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.

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has decided a plaintiff’s federal claims are not precluded when the plaintiff puts the defendants in a state action on notice that the federal claims are being split off and the defense never objects.

A judge’s campaign contribution flap in the Madison County, Ill., circuit court has led the U.S.