By Jane Wester | December 2, 2021
Prosecutors said the lawyer worked with the child's grandparent to defraud her of settlement proceeds from a federal wrongful death lawsuit. He pleaded guilty during jury selection.
By Jason Grant | December 2, 2021
"These inmates, whether innocent or guilty, should not be given a death sentence," said Jaime Santana, the civil rights lawyer for the mother. He said he has represented many current and former Rikers inmates and has recently considered bringing a class action suit against the jail, as conditions have worsened.
By Tom McParland | December 1, 2021
Defense counsel said the former Brooklyn judge was the victim of a fraudster. But prosecutors said it was wrong for a sitting judge to serve on a credit union board in the first place.
By Meghann M. Cuniff | November 29, 2021
Announced Monday evening, Paul Paradis' plea deal is part of an ongoing federal investigation that reaches the upper echelons of Los Angeles City Attorney's Office.
By Tom McParland | November 29, 2021
A prosecutor described Maxwell as Epstein's "best friend and right hand," who for years enabled the disgraced financier's sexual abuses.
By Andrew Denney | November 23, 2021
The Suffolk County District Attorney's Office detailed 11 homicide cases in which ex-assistant Glenn Kurtzrock improperly withheld key evidence from defense counsel.
By Jane Wester | November 23, 2021
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David S. Jones has found Kossoff to be in civil contempt for his failure to provide documents as the responsible officer of the debtor, the law firm Kossoff PLLC.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Martin Flumenbaum and Brad S. Karp | November 23, 2021
In this edition of their Second Circuit Review, Martin Flumenbaum and Brad S. Karp discuss a recent decision that a district court had subject-matter jurisdiction over the criminal prosecution of a bank that was majority-owned by the Turkish government notwithstanding the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.
By Jane Wester | November 22, 2021
As distasteful as the ex-court worker's views may be, "it's not the view that matters," U.S. District Judge Pamela Chen said. "It's the threat that matters."
By Alaina Lancaster | Allison Dunn | November 19, 2021
"Jacob Blake's shooting and the subsequent tragic, fatal shootings by Rittenhouse should usher in a significant wave of change, not only in Wisconsin but across the nation," said Leah Watson, staff attorney, ACLU's Racial Justice Program.
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