The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Lizzy McLellan | October 23, 2018
Cosby alleged that the judge should have recused and his sentence was too harsh.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Evan T. Barr | October 23, 2018
Over the past few years, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division has increasingly focused its enforcement actions on industry-wide cartels and global market conspiracies where literally hundreds of millions (if not billions) of dollars in commerce may be at issue. The vast scale of these cases leads directly to the possibility of lengthy prison sentences and hefty fines, even absent any other aggravating factors. Unfortunately, those federal appellate courts that have interpreted the scope of volume of commerce do not fully agree on the proper methodology to calculate this crucial metric.
By Katheryn Tucker | October 22, 2018
Judge Charles Wilson said the decision leaves "no mechanism for future defendants unlucky enough to sit in this particular judge's courtroom to challenge the constitutional violations that will inevitably continue to occur.”
By Katheryn Tucker | October 22, 2018
Circuit Judge Charles Wilson said the decision leaves "no mechanism for future defendants unlucky enough to sit in this particular judge's courtroom to challenge the constitutional violations that will inevitably continue to occur.”
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | October 22, 2018
The attorney appointed last month as a special prosecutor by a judge—in the wake of her finding that the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office had "removed" itself from the case—has asked to be relieved from his duty, saying another Philadelphia judge has taken issue with the appointment.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Peter A. Crusco | October 22, 2018
Cyber Crime columnist Peter A. Crusco writes: With the newest Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court seated, court watchers are scrutinizing how the new mix of justices will interact and determine the array of pending cases. Cyber crime aficionados, in particular, may be watching with special interest this December's upcoming oral argument in 'Gamble v. United States'.
By Jason Grant | October 19, 2018
Mayer Herskovic was in court Thursday following his acquittal by a state appeals court, but the legal proceedings stemming from the 2013 attack on Taj Patterson are not over.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By E. Leo Milonas and Andrew C. Smith | October 18, 2018
In their Appellate Division Review, E. Leo Milonas and Andrew C. Smith write: The Justices of the Appellate Division are back for the Fall 2018 session. Although the color of the leaves change in the fall, nothing has changed for the four Appellate Division departments as they continue to churn out words of wisdom and legal scholarship.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | October 17, 2018
Philadelphia Judge Anne Marie Coyle shocked many lawyers when she appointed a special prosecutor to handle a case over the objections of several assistant district attorneys. But others who have practiced before her said the appointment fit with a pattern for the judge—one where she appears to take away the reins from prosecutors.
By John Council | October 17, 2018
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has reversed a decision throwing out a Texas prisoner's life sentence, which a judge below based on the fact that his lawyer failed to ask a jury to consider a manslaughter conviction carrying a maximum 20-year sentence.
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