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Decisions of the Week Ended June 20, 2019 There were no dispositive decisions in criminal cases from the Circuit this week. The Supreme Court continued to resolve the remaining cases on its 2018 docket. There were a number of interesting New York State appellate...
You have likely heard how serious the federal government treats cases where people have not paid their taxes. At the same time, you have probably also seen advertisements detailing programs that teach you how to avoid having to pay tax. You might hear these and...
Decisions of the Week Ended June 14 This was an uneventful week in the Circuit with only one precedential decision affirming in a criminal case, and no summary orders. While the New York Court of Appeals issued three decisions, they were all affirmances, and none of...
You get arrested on fraud charges, and you find yourself in court. Even from the beginning, you cannot imagine they're going to convict you. Maybe you think you did nothing wrong. Maybe, regardless of what happened, you do not think they have any evidence against you....
The mid-summer quiet broke this week with four precedential opinions from the Second Circuit and six reversals and a remittal from AD4. Second Circuit On Friday, in United States v. Lebedev, the Circuit affirmed defendants’ SDNY convictions for multiple counts arising...
With activities related to the next presidential election already underway, it is not uncommon for many people in New York to be giving consideration to which candidate they would like to support. In addition to voting for a particular candidate, many people opt to...
Another quiet week in the Circuit, with no precedential decisions and only a few summary affirmances. The state courts were similarly quiet. Second Circuit On Wednesday, In United States v. Asch, in a summary order, the Circuit affirmed the SDNY judgment convicting...
People who live in New York and who are involved in the financial services industry know that theirs is a highly watched and regulated sector of business. While this is certainly understandable, given that professionals are in charge of other people's money, it can...
Residents in New York know how essential the public transit system is to make things work in and around New York City. Keeping on top of maintenance, repair and modernization needs certainly is no small task. This task, in fact, is exactly why union officials and some...
Not much going on in the Second Circuit or New York’s state appellate courts in this pre-holiday week. For those interested in the philosophical differences between permissible inferences and impermissible speculation, Judge Denny Chin’s opinion in Pauling is worth a...