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Second Circuit Nixes Convicted Robber's Forfeiture Order, Deepening Split Over Scope of Government Confiscation

A three-judge panel vacated the forfeiture order against Matthew Elias, finding that a unanimous Supreme Court decision applied to a forfeiture ordered under 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(C). In so ruling, ...
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Second Circuit Affirms Order Compelling Disclosure of Attorney-Client Communications Subject to the Crime-Fraud Privilege Exception

On Feb. 7, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in In re Two Grand Jury Subpoenas Dated Sept. 13, 2023 [1] affirmed the Southern District of New York’s order compelling a partner at ...
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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 ...