Second Circuit

As Aileen Cannon Replaces Lyin’ Florida Judge Kenneth Marra, Sen. Feinstein Calls For End of Judicial Confirmations

The process of selecting judges is archaic and the legislation needs to change so the people elect qualified and honest judges to...

A Nationwide Investigation into Judges Behavin’ Badly Ends Up With It’s Spotlights Firmly on Texas and the Federalist Fifth Circuit

A system that relies for investigation solely upon judges themselves risks a kind of undue 'guild favoritism' through inappropriate sympathy with the...

Goodwin Law’s Hall of Shame

The Petrobras Scandal Sidebar Arbitration Agreement is Decided At the Fifth Circuit and the Decision is Correct.

Petrobras relies on a Fifth Circuit opinion to support that the district court should have considered the public policy issue. This cannot...

The Petrobras Scandal Resulted in the Largest Foreign Class Action Settlement in History. Meanwhile in Texas, Fifth Circuit Judge Catharina Haynes is bias towards Petrobras

Broken Robes: Judge Catharina Haynes of the Fifth Circuit has a financial interest in the outcome of the Cadenas case in Texas....

Blogging “TCPA Class Certification Denial Exposes Major Spousal Scheme” Ain’t Defamation

Georgia-based class action attorney Shimshon Wexler show cause why sanctions should not be imposed for filing a frivolous appeal suing about a...

The Law of Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) Explained

The US Supreme Court has previously held that a plaintiff suffers an injury in fact when the plaintiff fails to obtain information...

Deutsche Banks Lawyer Jamie Fleckner of Goodwin Procter Gets Trounced in New York Federal Court

Deutsche Bank was represented by Goodwin Procter partner and chair of the firm’s ERISA practice James Fleckner. He did not respond to...

Why Civil and Criminal Contempt in Federal Courts Is Rarely Invoked

Current federal jurisprudence grants judges wide latitude in the exercise of contempt powers, which in turn can lead to dire consequences for...

Editors Choice: What Does A Robe Mean to A Judge In Texas – in Particular Where There IS Fraud On the Court?

Unbeknownst to many, federal courts have the power under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to set aside judgments entered years earlier...

ABA President Attacks Democracy and Passes House Bill in Favor of Letting Big 4 Accountants act as Lawyers. Think Enron Folks.

The 3 branches of government certainly don't like citizens voicing their opinions and now the ABA President has decided to join the...

The Houston Chronicle Reported in 2009 that Secrecy is Protecting Judges Behavin’ Badly. LIT Asks Y’all – What’s Changed in 2020?

Only seven judges in the last decade have faced formal disciplinary action as a result of the nation's secretive misconduct review process....

Second Circuit Agree to Stay CFPB Case in Light of US Supreme Court Selia Law Case

On Nov. 5th, 2019 the Second Circuit entered an order adjourning the oral argument that was set for November 21, 2019. The...