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Due Process
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Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Burch on Governing Securities Class Actions
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Elizabeth Chamblee Burch (University of Georgia) has posted Governing Securities Class Actions to SSRN.This short essay, written for a symposium on The Principles and Politics of Aggregate Litigation: CAFA, PSLRA,…
International Law Prof Blog
Chebaya Murder Trial
The United Nations human rights chief has called for the appeal trial in the case of a murdered Congolese human rights defender, Floribert Chebeya Bahizire, and the disappearance of his…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Burch on Governing Securities Class Actions
Governing Securities Class Actions, by Elizabeth Chamblee Burch, University of Georgia Law School, was recently posted on SSRN. Here is the abstract:This short essay, written for a symposium on The…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Claims Court Allows Former Controlling Shareholder of AIG to Sue Government
Starr International Company, which was the controlling shareholder of AIG before the federal bailout, sued the U.S. government on a variety of theories. Essentially it asserted that the government, rather…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Magistrate’s Imposition of Sanction for Violating Margin and Font Requirements Reversed
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
In Kornhauser v. Commissioner of Social Security, No. 11-10291 (11th Cir. July 2, 2012), plaintiff challenged a denial of disability benefits. The case was referred to a magistrate, briefs…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Poor Land in Jail as Companies Add Huge Fees for Probation”
Main July 3, 2012"Poor Land in Jail as Companies Add Huge Fees for Probation"The title of this post is the headline of this front-page article from the New York Times.…
International Law Prof Blog
More Executions in Iran
Three independent United Nations human rights experts have condemned the recent execution of four members of the Ahwazi Arab minority in Iran after a reportedly unfair trial, and called on…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Ninth Circuit in Vilchez v. Holder, Removal Hearings by Videoconference by Aaron S. Haas
Aaron S. Haas Director, Immigration Clinic Washington and Lee School of LawIn Vilchez v. Holder, the Ninth Circuit ruled that a removal hearing by videoconference was not a violation of…
Surf and Turf Law
Land Use, Shorelines, Substantive Due Process….Oh My
It isn't often my day job doing land use and condemnation litigation overlaps with my maritime interests, but the Ninth Circuit just published a decision that comes awfully close.The case…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Waiving Due Process (Goodbye): Stipulated Orders of Removal and the Crisis in Immigration Adjudication by Jennifer Lee Koh
"Waiving Due Process (Goodbye): Stipulated Orders of Removal and the Crisis in Immigration Adjudication," forthcoming North Carolina Law Review, by JENNIFER LEE KOH, Western State University - College of Law.ABSTRACT: In…