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Fraud Trial Begins Today For 5 Former Madoff Employees

Posted On Tuesday, October 8, 2013 At 7:27PM
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The trial of five former employees of Bernard Madoff began today in a Manhattan federal courtroom.  The employees, all of whom allegedly furthered Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, are Annette...

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Supreme Court Preview: Not In My House!—The Court Revisits Consent Searches Of Jointly Held Property

Posted On Thursday, October 3, 2013 At 7:30PM

We conclude our Supreme Court Preview with a return to one of the key questions in criminal law: when can you tell the cops to buzz off?  Or, to put a finer point on it, if you tell the...

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Supreme Court Preview: Don’t Try This At Home, Kids—Carol Bond, Domestic Disputes And The Limits Of Congressional Authority

Posted On Wednesday, October 2, 2013 At 7:32PM

It’s rare that someone who sticks chemicals in someone else’s mailbox engenders much sympathy.  Of course, it’s rare for someone to stick chemicals in someone else’s mailbox in the...

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Supreme Court Preview: Show Me My Money—Kaley V. United States And The Battle Over Asset Freezes

Posted On Tuesday, October 1, 2013 At 7:34PM

As we wrote back in March, the Supreme Court this term will take a critical step in defining the rights of criminal defendants whose assets have been frozen pending trial, leaving them...

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Coming This Week: White Collared’s Supreme Court 2013 Preview

Posted On Monday, September 30, 2013 At 7:37PM

Ah, October. The leaves change color.  The baseball postseason kicks into full gear (at least for those teams not stupid enough to give Delmon Young almost 300 plate...

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BP Oil Spill Trial Resumes In New Orleans

Posted On Monday, September 30, 2013 At 7:35PM
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he trial regarding the April 20, 2010 blow-out of BP’s Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico resumed today in New Orleans before U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier, sitting without a jury. ...

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