By Jane Wester | July 3, 2024
Menendez told U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein of the Southern District of New York that he discussed the issue "at length" with his attorneys, Paul Hastings partners Adam Fee and Avi Weitzman, before making his decision.
By Emily Saul | July 2, 2024
Acting Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan on Tuesday postponed the sentencing to Sept. 18.
By Jane Wester | July 1, 2024
After stacks of cash were discovered in the senator's New Jersey home, Menendez's sister, 80-year-old Caridad Gonzalez, testified that she knew many Cubans who stored cash in their homes after moving to the United States.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Carrie H. Cohen and Allison M. Magnarelli | June 26, 2024
With U.S. Senator Bob Menendez on trial for bribery fraud and corruption‑related offenses, any conviction will almost assuredly be followed by an appeal. This article analyzes the state of Supreme Court jurisprudence on public corruption, including the crimes of honest services fraud and extortion under color of official right. It also highlights potential trends and future legal issues that might arise in other federal public corruption cases.
By Emily Saul | June 25, 2024
Acting Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan kept in place provisions that bar him from speaking about prosecutors or identifying jurors.
By Emily Saul | June 21, 2024
The 19-page filing cites 56 "actionable threats" made against Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg and unspecified staff with his office since the trial began in April. That number does not include the hundreds of threatening communications received by the office this year, prosecutors write.
By Jane Wester | June 18, 2024
"I did not believe he was asking me to do anything other than my official duty," U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said. "In fact, I didn't believe he was asking me to do anything."
By Brian Lee | June 18, 2024
The New York Court of Appeals rejected Trump's "automatic" appeal "upon the ground that no substantial constitutional question is directly involved."
By Jane Wester | June 12, 2024
Sellinger recounted for jurors a conversation from 2020—when he was a partner at Greenberg Traurig—in which Menendez asked him how he might assess a then-pending investigation into a real estate developer were he to become New Jersey's U.S. Attorney.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Robert J. Anello and Richard F. Albert | June 12, 2024
The arm of U.S. extradition law is long. Fortunately, practitioners have defenses at their disposal that they may raise in the requested country's courts to help either limit the scope of prosecution once extradition occurs, or to prevent it altogether.
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