BOTTOM LINE: Where the district court’s plea colloquy did not comply with Rule 11 in all respects, but these deficiencies did ...

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 (Rule 11) is a powerful tool designed to deter frivolous claims, improper legal arguments, and bad-faith litigation conduct. When properly invoked, Rule 11 can help ...

New York’s Commercial Division has long prided itself on adopting practices and procedures similar to the federal courts. A recent amendment to its rules takes a further step in that direction by ...

From yesterday's notice in Parham v. Combs from Judge Rita Lin (N.D. Cal.): The Court requests that the parties be prepared to provide their views on the following at the hearing on Defendant Drew ...

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King County previously required an arraignment to be held within 14 days of charges being filed against a defendant. Now, it ...