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Short Wins - Mayan Apocalypse Edition; The World Didn't End, But There Are New Cases On Restitution, Health Care Fraud, Federal...

One would have thought that, with the end of the world predicted for Friday of last week, our nation's appellate courts would have spent their last week on Earth with family or friends, rather than cranking out wins for folks...more

A Federal Judge Can't Reopen A Sentencing Hearing, Even When There's $17 million In Restitution At Stake

It's hard, when things go wrong, not to seek a mulligan. And we all get off on the wrong foot sometimes. When a case is in front of a federal judge for sentencing, though, a mulligan is only very rarely...more

Short Wins - A Few Things Happened Before Thanksgiving

After yesterday's heady news from the ABA Law Journal, I completely neglected to, you know, actually blog. Apologies. Here are brief treatments of the wins from the week with Thanksgiving in it. Like Thanksgiving...more