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A New Chapter for Pennsylvania: Automatic Life Sentences for Felony Murder Have Been Ruled Unconstitutional

A New Chapter for Pennsylvania: Automatic Life Sentences for Felony Murder Have Been Ruled Unconstitutional | Law.com In Commonwealth v. Lee, the court held that Pennsylvania’s automatic life-without-parole sentence for felony murder is unconstitutional because it fails to account for individual culpability. The decision represents one of the most significant sentencing rulings in recent Pennsylvania history and ...

US Bankruptcy Court Recognizes Reverse Vesting Transaction and Nonconsensual Third-Party Releases in Canadian Bankruptcy Proceeding

US Bankruptcy Court Recognizes Reverse Vesting Transaction and Nonconsensual Third-Party Releases in Canadian Bankruptcy Proceeding | Law.com As the costs of U.S. bankruptcy cases have increased, and relief such as obtaining nonconsensual third-party releases has been limited by court rulings, restructuring specialists have begun to look to foreign restructurings’ use of Chapter 15 as an ancillary proceeding to implement certain corpora...