The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Matthew T. Mangino | July 23, 2020
The Pennsylvania Superior Court recently changed the sentencing landscape for those facing prosecution for a second, or subsequent charge, of Driving Under the Influence.
By Tom McParland | July 23, 2020
U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein of the Southern District of New York said in a hearing that in his 21 years on the bench, he had "never seen" a clause requiring that a candidate for home confinement agree not to speak to the media.
By Suzette Parmley | July 22, 2020
In a 7-0 decision, the New Jersey Supreme Court reversed an appellate panel's ruling that a defendant who has been released pretrial under the Criminal Justice Reform Act, and subsequently violates a condition of that release, can be charged and prosecuted for criminal contempt by the state.
By Stephen Masciocchi and Jessica Smith | July 21, 2020
The circuit court affirmed the rulings rejecting correction officers' qualified immunity defense to Section 1983 claims, and rejecting a sovereign immunity defense to tort claims brought under state law.
By Katheryn Tucker | July 20, 2020
"It's a huge deal to us," Brandon Bullard, 2020 chair of the State Bar of Georgia Appellate Practice Law Section, told the Daily Report in an interview. "If you are an appellate practitioner in this state, this is a game changer."
By C. Ryan Barber | July 20, 2020
"The panel followed established precedent from this court and the Supreme Court to stop an intrusive process that would usurp the core executive power to decide whether to continue a prosecution," Justice Department lawyers said in their new brief.
By Tom McParland | July 20, 2020
The sentence, handed down by U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni, came more than five years after a federal jury first convicted Silver following a public corruption trial in November 2015.
By Tom McParland | July 20, 2020
A three-judge panel of the Manhattan-based appeals court on Monday found a flaw in one of prosecutors' main theories of liability in the case, but nonetheless upheld Atilla's conviction, finding that the evidence against him was "overwhelming."
By Tom McParland | July 17, 2020
A three-judge panel of the Manhattan-based appeals court said Thomas Traficante's prison term, followed by three years of supervised release, was well-rooted in the offense, which a federal judge at sentencing called "about as serious as they get."
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Elkan Abramowitz and Jonathan S. Sack | July 16, 2020
In their White-Collar Crime column, Elkan Abramowitz and Jonathan S. Sack discuss cases that have begun to address whether "official act" is an element in a private honest services fraud prosecution.
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