A man who enticed a 15-year-old girl online, lied to her about his age, went to Connecticut for a sexual rendezvous and then brought her to New York for more sex was appropriately assessed three two-level sentencing enhancements, a divided panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held.

Courts may appoint a substitute arbitrator where the one designated in a contract clause — the National Arbitration Forum — is not able to hear the case, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held in a case of first impression.

In a pair of rulings, the 1st U.S.

Limited partnerships that delegate voting and investment control over their securities portfolios to their general partners’ agents are still considered insiders for purposes of insider trading liability, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.

A mother facing deportation who feared she would be beaten or killed for trying to protect her grade school-age daughter from genital mutilation in Senegal has won a reprieve from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.