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In a week of routine summary affirmances, the Second Circuit showed surprising empathy for a WDNY defendant in Feldman. The Circuit went out of its way to fault the district court for summarily dismissing defendant’s challenges to the unfairness of the government’s...
Given New York City’s deep connections with the corporate world, it is not uncommon for locals to hear stories of businesses executives getting in trouble for either giving or receiving gifts from those with whom there is the potential to do business. Most would refer...
The Second Circuit returned to its mid-season pace, but this week’s opinions and summary orders offered no relief for criminal defendants, minus one exception. The Doe decision, an interesting one, recognizes and explains the right of a defendant to appeal the denial...
When large amounts of money are dealt with on a "cash-in-hand" basis, it can be enough for suspicions of money laundering to arise. Money laundering is defined as the act of attempting to make cash seem like it has been legitimately acquired when it is, in fact, the...
People who work for companies and hold positions of some authority may often be in positions where they may be purchasing decisions for the business. This means they may approve the payment of money to other partners, vendors or suppliers. One man in New York is today...
This week the Second Circuit was constrained to vacate the convictions it had affirmed in Barrett. It also affirmed a suppression ruling despite a prolonged traffic stop in Wallace. Judge Pooler authored a rare dissent. The New York State appellate courts released...
Countless people from all over the world seek to gain entry into the United States every year. Millions of immigration applications are received for a limited number of visas, which means that many people will be left without means of lawful entry. This has led to a...
When New York residents go to the doctor, they usually do not worry about their medical information. However, people sometimes steal important healthcare information. When this happens, it is called healthcare fraud. Healthcare fraud occurs when people run scams to...
There were two interesting sentencing remands in the Second Circuit this week, and four reversals in the Second Department, including two from Queens Supreme Court for Miranda violations. Clearly, there are a lot more reversals by the NY State appellate courts than by...
This was an unexpectedly busy summer week. The Second Circuit remanded two cases for resentencing (Brown and Parkins), and, for the third time this year, the Circuit granted a habeas petition challenging a New York State murder conviction (Scrimo; the other two were...