Punch and Jurists

Hasbajrami v. U.S., No. 13-CV-6852 (E.D.N.Y.) (2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 140791) (October 2, 2014) (Judge John Gleeson) by This is an important case of first impression about the Government’s disclosure obligations under two of the most frequently used anti-terrorism statutes, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (“FISA”) and the …

U.S. v. Mohamud, No. 3:10-CR-00475-KI-1 (D.Or.) ( F.Supp.2d ) (June 24, 2014) (Judge Garr M. King) by In 2010, Mohamed Mohamud, a Somali-born American citizen, was arrested after attempting to set off a car bomb at a Christmas tree lighting in Portland, OR. The bomb was actually a fake that …

In Re: NSA Telecommunications Records Litigation, No. MDL No. 06-1791-VRW (N.D.Cal.) (633 F.Supp.2d 949) (June 3, 2009) (Judge Vaughn R. Walker) by Starting in late 2005, news sources from around the country began to report that the National Security Agency, with assistance from major telecommunications carriers including AT&T, had engaged …