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Second Circuit: Bankruptcy Courts Have Inherent Authority to Impose Civil Contempt Sanctions

Because bankruptcy courts were created by Congress rather than under Article III of the U.S. Constitution, there is a disagreement over whether bankruptcy courts, like other federal courts, have ...
JD Supra

Second Circuit Adds to Circuit Split on Forfeiting Property Defendants Never Actually Acquired

Can a court order a criminal defendant to forfeit property the defendant never actually obtained? That was the central question facing the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in United States ...
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 ...
Law

Second Circuit Decision Likely Expands Access to Sentencing Documents

White & Case attorneys Joel Cohen, Marietou Diouf and Robert DeNault discuss the Second Circuit decision in “United States v. Greenwood” which addresses the public’s right to obtain access to ...
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Second Circuit: Rule 37 Sanctions Require ‘Intent to Deprive’ for Lost ESI, Not Mere Negligence

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