By Lizzy McLellan | August 21, 2017
Bill Cosby has a new lawyer, and he's no rookie to the world of high-profile celebrity criminal trials. Cosby's new lawyers are Tom Mesereau, Kathleen Bliss, and local counsel Sam Silver, spokesman Andrew Wyatt announced Monday. Mesereau, of Los Angeles, is best known for representing Michael Jackson in a 2005 trial over alleged child molestation. Jackson was acquitted of the charges.
By Tony Mauro | August 15, 2017
A Hogan Lovells team is asking the court to decide whether "the death penalty in and of itself violates the Eighth Amendment." A sharp drop in death sentences and executions makes capital punishment "rare and freakish," the brief contends.
By Marcia Coyle | August 14, 2017
The killing of a legal assistant allegedly committed by a participant in the Charlottesville, Virginia, white supremacist rally over the weekend triggered calls for the defendant to face hate crime charges. But the U.S. Supreme Court has shown hate crime prosecutions present difficult legal problems.
By Cogan Schneier | August 14, 2017
Charles Weber Jr., the defense attorney assigned to the case, is also a plaintiff in a lawsuit over the statue of General Robert E. Lee at the heart of the controversy.
By Marcia Coyle | August 11, 2017
Jenner & Block's Matthew Hellman will oppose the government this term in "Marinello v. United States" in which he argues the government is using an "omnibus" clause in the tax code as an "uber tax-crime statute."
By Cogan Schneier | August 8, 2017
According to the local rules of the D.C. court, Chief Judge Beryl Howell will oversee any disputes arising from Mueller's probe.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | August 8, 2017
Former Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella, currently serving a 28-year sentence for his role in the "kids-for-cash" scandal, is seeking to invoke in his bid for freedom the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that made it harder for public officials to be prosecuted for bribery.
By Sue Reisinger | August 7, 2017
Oliver Schmidt has until Dec. 6 to cooperate with the U.S. government.
By Cogan Schneier | August 3, 2017
Special counsel Robert Mueller has empaneled a grand jury to investigate Russian interference in last year's presidential elections.
By Cogan Schneier | August 3, 2017
The division faced a number of civil rights enforcement controversies under Tom Wheeler, who is now back at his old firm after leaving the Justice Department last week.
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