The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to address a significant legal conflict among lower courts regarding the standards plaintiffs must meet to...
A federal appeals court has breathed new life into a $180 million legal malpractice lawsuit against the global law firm DLA Piper....
This week, Judge Rakoff of the U.S. District Court in Manhattan finally approved SEC’s $285 million deal with the Citigroup that let the...
Earlier this week, a divided (2-1) 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals passed a ruling that allows the U.S. Securities and...
The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in New York has reversed a lower court ruling and revived a lawsuit by victims...
In USA v. Freeman, the US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit ruled last week that the credibility of an anonymous...
On Thursday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan held that subjecting a sex offender to extraordinarily invasive penile stimulation...
On Monday, the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled in a case that a defendant’s request for a lawyer...
On Friday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to overturn the conviction of a child sex-trafficker on the ground that...
Gerard Lynch was confirmed by the Senate today for a seat on the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, making him the first...
