NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. appeals court cited the Fifth Amendment right to be free from self-incrimination as it reversed the convictions Wednesday of two British ex-bankers charged with conspiring to manipulate the primary benchmark for global short-term interest ...

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A federal appeals court has reinstated the full 40-year prison sentence of a convicted mobster credited with providing the FBI information about hidden explosives in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing plot. The U.S Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — The conviction of a late New York state lawmaker on charges of lying to the FBI was overturned by an appeals court citing a legal doctrine known as abatement by death, which allows a felon’s estate ...

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has affirmed the convictions and sentences of two men convicted in a 2009 drug trafficking case. In October 2009, after a six-week trial before U.S. District Court Judge Charles J. Siragusa, a federal jury ...

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has ordered a former Ontario County man convicted of child pornography charges to be resentenced even though the original sentence was within federal guidelines. Joseph Vincent Jenkins, of Geneva, was 39 ...

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A former New York state senator was properly convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison, an appeals court said Thursday. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan rejected the arguments of Malcolm Smith nearly two years after ...

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NEW YORK — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a judge’s contempt ruling against a company that continued streaming TV shows over the Internet after the Supreme Court outlawed the system used to do it. The U.S. Circuit Court ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Class Definition Ascertainability – Damages Breecher v. Republic of Argentina 14-4385 Judges Calabresi, Raggi and Wesley Background: The defendant appealed from an order that modified the class definition in this class action ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Drug Testing Companies Negligence – Duty of Care Pasternack v. Laboratory Corporation 14-4101 Judges Wesley, Hall and Chin Background: The plaintiff appealed from the dismissal of his claims against the defendant drug ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Arbitration Award Subsequent Award Following Appeal United Brotherhood of Carpenters v. Tappan Zee Constructors 15-1002 Judges Raggi and Wesley Background: The underlying case involves a disputed assignment of construction work on the ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Statute of Limitations – Violation of Act Benzemann v. Citibank 14-2668 Judges Cabranes, Pooler and Chin Background: The plaintiff appealed from the dismissal of his claims under ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Mortgage-backed Securities – Breach of Implied Covenant of Good Faith Statute of Limitations – Accrual Deutsche Bank National v. Quicken Loans 14-3373 Judges Straub, Wesley and Livingston Background: After the Federal Housing ...

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