D.C. District Judge John Facciola speaks with LTN magazine’s editor-in-chief, Monica Bay, about how e-discovery training is at a crossroads, constrained by limited financial resources at the governmental level. He proposes several solutions to address these challenges, particularly when individuals are unable to meet face to face.
A man can be extradited to Greece to face murder charges, the 2nd Circuit has ruled in concluding that a district judge erred by exceeding her “power to review” alleged flaws in the Greek indictment. The circuit has stressed that courts may only inquire to “ensure that the requirements of the applicable extradition treaty have been satisfied.”Visit International News
Famed slugger Barry Bonds was sentenced Friday to two years’ probation and 30 days of house arrest for obstruction of justice, but U.S. District Judge Susan Illston stayed the sentence, pending Bonds’ appeal. Illston cited four reasons from the pre-sentencing report to downgrade the sentence from guidelines.
U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks of Austin talks about the role of humor in the courtroom.
In early October, Fannie Mae’s conservator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, asked a Washington federal judge for a stay in a securities class action against the mortgage giant.