tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2009-03-31:/second_circuit/30 2013-05-08T15:53:46Z News and information from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Movable Type Enterprise 4.38 http://images.findlaw.com/logo/logo_lp_rss.gif tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/second_circuit//30.39772 2013-05-08T15:57:40Z 2013-05-08T15:53:46Z William Peacock, Esq. http://www.linkedin.com/in/williampeacockesq You&amp;#8217;re all familiar&amp;nbsp;with the &amp;#8220;acceptance of responsibility&amp;#8221; sentence reduction. Someone cops to the crime and shows remorse, then they get a few levels knocked off their guidelines. Simple enough, right? Robert Chu pleaded guilty to a drug conspiracy charge in...<br/> <br/> Keep reading at FindLaw's U.S. Second Circuit blog...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USSecondCircuit/~4/HvGHqKrtc_g" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/second_circuit/2013/05/remorse-means-never-having-to-say-sorry-for-drug-dealing-again.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/second_circuit//30.39703 2013-05-02T19:02:17Z 2013-05-02T19:03:07Z Robyn Hagan Cain If you spent 20 years smoking a pack of cigarettes each day, you would probably want someone to keep an eye on your lungs. But should tobacco companies be forced to foot the bill for that type of medical monitoring...<br/> <br/> Keep reading at FindLaw's U.S. Second Circuit blog...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USSecondCircuit/~4/38Xn3_cPROU" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/second_circuit/2013/05/court-certifies-question-on-smoker-medical-monitoring-claims.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/second_circuit//30.39660 2013-04-30T19:18:05Z 2013-04-30T19:21:20Z Robyn Hagan Cain If you’re in the business of making Catholic-branded gifts, it seems like you wouldn’t want to irk the Vatican. But Magi XXI decided that it wasn’t getting a fair shake in a sublicensing deal with Vatican Publishing, so it actually...<br/> <br/> Keep reading at FindLaw's U.S. Second Circuit blog...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USSecondCircuit/~4/XG6UltSvPlg" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/second_circuit/2013/04/gifts-of-the-magi-are-no-match-for-vatican-choice-of-forum-clause.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/second_circuit//30.39590 2013-04-25T18:59:11Z 2013-04-25T19:00:03Z Robyn Hagan Cain It sounds like Shepard Fairey should have fought back. During the 2008 election cycle, Fairey used a 2006 Associated Press photograph to create his Barack Obama “Hope” design. The AP sued Fairey, who initially claimed fair use. He later settled...<br/> <br/> Keep reading at FindLaw's U.S. Second Circuit blog...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USSecondCircuit/~4/_szrGB6f-ok" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/second_circuit/2013/04/2nd-circuit-like-beauty-fair-use-is-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/second_circuit//30.39541 2013-04-23T18:59:56Z 2013-04-23T17:45:31Z Robyn Hagan Cain Despite what Lindsay Lohan’s recent rehab plea bargain would indicate, a court can’t extend a defendant’s sentence for rehab. The Supreme Court is particularly clear on this issue. In Tapia v. U.S., the Court held that a sentencing court may...<br/> <br/> Keep reading at FindLaw's U.S. Second Circuit blog...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USSecondCircuit/~4/M05oC10TfEI" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/second_circuit/2013/04/mere-mention-of-rehab-doesnt-undermine-extended-sentence.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/second_circuit//30.39490 2013-04-18T18:59:08Z 2013-04-18T20:48:18Z Robyn Hagan Cain The Second Circuit Court of Appeals stays busy. And, even though it's fully staffed, the existing lineup could use an extra body on the bench to review the hefty caseload. But Senator Charles Grassley, the ranking member of the Senate...<br/> <br/> Keep reading at FindLaw's U.S. Second Circuit blog...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USSecondCircuit/~4/uQBlHAoMBxI" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/second_circuit/2013/04/will-the-2nd-circuit-get-another-judge.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/second_circuit//30.39459 2013-04-16T20:55:04Z 2013-04-16T19:56:53Z Robyn Hagan Cain More than 11 years after the September 11 attacks, victims and survivors are still trying to find a way to hold those affiliated with the guilty parties accountable. On Tuesday, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued a trio of...<br/> <br/> Keep reading at FindLaw's U.S. Second Circuit blog...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USSecondCircuit/~4/JP1hlYXh3UM" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/second_circuit/2013/04/2nd-circuit-rules-in-september-11-litigation.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/second_circuit//30.39407 2013-04-11T19:20:15Z 2013-04-11T19:21:05Z Robyn Hagan Cain Would Justice Sonia Sotomayor -- the Wise Latina herself -- sue her beloved New York City? Perish the thought. New York, after all, is her beloved world. But Gladys Sotomayor, a 56-year-old, Hispanic New York City schoolteacher who shares a...