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Thursday, April 1, 2010

“Court Requires Warning About Deportation Risk”: Adam Liptak has this article today in The New York Times.

Today in The Washington Post, Robert Barnes reports that “Supreme Court says lawyers must tell immigrant clients of deportation risk.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Defendants deserve immigration advice, court rules; The Supreme Court confronts a strict federal law on deportation in two criminal cases.”

Joan Biskupic of USA Today reports that “Lawyers must point out deals’ deportation risks; Supreme Court’s 7-2 decision cites right to effective counsel.”

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “Supreme Court: Lawyers must advise immigrants of deportation threat; The US Supreme Court said that criminal defense lawyers are bound by the Constitution to let immigrant defendants who are not US citizens know when a guilty plea could lead to deportation.”

Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal reports that “High Court Deportation Ruling Sets New Standard for Legal Advice.”

And on yesterday evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment entitled “High Court: Lawyers Must Give Immigration Advice.”

Posted at 10:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“How About Those Tomato Sandwiches . . . What does a former chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court do when she’s mistaken for the restroom attendant?” Leah Ward Sears has this op-ed today in The Wall Street Journal. You can freely access the full text via Google News.

Posted at 8:47 PM by Howard Bashman



“Court rules lame pigs can’t be turned into meat”: Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

The Press-Enterprise of Riverside, California reports today that “Federal appeals court reinstates downer cow law.”

The Los Angeles Times has a blog post titled “Federal court upholds California ban on sale of ‘downer’ pork.”

The Associated Press has a report headlined “Court: California can apply animal ban to pigs.”

Metropolitan News-Enterprise reports that “Court Rules California Can Regulate Slaughter of ‘Downer’ Pigs.”

And law.com reports that “9th Circuit Reinstates Ban on ‘Downer’ Animals.”

Chief Judge Alex Kozinski wrote yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Posted at 8:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Conservatives Aim at 9th Circuit Nominee’s Questionnaire”: David Ingram has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

Posted at 6:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“NY court revives Tiffany’s false ad claim vs. eBay”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “EBay Inc. might be violating false-advertising laws if it does not warn consumers that some of the Tiffany products offered by sellers on its Web site are not authentic, a federal appeals court said Thursday.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

Posted at 12:10 PM by Howard Bashman