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Venezuela's 2016 bond deal put 50.1% of US oil refiner Citgo's parent up as security, now a US appeals court has rejected its bid to void the debt as a separate sale plan earmarks over $2 billion for the bonds

A US federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the validity of bonds issued by Venezuela’s state-owned oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) that defaulted in 2019, ruling that the transaction did not require prior approval from the country’s National Assembly.

The Times of India · 3h ago

Brazilian Man's Traffic Stop Triggers Supreme Court Immigration Fight

The Supreme Court will hear a Brazilian man's case from Massachusetts to decide if undocumented immigrants can be held without bond hearings nationwide.

Latin Times · Oct 5

Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Cellphones searches, home searches, and strip searches.

Reason · Sep 18

Second Circuit Joins Courts That Recognize First Amendment "Right to Record Law Enforcement Activity in Public"

From today's decision in Massimino v. Benoit, written by Judge Myrna Pérez and joined by Sarah Merriam: We begin by… The post Second Circuit Joins Courts That Recognize First Amendment "Right to Record Law Enforcement Activity in Public" appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Aug 17

Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Prosecutor professional misconduct, detention without bond, and wanton statch interpretation.

Reason · Jul 31

Donald Trump seeks emergency injunction ordering E. Jean Carroll to pay him back $5.5m, her lawyers say he can’t ‘accept the reality’ that he’s lost

Carroll plans to give the money to "things that Trump hates" as soon as possible.

We Got This Covered · Jul 22

E Jean Carroll’s lawyers blast Trump’s attempts to claw back money he was ordered to pay her

President Donald Trump already paid out millions in the sexual abuse and defamation case. Now he wants it back

The Independent UK · Jul 21

The Second Circuit's Problematic Rule 702 Analysis in its Recent Tylenol Decision

Last week, in Rutledge v. Walgreen Co., the Second Circuit revived failure-to-warn claims under state law relating to maternal use… The post The Second Circuit's Problematic Rule 702 Analysis in its Recent Tylenol Decision appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Jul 20

Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Financial surveillance, impaired contracts, and games of gotcha.

Reason · Jul 17

Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Soccer hooligans, sticky fingers at the FBI, and juries for the HHS.

Reason · Jul 3