Civil rights groups file class action opposing Los Angeles's discriminatory bail policy
Several civil rights groups Monday filed a class action lawsuit against the County and City of Los Angeles in addition to Los Angeles law enforcement. The lawsuit challenges Los Angeles’s policy of jailing arrestees who are unable to make bail as set by the county’s uniform “bail schedules.” Since the arrestees are unable to make [...]
Federal lawsuit alleges gang injunctions violate due process
The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California (ACLU SoCal) , along with the Urban Peace Institute and Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP filed a lawsuit on Thursday alleging gang injunctions...
Supreme Court rules no proof of intent required for federal bank fraud conviction
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Loughrin v. United States that prosecution under the federal government's anti-bank fraud statute does not require proof that a defendant intended to defraud a financial...
JURIST Guest Columnists Daniel B. Levin and Victoria A. Degtyareva of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP discuss the federal bank fraud statute and Loughrin v. United States... Kevin Loughrin and an accomplice used six stolen and altered checks to steal...
Ahilan Arulanantham : "I need to start with two caveats. First, I am no expert in either international or comparative law, and I know almost nothing about the law of Belgium or France. Second, in...
