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Retroactivity
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Federal Defenders of New York Blog
Section 404(b) of the First Step Act reaches back only to the Fair Sentencing Act’s crack-quantity thresholds and does not carry § 401, narrowing the definition of § 841’s triggering predicates, with it.
By FDNY Staff
United States v. VanHoesen, No. 24-2692 (2d Cir. Aug. 24, 2026) (Cabranes, Livingston (writing), Menashi).The Second Circuit affirmed VanHoesen’s sentence of time served and eight years of supervised release, imposed…
Microjuris Blog
Dividido el Tribunal Supremo sobre aplicación del principio de retroactividad
By Ed. Microjuris.com Puerto Rico
Una decisión 5-4 del Tribunal Supremo avala limitar la retroactividad de una ley penal más favorable y evita un análisis constitucional sobre la cláusula ex post facto.
Privacy Matters
U.S.: Seventh Circuit Holds BIPA’s 2024 Damages Amendment Applies Retroactively
By Andrew Serwin, Raj Shah, Jeff DeGroot, Matt Danaher
In 2024, the Illinois General Assembly amended the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) to clarify that an individual cannot seek recovery for multiple alleged violations of BIPA when those…
California Employment Law Update
Cambodian Villagers Could Proceed With Human Trafficking Lawsuit
By Tony Oncidi
Ratha v. Rubicon Resources, LLC, 168 F.4th 541 (9th Cir. 2026) (en banc) Plaintiffs are villagers from rural Cambodia who allegedly were forced to work at seafood factories in Thailand and who…
Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor
No Reset, No Relief: NY Court of Appeals Confirms FAPA’s Reach
By Joseph DeFazio, David Fialkow, William D. Foley, Jr., Joseph Froehlich, Shawn Brenhouse, Harry Tiwari
On November 25, the New York Court of Appeals issued a pair of decisions — Art. 13 LLC and Van Dyke — that provide definitive guidance on the hotly contested…
Inside Privacy
Illinois Federal Court Rules BIPA Single-Violation Amendment Applies Retroactively
In a new post on the Inside Class Actions blog, our colleagues discuss a new Illinois federal court decision, Gregg v. Cent. Transp. LLC, 2024 WL 4766297, at *3 (N.D.…
Criminal
US Sentencing Commission releases latest data on compassionate release and retroactivity of 2023 criminal history amendment
The US Sentencing Commission today released a number of notable new data runs. Here is how the data is decribed via the email I received this afternoon:Preliminary FY24 Compassionate Release…
Administrative and Regulatory
Intriguing action, but no formal vote, from US Sentencing Commission on retroactivity of 2024 guideline amendments
As noted in this post yesterday, this afternoon the US Sentencing Commission had a scheduled public meeting, and the big official agenda items were "Possible Vote on Final 2024–2025 Policy…
China Law Insight
新公司法专栏（十）：新《公司法》有溯及力吗？（下）
By King & Wood
作者：史留芳 朱琪玮 新法面世之后，核心问题之一就是新法对过去的事实能否适用，这就涉及到法律的“溯及力”。 本次公司法修订，大量条款进行了实质性修改，同时还有不少新增条款。这些规定是否有溯及力，一直是学界和社会关心的问题。新法施行前一天，最高人民法院发布了关于新《公司法》溯及力规则的司法解释，即《最高人民法院关于适用〈中华人民共和国公司法〉时间效力的若干规定》（法释[2024]7号），作为新《公司法》配套的第一个司法解释。 阅读更多
China Law Insight
新公司法专栏（九）：新公司法有溯及力吗？（上）
By King & Wood
作者：史留芳 朱琪玮新法面世之后，核心问题之一就是新法对过去的事实能否适用，这就涉及到法律的“溯及力”。 本次公司法修订，大量条款进行了实质性修改，同时还有不少新增条款。这些规定是否有溯及力，一直是学界和社会关心的问题。新法施行前一天，最高人民法院发布了关于新《公司法》溯及力规则的司法解释，即《最高人民法院关于适用〈中华人民共和国公司法〉时间效力的若干规定》（法释[2024]7号，以下简称“《公司法时间效力规定》”），作为新《公司法》配套的第一个司法解释。 《公司法时间效力规定》就是来解决新《公司法》有无溯及力的问题。本文将对《公司法时间效力规定》相关条款进行深度解读，来寻找溯及力的答案。为方便阅读，我们分为上、下两篇，此为上篇。 阅读更多