All posts tagged "fedsoc"
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414Appellate CircuitSupreme Court Reverses Fifth Circuit and S.D. Texas Court’s Interpretation of “Actual Fraud”
SCOTUS: We interpret actual fraud to encompass fraudulent conveyance schemes, even when those schemes do not involve a false representation.
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241Appellate JudgesRoman Catholic Church Sexual Abuse Case: Catholic Judges’ Harmless Error Protects Sexual Predators
As with the Boy Scouts, where practically every judge sends their kids, the Catholic Church is another protected legal community.
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461Dark MoneyThe Ivory Tower Deceit: Harvard and Top-Tier Universities Financial Fraud by Rebels Unmasked
Academic Integrity at Risk: How Professors' Financial Crimes Impact Their Disciples in the Legal Profession, particularly the Judiciary.
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587JudgesSupreme Court Justice Kavanaugh Dodges Delay Question at Notre Dame Law School
US Supreme Court historically slow to release its first rulings in a term packed with major cases as it's rating with Americans...
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1.1KDark MoneyThe Single Texas Senator
A Single Man, Never Married, No Kids – Senator Bryan Hughes Authored the Texas ‘Heartbeat’ Bill which takes away women's right to...
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751Appellate CircuitFederalist Society Member Judge Jennifer Elrod Leads the 5th Cir. Choir, Expanding Ochlocracy in Texas
A federal appeals court issued a remarkable decision last week finding that Texas judges are exempt from federal subpoenas via immunity.
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1.1KAppellate CircuitJudge Ho’s Wife Lectures About Oral Argument at the Fifth Circuit, or any Circus, along with Judge Graves
Ms. Allyson Ho, an expert oral advocate and wife of Judge Jim Ho, advised attendees to have detailed knowledge of the panel...
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1.6KAccelerationThe Deleted Opinion: After the Before From the Dishonorable Fifth Circuit
Non prisoner Lamell obtains a partial reversal in his favor from a 3-panel which capitulated from their earlier opinion. LIT investigates why.
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1.0KAppellate CircuitTexas Solicitor General Appointments in Recent times Include Sen. Ted Cruz and Fifth Cir. Judge Jim Ho
Notable alumni of the Office of the Solicitor General – 6 are now either District or Federal Judges and one on the...
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856Appellate JudgesWhy Donald Trump and Brett Kavanaugh Ain’t BFF’s
Our most dangerous people are people from within, Donald Trump said at CPAC and he went on to ridicule the United States...
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1.1KAppellate JudgesSecond Circuit and Amici from CFPB Ensure Homeowner Can Obtain Meaningful Relief from PHH Ocwen
We do not believe that Naimoli needs to make an additional showing of damages to survive summary judgment on her § 1024.35...
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1.3KLaws in PAPA Quietly Reinstates Lawyer Karyn L. White, former Supreme Court Clerk
Upon moving to NJ, Karyn voluntary suspended her Pennsylvania law license and now provides legal research and writing services to the Firm.
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795AccelerationThis Is a Six-Pack Nobody Wants
Under the tutelage of the conservative Federalist Society, Republican presidents became better at picking reliably conservative justices.
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1.5KAppellate JudgesFifth Circuit Oral Argument Perks: Rule 28J Letter Cleaned Up
After slammin' both sets of counsel for citing outwith their briefs, Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod allowed Rule 28J letters post argument.
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1.5KAppellate CircuitForeclosure: Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Ask CFPB to Weigh In on Homeowner versus PHH Ocwen
Kim Naimoli v Ocwen Loan Servicing, now PHH Mortgage Corporation receives response from CFPB at request of Second Circuit Panel on Appeal.
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1.6KAppellate JudgesNew Texas Appellate Justice April Farris Discusses Her Family, Career and “Imposter Syndrome”
One of the biggest barriers April Farris faced was a personal barrier: imposter syndrome after growing up in a small West Texas...
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1.8KDark MoneyThe Jack Abramoff Scandal Series: United States v. Andrade
Private Attorneys for Rowland M. Andrade Seek to Remove Themselves from Representation of Andrade After LIT Spotlights this Criminal Case.
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1.2KAccelerationCreditor Rights BigLaw Firm Goodwin Procter LLP are Whining in Op-Eds for their Wall St Banking Clients
The CFPB amendments provide that a mortgage servicer can offer a streamline modification to borrowers with COVID-19-related hardship based on an incomplete...