<br/> <br/> Keep reading at FindLaw's U.S. Second Circuit blog...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USSecondCircuit/~4/ofhZf4NYDPo" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/second_circuit/2013/04/sotomayor-v-new-york-no-not-that-sotomayor.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/second_circuit//30.39362 2013-04-09T19:01:13Z 2013-04-09T19:01:03Z Robyn Hagan Cain The Second Circuit Court of Appeals told Westchester County last week that it needs to get serious about compliance with a 2006 decree requiring the County to promote source-of-income legislation to ensure fair housing. The decree evolved from a qui...<br/> <br/> Keep reading at FindLaw's U.S. Second Circuit blog...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USSecondCircuit/~4/npz490iv3ww" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/second_circuit/2013/04/2nd-circuit-westchester-county-must-comply-with-consent-decree.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/second_circuit//30.39287 2013-04-04T20:48:01Z 2013-04-04T20:49:02Z Robyn Hagan Cain We've read a lot of appeals from paroled criminals who want to keep their guns. They're starting to blur together. Every time we spot another felon-in-possession Second Amendment defense in a published opinion, it raises the same questions: Haven't the...<br/> <br/> Keep reading at FindLaw's U.S. Second Circuit blog...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USSecondCircuit/~4/G1f8J0hhiig" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/second_circuit/2013/04/no-relief-for-dealer-who-kept-legal-shotgun-for-illegal-purpose.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/second_circuit//30.39247 2013-04-02T19:01:51Z 2013-04-02T18:37:22Z Robyn Hagan Cain Aereo is an Internet-based service that transmits recorded broadcast television programs to subscribers while the programs are airing on broadcast television. The New York Times explains that it "essentially turns a subscriber's phone, computer or tablet into a small television...<br/> <br/> Keep reading at FindLaw's U.S. Second Circuit blog...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USSecondCircuit/~4/hkEj01Gn-FQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/second_circuit/2013/04/aereos-tiny-antennas-score-big-win-in-2nd-circuit.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/second_circuit//30.39188 2013-03-28T18:59:55Z 2013-03-28T17:26:38Z Robyn Hagan Cain Customers may think of Priceline.com with warm and fuzzy feelings thanks to travel discounts and former spokesman William Shatner, but the site doesn't have a fiduciary duty to disclose its discount-dealing profits to consumers. Plaintiffs Lee Johnson and Joey Marie...<br/> <br/> Keep reading at FindLaw's U.S. Second Circuit blog...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USSecondCircuit/~4/F3-XVnZUqH4" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/second_circuit/2013/03/william-shatners-seductive-powers-dont-create-a-fiduciary-duty.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/second_circuit//30.39152 2013-03-26T18:59:23Z 2013-03-26T18:57:34Z Robyn Hagan Cain Does the unauthorized disclosure of confidential medical information by a clinic’s employee create a right of action for breach of a fiduciary duty against the clinic under New York law? Does it matter if the blabbermouth employee acted outside the...<br/> <br/> Keep reading at FindLaw's U.S. Second Circuit blog...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USSecondCircuit/~4/RHp9O_YqStw" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/second_circuit/2013/03/2nd-cir-certified-question-raises-medical-privacy-concerns.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/second_circuit//30.39031 2013-03-19T18:59:21Z 2013-03-19T18:23:49Z Robyn Hagan Cain MES, Inc claims that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers unfairly terminated three of its construction/renovation contracts in retaliation for MES’s criticism of the Corps’ mismanagement of construction projects. After an administrative challenge, MES brought a Bivens action in federal...<br/> <br/> Keep reading at FindLaw's U.S. Second Circuit blog...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USSecondCircuit/~4/5vNE4Gw-dMc" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/second_circuit/2013/03/contractor-loses-retaliation-appeal-against-corps-of-engineers.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/second_circuit//30.38962 2013-03-14T19:02:54Z 2013-03-14T19:02:13Z Robyn Hagan Cain Some of us suffered through law school with the hope of a designer-shoe-filled future serving as our light at the end of the tunnel. For us, the day Christian Louboutin sued Yves Saint Laurent for trademark infringement was the BEST....<br/> <br/> Keep reading at FindLaw's U.S. Second Circuit blog...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USSecondCircuit/~4/cTiiX3f6VbE" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/second_circuit/2013/03/louboutin-ysl-encore-designer-loses-one-more-battle-for-his-sole.html