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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

“When Prosecutors Admit to Cheating: Federal attorneys in San Diego knew they had gotten an unfair conviction; And to their immense credit, they asked an appeals court to make things right.” Andrew Cohen has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 11:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“As Basic hangs in the balance, next SCOTUS securities case looms”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight today has this report.

Posted at 11:27 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ex-U.Va. lacrosse player’s murder conviction upheld”: Frank Green of The Richmond Times-Dispatch has a news update headlined “The Virginia Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld the second-degree murder conviction of George Huguely V, convicted of killing fellow University of Virginia student Yeardley Love.”

The Baltimore Sun has a news update headlined “Virginia court upholds murder conviction in killing of Yeardley Love; George Huguely’s lawyers had appealed 2012 conviction.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Huguely murder conviction upheld.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Court of Appeals of Virginia at this link.

Posted at 11:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“Does Precedent or Congressional Action Prevent the Supreme Court from Reconsidering the Fraud-on-the Market Doctrine in Halliburton?” Attorney Andrew J. Pincus has this post today at Mayer Brown’s “Class Defense” blog.

Posted at 2:11 PM by Howard Bashman



“Argument analysis: To decide, or not.” At “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post that begins, “The more questions the Supreme Court Justices asked on Tuesday about the facts in a high-speed police chase case, the more they showed a willingness — maybe even an eagerness — to rule for the police.”

Update: In other coverage, Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “High court appears to favor police sued over chase.”

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Plumhoff v. Rickard, No. 12-1117.

Posted at 1:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“NY judge rules for Chevron in Ecuador case”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A New York judge says Amazon rainforest residents who obtained a multibillion-dollar judgment against Chevron in Ecuador cannot try to enforce it through U.S. courts, because it was obtained through fraud.”

Bloomberg News reports that “Chevron Wins U.S. Ruling Calling Ecuador Judgment Fraud.”

And Reuters reports that “U.S. judge rules for Chevron in Ecuador environmental case.”

You can access today’s 497-page ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York at this link. And for those still hungry for even more reading material, an 89-page appendix accompanies that opinion.

Posted at 10:14 AM by Howard Bashman



Access online today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Court today issued rulings in two argued cases.

1. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court in Lawson v. FMR LLC, No. 12-3. Justice Antonin Scalia issued an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which Justice Clarence Thomas joined. And Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Anthony M. Kennedy and Samuel A. Alito, Jr. joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. And Justice Scalia delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Law v. Siegel, No. 12-5196. You can access the oral argument via this link.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press has reports headlined “Court: Broad protection for whistleblowers” and “Court: Exempt funds protected in bankruptcy.”

Posted at 10:05 AM by Howard Bashman



“US Supreme Court weighs hearing Delaware Chancery Court appeal”: In today’s edition of The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware, Sean O’Sullivan has an article that begins, “The legal papers have all been filed and it is now up to the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if it will hear the Delaware Court of Chancery’s appeal to revive its controversial secret arbitration program.”

Posted at 9:52 AM by Howard Bashman



“Seamus McCaffery Accuses Inky, Daily News of Libel; Justice Seamus McCaffery and his wife have filed papers in Philadelphia court”: Philadelphia Magazine today has a blog post that begins, “Law 360 (paywall) reports that Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Seamus McCaffery has announced plans to sue the Inquirer and Daily News, claiming he and his wife were libeled in a series of articles that claimed she received fees for steering cases to personal injury firms.”

Posted at 8:19 AM by Howard Bashman