National Law Journal | Commentary
By Cynthia Lee | February 13, 2023
Trial judges should be required to give the jury an initial-aggressor instruction whenever an individual charged with a crime of violence brings a firearm outside the home and displays it in a threatening manner, points it at another person, or shoots it and claims self-defense.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 10, 2023
David Lira, 62, who is Tom Girardi's son-in-law, appeared virtually at a hearing in Chicago, where federal prosecutors indicted him Feb. 1 on charges of stealing $3 million from the families of airplane crash victims.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 9, 2023
Christopher Kamon, who was Girardi Keese's CFO from 2004 to 2020, appeared virtually in a federal court in Chicago on Thursday for his arraignment.
By Emily Saul | February 9, 2023
"He's not a Russian spy," said Glavin, who entered her appearance in the case on Monday. "He was a Russian diplomat [...] he ended his service in 1993 when he retired."
By Jane Wester | February 7, 2023
The former project manager's plea in Manhattan federal court came just one day after his lawyers filed a motion to dismiss an SEC complaint against him in Washington state's U.S. district court.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 6, 2023
Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen Stevenson entered the plea at an arraignment hearing in downtown Los Angeles and granted a request from Tom Girardi's lawyers to file documents under seal about his "medical and mental health exam."
By Amanda Bronstad | February 1, 2023
On Wednesday, prosecutors in Los Angeles and Chicago announced indictments against Girardi, formerly of now defunct Girardi Keese, alleging he embezzled $18 million in settlements from his own clients.
By Jane Wester | February 1, 2023
Manhattan federal prosecutors expressed alarm about Bankman-Fried's communications with FTX U.S. General Counsel Ryne Miller.
By Justin Henry | January 31, 2023
The Am Law 200 firm is not named in the federal indictment against Charles McGonigal, the former leader of the counterintelligence unit of the agency's New York field office. But the details in the indictment match a 2021 disclosure filed under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
By Jane Wester | January 30, 2023
Attorneys for the ex-chief investment officer argued arguing that federal prosecutors induced his former attorneys to share privileged information and "betray" him to the government.
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