Criminal Law

CA8: Losing a suppression motion then saying "no objection" to admission at trial is a waiver of suppression issue
Saying "no objection" when evidence the subject of a lost suppression motion is offered at trial is a waiver of the suppression motion. Thus, the issue had to be viewed under clear error...

CA4: Blanket suppression of records was unjustified
Blanket suppression of search for records was unwarranted. The critical records sought were fairly within the search warrant and should have not been suppressed. United States v. Srivastava, 2008 U...

Jeff Fisher gets another cert grant: Herring v. U.S.
SCOTUS has granted cert in Herring v. United States, No. 07-513, decision below 492 F.3d 1212 (11th Cir. 2007), posted here July 18. The issue, as stated by Willamette Law School: Whether the exclusionary rule requires the suppression of evidence obtained as a result of a search that was conducted on a good faith mistake that the defendant had an outstanding warrant for his arrest...

OH: IAC claim must consider that defense counsel determined that it was not in defendant's best interest to pursue suppression motion
Under the Strickland deferential standard of client performance, the court should consider that defense counsel has a reason for not pursuing a suppression, such as the fact that the officers may testify to thinks not in the reports which harm defendant's position...

Giving duffle bags to another for transport is a waiver of expectation of privacy in them
Defendant's own testimony gave duffle bags with drugs to another to carry them, and that gave the other the the ability to consent to a search. Gamez v. United States, 2008 U.S. Dist...

CA8: Right of confrontation does not apply at a suppression hearing
The right of confrontation does not apply at a suppression hearing. The officer that actually stopped the defendant was not called as a witness by the government, so hearsay was admissible about the cause of the stop...

House Closing
Sealing a home sale

American Express
allegedly failed to properly inform customers of Blue Cash credit card offer components.

Wrongful Death
alleging death was caused by the conduct of negligent defendant.

Aetna Life Insurance
Houston Woman Denied $426,000

Strip Search Class Action Settled for $900,000
Strip Search Class Action Settled for $900,000

Strip-Search Lawsuit Settled for $1.1 Million
Strip-Search Lawsuit Settled for $1.1 Million

Canadian Government
seeks new law enabling them to search your laptop