By Katheryn Tucker | January 11, 2018
The underground commercial sex economy has surpassed the illegal gun trade as the second largest black market in the country, second only to drugs.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Lizzy McLellan | January 11, 2018
Andrea Constand and her lawyers say the former DA's suit is legally insufficient and peppered with details aimed only at embarrassing Constand.
By Andrew Denney | January 11, 2018
The Brooklyn man accused of setting off an explosive device near the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan on Dec. 11, causing minor injuries to three bystanders and disrupting morning commutes for many, pleaded not guilty to a six-count indictment that included using a weapon of mass destruction.
By Tom McParland | January 11, 2018
A report from the special assistant tasked with overseeing reforms at the Delaware Department of Correction on Thursday revealed that new security cameras and the creation of an inmate advisory council were among the steps being taken to improve security at state prisons in the wake of last year's deadly takeover of James T. Vaughn Correctional Center.
By R. Robin McDonald | January 11, 2018
U.S. District Senior Judge Charles Pannell Jr. said the 2014 warrantless, no-knock raid of a venue that Fulton County Deputy Devon Brown had rented in a south Atlanta strip mall for meetings of his motorcycle club “was unlawful from the start.” The judge also sanctioned the city and said Brown could seek punitive damages.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Steven Cash | January 11, 2018
Steven Cash writes: The rule of law depends on lawyers. That is why, in the wake of Attorney General Jeff Sessions' decision to rescind Obama-era policies that sidestepped the tension between federal and state laws related to marijuana, a reasonable and critical step is to ensure that lawyers can help maintain that rule of law.
By John Council | January 11, 2018
A Dallas state district court judge is pushing back against an appellate court decision that orders her to explain why she is declining to appoint…
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan | January 11, 2018
Eastern District Roundup columnists Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan report on recent decisions—one involving disqualification of an attorney because of an unwaivable conflict of interests; another discussing the lack of available alternatives to incarceration; and another where a judge rejected claims that his comments in prior related litigation and other factors required recusal.
By Charles Toutant | January 10, 2018
A former Jersey City solo practitioner was convicted Wednesday of charges that he stole more than $1.5 million from clients over a period of more than a decade.
By Angela Morris | January 10, 2018
A West Texas lawyer who was convicted of forging a will to steal the estate of a multimillionaire now faces disbarment, while also seeking…
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