy over the sentencing of white-collar defendants by asking the United States Sentencing Commission to address the growing dis

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