New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Kyle Clark and Andrew T. George | August 19, 2024
The prosecution team in Alec Baldwin's manslaughter case may now realize why they were wrong to charge Baldwin to begin with—as they are being reminded why our criminal law (usually) places great weight on the defendant's state of mind his criminal intent, two Law Journal columnists write.
By Emily Saul | August 19, 2024
Santos, 36, admitted in court that he and a campaign staffer submitted false reports to the Federal Election Commission and stole the identities as credit card information of campaign donors.
By Emily Saul | August 19, 2024
Defense attorneys last week argued that the judge must delay sentencing to give the team time to consider interlocutory appeals.
By Robert S. Whitbeck and Andrea M. Alonso | August 16, 2024
While often involving negligent actors, liability under the Dram Shop Act can extend to intentional, and even criminal, acts. The most critical factor in establishing Dram Shop liability in these instances is establishing a reasonable or practical causal connection between the act and the intoxication.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 16, 2024
On Thursday, Tom Girardi's public defender, cross-examining an IRS special agent, brought up missing pieces of the government's criminal investigation against his client.
By Kim Chandler | The Associated Press | August 15, 2024
In January, the state performed the nation's first nitrogen gas execution. A second one using the protocol is set for Sept. 26 for a man who recently reached a lawsuit settlement with the state over the execution method.
By Mayling Blanco, Katey Fardelmann, Sarah Perlin and Andrey Spektor | August 15, 2024
In fraud and corruption cases, the Supreme Court and the US government are marching in opposite directions. The DOJ continues to embrace new tools from Congress and the White House—including a newly-passed anti-corruption law—while the Supreme Court has increasingly cut back on the DOJ's broad theories of prosecution. This article examines the implications from the Court's latest opinion, Snyder v. United States, which, if applied to other bribery statutes, could severely limit the DOJ's view that gifts to government officials are no different than bribes.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 15, 2024
In one of the more dramatic moments of the Tom Girardi criminal trial, ex-client Erika Saldana broke down in tears recalling her fight to get $1 million in settlement funds less than a year before her ill son died.
By Jeffrey Collins | The Associated Press | August 14, 2024
The South Carolina Supreme Court has agreed to hear the disgraced attorney's appeal of his murder convictions. His lawyers said they resulted from jury-tampering by the clerk of court who watched over jurors during his six-week trial.
By Emily Saul | August 14, 2024
"Stated plainly, Defendant's arguments are nothing more than a repetition of stale and unsubstantiated claims," the jurist wrote. "This Court now reiterates for the third time, that which should already be clear—innuendo and mischaracterizations do not a conflict create. Recusal is therefore not necessary, much less required."
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