Noting that “the fiduciary-centered issue in this case — one of dozens percolating through the courts — lives in the heartland of those standards in which clarity, uniformity, and consistency must ...

A three-judge panel vacated the forfeiture order against Matthew Elias, finding that a unanimous Supreme Court decision applied to a forfeiture ordered under 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(C). In so ruling, ...

There have been about 20 appellate decisions in Texas dealing with fee forfeiture issues since 1990's Burrow v. Arce, and no doubt many, many more at the trial court level that have not been reported.

The executive order requires detailed annual reports on civil asset forfeitures to be made available to the public. In a news ...