Mike Scarcella

July 16, 2010 | National Law Journal

A federal judge in Washington on Friday dismissed all charges against adult film producer John Stagliano, granting a defense motion for judgment of acquittal in the closely watched First Amendment case.

By Mike Scarcella

2 minute read

September 15, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

The policy-making body of the federal judiciary approves a new standard that instructs judges to seal entire court records only when required by statute or "justified by a showing of extraordinary circumstances."

By Mike Scarcella

4 minute read

November 23, 2009 | The Recorder

Davis Polk's Denis McInerney, a veteran white-collar criminal defense lawyer, was picked to head Justice's Fraud Section.

By Mike Scarcella

4 minute read

June 29, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday expanded the reach of the Second Amendment to the states, opening the door to challenges of local handgun laws across the country.

By Mike Scarcella

5 minute read

January 21, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Nearly two dozen corporate executives and employees were arrested Monday in Las Vegas and in Miami in the first large-scale foreign bribery investigation using undercover federal agents, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. Sixteen indictments were unsealed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia charging 22 executives and employees in the military and law enforcement equipment industry with violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

By Mike Scarcella

3 minute read

April 26, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Prosecutors on Thursday unsealed an indictment charging a 64-year-old criminal defense attorney in Washington for his alleged participation in a scheme to fabricate evidence to benefit a client charged in a drug trafficking case.

By Mike Scarcella

4 minute read

May 25, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Obama Justice Department is fighting to keep secret the names of more than 9,200 people whose applications for pardons and commutations were denied by President George W. Bush.

By Mike Scarcella

5 minute read

July 25, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Anita Hill announced last week that she is returning to Washington part time to take a position at the plaintiffs firm Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, saying she wants to merge her academic experience with the on-the-ground practice of civil rights litigation.

By Mike Scarcella

6 minute read

October 02, 2009 | The Recorder

Hunton & Williams pushes FOIA challenge to learn more about the Justice Department's secret talks with RIM.

By Mike Scarcella

6 minute read

March 09, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

The intensifying flap over Justice Department lawyers who have advocated for Guantanamo Bay detainees is spilling over to Big Law, where some firm leaders are fighting back against the criticism.

By Mike Scarcella and David Ingram

6 minute read