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SCOTUS Dodges Confrontation Clause Case, but Justices Are Open to Reconsidering Crawford

Venable LLP on 3/27/2025

The Supreme Court refusing to hear a case is nothing new, but an otherwise run-of-the-mill denial of the cert petition in Franklin v. New York, 604 U.S. ____ (2025) was accompanied by statements from Justices Alito and...more

Late-Term Flood of Decisions Continues, Disagreement Among Justices Increasingly Pronounced - SCOTUS Today

Epstein Becker & Green on 6/24/2024

With the current term of the Supreme Court soon to end, the run of decisions in which the Justices have been unanimous or close to it is being displaced by the “tougher” ones, in which there is substantial disagreement....more

The Supreme Court Update - June 21, 2024

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 6/24/2024

The Supreme Court of the United States issued five decisions today: United States v. Rahimi, No. 22-915: This Second Amendment case addresses the constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8), which makes it a crime for an...more

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: The Latest on Federal Court Treatment of Criminal Defendants

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 6/27/2023

Last week, the Sixth Circuit and Supreme Court issued opinions on criminal law that could affect trial and sentencing strategy for white collar defendants in regulated industries. District court discretion does not...more

The Supreme Court Update - June 23, 2023

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 6/26/2023

The Supreme Court of the United States issued four decisions today: United States v. Texas, No. 22-58: This administrative law and separation of powers case addressed the ability of states to sue the executive branch...more

The Supreme Court Update - December 13, 2022

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 12/14/2022

Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in three cases: Slack Technologies, LLC v. Pirani, No. 22-200: This case presents an issue of federal securities law. After the messaging software company,...more

The U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Bronx DA’s Attempted End-Run Around Confrontation Clause

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP on 3/2/2022

In Hemphill v. New York, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the defendant “did not forfeit his confrontation right merely by making [a] plea allocution arguably relevant to his theory of defense.” The Court rejected the attempt...more

Supreme Court Sides with ERISA Participants in Fiduciary Suit, Rejects “Opening the Door” Exception to Sixth Amendment’s...

Epstein Becker & Green on 1/25/2022

The pension trustees of Northwestern University, and those elsewhere, will need to take close note of the Court’s unanimous decision (Barrett, J., not participating) in Hughes v. Northwestern University in which the Court...more

The Supreme Court - April 19, 2021

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 4/19/2021

Hemphill v. New York, No. 20-637: Whether, or under what circumstances, a criminal defendant who opens the door to responsive evidence also forfeits his right to exclude evidence otherwise barred by the Confrontation Clause....more

A New Arrow in the Quiver for Physicians Facing Dual Civil and Criminal Fraud Investigations

Cole Schotz on 12/1/2015

At a time when doctors face increased pressure from competition, reduced fee schedules, and greater scrutiny from insurance company Special Investigative Units (“SIUs”) and State Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutors...more

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