By Jason Grant | January 23, 2018
The three-judge panel made clear that the court system and government prosecutors from the Western District of New York, along with Joseph Tigano III's own court-appointed defense lawyer, had let him down at nearly every juncture of his seven-year wait for trial.
By Scott Flaherty | January 23, 2018
A former Dentons lawyer faces five months in prison after admitting to a plot to improperly access sensitive law firm documents.
By The Associated Press | January 23, 2018
A federal prosecutor told a jury Tuesday that a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo accepted more than $300,000 in bribes, but defense attorneys belittled the claim, saying the bulk of the money was his wife's salary at a legitimate job.
By R. Robin McDonald | January 23, 2018
Attorneys defending former Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan partner Bennett Kight say their client has dementia and is no longer competent to assist in his defense.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Jeffrey M. Winn | January 23, 2018
The statistics are alarming. Black men are 2.5 times more likely to be arrested than whites, 21 times more likely to be killed by police and twice as likely to be unarmed when killed by police.
By Greg Land | January 22, 2018
Ed Kramer argues the inclusion of a Gwinnett County prosecutor on the review board that placed him in the highest risk for re-offending is both unconstitutional and illegal.
By Andrew Denney | January 22, 2018
Jury selection began Monday in federal court in Manhattan for the public corruption trial for Joseph Percoco, a top aide and longtime friend to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, which is expected to put a microscope to the way state government does business.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | January 22, 2018
When a district attorney dies in a smaller county in Pennsylvania, typically the office's first assistant is sworn in as the county's top law enforcement official. That process, however, did not happen after Susquehanna's district attorney passed away last month.
By Charles Toutant | January 22, 2018
The U.S. Department of Justice, preparing for a retrial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, and Florida eye doctor Salomon Melgen, said in a court filing that defense lawyers invited jurors to nullify the law by injecting race and partisan politics into the proceedings.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Ken Strutin | January 22, 2018
In his Criminal Law column, Ken Strutin writes: Artificial intelligence and information networks are the toolbox of contemporary legal practice, but not for all. Fettered in paper prisons, pro se inmates are without counsel, computers or connectivity.
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