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By Greg Land | May 25, 2017
A jury said a man arrested for child molestation, who was awarded $472,000 for his constitutional claims against a police officer, deserved nothing for the 16 days he spent in jail.
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By Andrew Denney | May 25, 2017
A gold trader charged with violating U.S. sanctions on Iran will keep former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey on his defense team despite the fact that their firms represent banks that allegedly fell victim to the violations.
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By Brian Baxter | May 25, 2017
No cause of death has been determined for Beranton Whisenant Jr., a major crimes prosecutor with the U.S. attorney's office in Miami. The body of Whisenant, who left Foley & Mansfield for public service in January, was found this week on a beach in Hollywood, Florida.
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By Sue Reisinger | May 24, 2017
Though the U.S. Department of Justice took a small hit in President Donald Trump's 2018 budget request, the Criminal Division actually saw its budget increase slightly. By comparison, however, the Civil Division did not fare quite as well.
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By Michael Booth | May 24, 2017
In a ruling that ethics attorneys say is not as startling as it might appear, the New Jersey Supreme Court on Wednesday indefinitely suspended two lawyers and disbarred a third for sex offenses involving children, but stopped short of issuing a bright-line disbarment rule in such cases.
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By Ross Todd | May 23, 2017
Police can use real-time cell tower records to track a suspect's location without a warrant, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Monday.
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By Sue Reisinger | May 22, 2017
Once again, the federal government has held a chief compliance officer personally liable for failing to stop a company's misconduct. The CCO worked at Banamex USA in Los Angeles, a banking subsidiary of Citigroup Inc. that just signed a nonprosecution agreement on Monday, but agreed to pay a $97.4 million penalty for money laundering and other criminal violations.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | May 22, 2017
In a series of motions filed May 19, indicted Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams asked the judge overseeing his corruption case to dismiss the latest charges filed against him.
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By Andrew Denney | May 19, 2017
Former Congressman and one-time New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner faced up to 10 years in prison for sending lewd texts to a minor, but under a plea deal brokered by his lawyers and the government, he may serve two years or less.
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By Andrew Denney | May 18, 2017
To protect immigrants from deportation, Mayor Bill de Blasio should instruct the New York City Police Department to issue civil citations for low-level, nonviolent offenses instead of making arrests, the New York City Bar Association recommended in a letter to de Blasio.
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