Law

Second Circuit Nixes Convicted Robber's Forfeiture Order, Deepening Split Over Scope of Government Confiscation

A three-judge panel vacated the forfeiture order against Matthew Elias, finding that a unanimous Supreme Court decision applied to a forfeiture ordered under 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(C). In so ruling, ...
JD Supra

Second Circuit Affirms Order Compelling Disclosure of Attorney-Client Communications Subject to the Crime-Fraud Privilege Exception

On Feb. 7, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in In re Two Grand Jury Subpoenas Dated Sept. 13, 2023 [1] affirmed the Southern District of New York’s order compelling a partner at ...
Law

Second Circuit Lifts Order Shielding Nonprofit Program From NY's Unlicensed Law Practice Rules

The three-judge panel unwound U.S. District Judge Paul Crotty’s May 2022 injunction allowing Upsolve Inc. to open a program in which it trains nonlawyers to provide limited legal advice to New Yorkers ...
Courthouse News Service

Second Circuit lifts order that kept Amazon from firing unionizing workers

People arrive for work at the Amazon distribution center in Staten Island, New York, on Oct. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File) MANHATTAN (CN) — A Second Circuit Court of Appeals panel found on ...