Recent Articles from DAVID E FRANK
Federal Circuit opens door for patent cases
Intellectual property attorneys who challenge decisions before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board say a recent Federal Circuit ruling means they no longer can be barred from introducing new evidence in appeals at the U.S. District Court.
Stay no longer a certainty in joint SEC investigations
White-collar lawyers say gone are the days when a civil suit brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission is stayed simply because the U.S. attorney is prosecuting a parallel criminal case.
US v. Tsarnaev: One year later
On the first anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings, the legal questions surrounding Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s criminal case are as many and as varied today as they were following his arrest in Watertown, Mass., on April 19.
Rules of the game change in defending sports stars
The suggestion that Aaron Hernandez will be treated the same as any other defendant charged with murder strains credulity, say lawyers who have represented sports figures accused of crimes like the one that landed the New England Patriots pro-bowler behind bars in June.
Bankruptcy Court judges split over state tax dischargeability
Lawyers say a split in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court over whether tax liability from late-filed state income tax returns are dischargeable in bankruptcy is creating uncertainty and making it difficult to advise debtors on how to proceed.
Requesting a judge’s recusal tricky business for attorneys
For J.W. Carney Jr., the decision to file a motion to recuse in the James “Whitey” Bulger case may have been a clear choice, but it was also a risky move.
Weighing in on the wide world of sports and law
Cleaning out the legal briefcase of the mind on what’s been a busy stretch in the world of sports and the law …
US Supreme Court rejects bid to hear appeal from Whitey Bulger’s alleged victims
Any hope the families of two of James “Whitey” Bulger’s alleged victims may have had that the U.S. Supreme Court would hear their appeal have come to an end.
Federal removal statute creates venue changes
Civil practitioners say a new federal venue law that quietly went into effect last month will lead to an increase in diversity-based discovery and cut down on the “jurisdictional gamesmanship” that regularly occurs in litigation.
Legal News
- Wisconsin attorney loses law license, ordered to pay $16K fine
- Former Wisconsin police officer charged with 5 bestiality felony counts
- Judge reject’s Trump’s bid for a new trial in $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation case
- Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police
- The Latest: Supreme Court arguments conclude in Trump immunity case
- Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
- Wisconsin Attorney General asks Congress to expand reproductive health services
- Attorney General Kaul releases update at three-year anniversary of clergy and faith leader abuse initiative
- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
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