Brooke Cucinella and Jonathan Menitove Author NYLJ Article on Boustani Decision
12.10.19
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Litigation Partner Brooke Cucinella and Associate Jonathan Menitove authored an article titled “A Misguided Shift in Bail for the Wealthy: 'United States v. Boustani',” which was published by New York Law Journal. The article discusses the recent Second Circuit decision in United States v. Boustani, which marked a shift in the ability of wealthy defendants to obtain bail packages that leveraged their substantial assets to satisfy the court’s concerns that they would appear for trial. The article notes that the Boustani decision represents a departure from the Bail Reform Act’s standards, that may, at first glance, seem appealing, but also argues that the ruling is at odds with the stated purpose of bail as defined in the Bail Reform Act.
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