Category Archives: Judiciary

Plain English: Recent grants

Posted on November 7, 2011 by admin

October was a busy month at the Court for merits cases: it heard twelve oral arguments during its October sitting, and then kicked off its November sitting with two more arguments on October 31, the first day of that sitting. … Continue reading →

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Family Matters

Posted on October 30, 2011 by admin

United States v. Banki, N o. 10-3381-cr (2d Cir. October 24, 2011) (Cabranes, Pooler, Chin, CJJ) Defendant Banki, is an Iranian-born United States citizen. Starting in 2006, his family transferred about $3.4 million from Iran to the United States, all … Continue reading →

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2B, Or Not 2B?

Posted on October 30, 2011 by admin

United States v. Bahel, No. 08-3327 (2d Cir. October 26, 2011) (Pooler, Raggi, CJJ, Korman, DJ) Sanjaya Bahel, a chief procurement officer at the United Nations, was convicted of honest services fraud and bribery offenses in connection with a kickback … Continue reading →

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Interim Judiciary Committees meeting in Illinois and Pennsylvania

Posted on October 24, 2011 by admin

This is going to be a very active week for interim judiciary committees. Today, October 24, the Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee looks at venue in personal injury actions (HB 1552) while tomorrow it will vote on HB 1552 as well … Continue reading →

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Ohio Issue 1: Legislative Proponents

Posted on October 24, 2011 by admin

Proponents of Issue 1 (then known as HJR 1) in the Ohio House and Senate made several arguments in favor of the proposal. The video below outlines many of them, but they can be (and have been for electoral purposes … Continue reading →

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