Ferraris, Frangelica and Forfeiture, Oh My!
On February 22, 1999, New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and Police Commissioner Howard Saphir instituted a new initiative to forfeit the vehicles of motorists arrested for driving while intoxicated....
View ArticleAnd the House Said: Let There Be Justice, Forfeiture and H.R. 1658
On June 24, 1999, by a lopsided vote of 375 to 48, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1658, the first major revision bill to the federal laws of civil asset forfeiture in more than 30 years. The...
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The Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000
By Steven L. Kessler On April 25, 2000, President Clinton signed into law The Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 (HR 1658), Pub. L. No. 106-185, 106th Cong. (2000), changing the face of federal...
View ArticleSteven L. Kessler quoted in the Huffington Post’s article on IRS abuses in...
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View ArticleSteven L. Kessler quoted in ACAMS Moneylaundering.com article on forfeiture
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View ArticleSteven L. Kessler is quoted in a City Pages (Minneapolis) article, analyzing...
Content coming soon. The post Steven L. Kessler is quoted in a City Pages (Minneapolis) article, analyzing the forfeiture laws as they apply to this unique and unusual case appeared first on Asset...
View ArticleSteven L. Kessler is quoted in Newsday regarding a federal lawsuit which...
The post Steven L. Kessler is quoted in Newsday regarding a federal lawsuit which accuses Suffolk County, New York, of “unconstitutional practices” in improperly withholding seized vehicles from the...
View ArticleSteven L. Kessler is quoted in the Wall Street Journal’s article on...
The post Steven L. Kessler is quoted in the Wall Street Journal’s article on forfeiture related to the prosecution of Paul Manafort, “In Brooklyn, Neighbors Cast Cool Eye Over Manafort’s Townhouse.”...
View ArticleApplying the Brakes on a Runaway Train: Forfeiture and Recent Supreme Court...
Forfeiture. Miriam-Webster defines the word as”the act of forfeiting: the loss of property or money because of a breach of a legal obligation.”Relatively straightforward. But in the legal profession,...
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Steven L. Kessler’s article discussing the recent revisions to New York’s...
New York’s Major Revisions to the Civil Forfeiture Laws 2019 was an important year for civil forfeiture law in New York. This year, the Legislature enacted changes to the statute that should...
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