Criminal Law

9th Circuit affirms reversal of Nevada conviction based upon DNA exaggerations
As noted below, newspapers are reporting on the reversal of a Nevada conviction based upon exaggeration of statistics concerning DNA. On Monday, the 9th Circuit affirmed a federal district court's grant of federal habeas to a Nevada defendant who was convicted of sexual assault of a minor...

No Conviction, No Suspension
An order of suspension in Michigan against David Safavian based on his criminal conviction was vacated as a result of the reversal of that conviction by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit...

A notable capital affirmance
The Seventh Circuit on Monday affirmed both the conviction and death sentence in United States v. Odell Corley, Nos. 05-1120 & 05-1798. Notable in the panel’s opinion is what is missing...

Another Reversal for the NLRB
As I noted in one of my first posts on this blog, the NLRB has faced a significant number of reversals by circuit courts holding that the Board improperly ruled against a union or employee...

Nacchio Conviction Reversed
Former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio’s conviction for insider trading has been reversed and remanded for a new trial by the 10th Circuit in an opinion available here.  Congratulations to Jay Brown, for having correctly predicted the outcome and the grounds on which the trial court was reversed...

Second Circuit Issues Notable Decision on Sufficiency of Evidence for RICO Conspiracy Conviction and Criteria for Admissibility of Lay Opinion Testimony
In a decision that gives new life to mob-related prosecutions, the Second Circuit has ruled in United States v. Yannotti, 06-5571-cr, 2008 WL 4071691 (2d Cir. September 4, 2008), that an individual may be found guilty of RICO conspiracy based...

Specialty Lamp International
Recalls Counterfeit Circuit Breakers

Preliminary $1M Settlement Reached in Bell Canada Late Fees Class Action
Preliminary $1M Settlement Reached in Bell Canada Late Fees Class Action