The immigration service has confirmed that former client Idriss Abdelrahman is on his way to Mali after three-and-a-half years in American prisons. Mr. — June 5, 2013
Read MoreThe Supreme Court has ruled that Maryland's policy of swabbing arrestees for DNA is a search, but a reasonable, constitutional search, even without — June 3, 2013
Read MoreUnder New York's Sex Offender Registration Act, a judge determines risk. That's a good thing, because it ensures that the defendant (i.e. convicted sex — May 13, 2013
Read MorePretty much every defendant arrested by the feds -- the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Department of Homeland Security or the FBI -- is subjected to — April 22, 2013
Read MoreAttorneys Adam Perlmutter and Zachary Margulis-Ohnuma have filed a complaint in Federal court in Albany alleging a pervasive pattern of sexual abuse by a — April 16, 2013
Read MoreThere was a fascinating report in the New York Times today about delays in the state courts in the Bronx, and a particular lawyer who -- according to the — April 15, 2013
Read MoreAccording to the New York Times, a lawsuit over unpaid legal bills has given rise to a counterclaim for massive overbilling by one of the world's largest — March 26, 2013
Read MoreAccording to online news outlet Main Justice, the Southern District's Judge Jed Rakoff came out with a "modest proposal" to scrap the U.S. Sentencing — March 12, 2013
Read MoreThe United States Sentencing Commission has finally released its long-awaited report on child pornography. At upwards of 400 pages full of facts, — February 28, 2013
Read MoreThe Supreme Court has been busy lately fine-tuning the law on search-and-seizure, assistance of counsel and post-conviction procedures. Here's a — February 25, 2013
Read MoreSince the Supreme Court made the federal Sentencing Guidelines advisory and not mandatory on courts in 2005 in U.S. v. Booker, judges have struggled with — February 1, 2013
Read MoreJudge John Gleeson of the Eastern District of New York has written a scathing opinion criticizing the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines approach to drug — January 30, 2013
Read MoreLate last year, President Obama quietly signed into law the Child Protection Act of 2012 (“CPA”). Primarily publicized as a piece of anti-trafficking — January 27, 2013
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