By Tom McParland | November 9, 2017
Attorneys from the Delaware Department of Justice on Thursday attacked a prisoner lawsuit stemming from the Feb. 1 takeover of James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, saying the "broad and undefined" allegations failed to link current and former state officials to supposed abuses at the prison in the wake of the deadly ordeal.
By Andrew Denney | November 9, 2017
Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota, who was charged more than three weeks ago with allegedly covering up a former police chief's assault of an incarcerated suspect, says he will resign on Friday, according to his office.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | November 9, 2017
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments over whether H. William DeWeese's conviction should be overturned because his trial counsel failed to preserve for appeal what DeWeese said was exculpatory testimony by 14 "mantra" witnesses who were barred from testifying at trial.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Ben Seal | November 9, 2017
A man attempting to retroactively apply the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling in Birchfield v. North Dakota to the pending appeal of his DUI conviction cannot do so because he failed to raise the relevant issue prior to his appeal, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | November 8, 2017
With nearly 75 percent of the vote, District Attorney-elect Larry Krasner easily won the race to become Philadelphia's next top prosecutor, but what comes next might be the more difficult part.
By Andrew Denney | November 8, 2017
New York voters overwhelmingly approved on Tuesday a measure giving judges the power to claw back pension benefits from public officials convicted of feloniously misusing the powers of their offices, but reactions from the legal community were mixed as to whether the change will be effective.
By Colby Hamilton | November 8, 2017
Attorney-in-Charge Seymour James reflects on his decades in the Queens legal aid office, the biggest challenges facing his successor and the job being done by Queens DA Richard Brown's office.
By C. Ryan Barber | November 8, 2017
Glassdoor Inc., the online job-review site, must comply with a federal grand jury subpoena that seeks identifying information about anonymous users of the website, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday in rejecting the company's privacy claims.
Connecticut Law Tribune | Analysis
By Mark Dubois | November 8, 2017
David Boies, one of the country's leading litigators, is getting some bad press over his involvement in the Harvey Weinstein matter. I guess even…
By Mike Scarcella | November 8, 2017
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday refused Glassdoor Inc.'s effort to quash a grand jury subpoena that would require the web company to reveal identifying information about eight anonymous users who posted reviews about another company. Glassdoor had argued that compliance would violate privacy and anonymous speech rights.
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