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New York Law Journal

Grimm Prepared for U.S. Indictment

Republican Congressman Michael Grimm will be indicted in the Eastern District after a two-year probe into campaign finance violations, his lawyer confirmed Friday.
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National Law Journal

BP's Billions Draw Scam Artists

Dozens of individuals have been charged with or convicted of filing fraudulent claims for oil-spill damages, and BP has been more than vocal about what it considers massive fraud in the distribution of claims.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Hearing Must Evaluate Truth of Jury Tampering Allegation

A defendant raised sufficient questions about whether a juror was tainted when her son-in-law, a sheriff's deputy assigned to the courthouse, allegedly told her during the trial he knew the defendant was "guilty from day one," a Third Department panel ruled Thursday.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

The Death of the 'Hurricane' and the Criminal Justice System's Failures

A wrongfully convicted boxer relentlessly fought against flawed prosecutions.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Federal Judge Critical of Defenders in 20-Year Capital Case

A death-penalty case that has been in the appeals process for nearly two decades has prompted a judge to criticize federal defenders for "gaming" the system in capital cases.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Jail for Lawyer Who Forged Judges' Signatures

For Judge Sid Harle's and Judge Sharon MacRae's signatures, Hilda Valadez "cut out an existing signature" of the judge "and placed it on the 'Judge Presiding' signature line of a blank attorney pay voucher. Defendant then photocopied this forgery multiple times, producing a number of 'pre-signed' blank vouchers," said the March 11 Waiver, Consent to Stipulations of Testimony and Stipulations in State v. Valadez.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Admission of Rap Lyrics Raised on Eve of Trial

Reflecting a spreading national concern among defense attorneys, a heated legal battle is being waged in a Brooklyn federal court over the admission of an alleged gang leader's violent rap lyrics and videos in his upcoming murder and racketeering trial.
7 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Second Circuit Vacates Convicted Mortgage Scammer's 16-Year Verdict

It seemed to be done and gone, a high-profile, multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud case that landed a Norwalk businessman a 16-year prison sentence back in 2010. But an appellate court decision has thrown the case back to a federal trial court for resentencing, a move that has captured the attention of some Connecticut white-collar lawyers.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Ineffective Assistance Seen in Failure To Raise Diminished-Capacity Defense

A woman who pleaded guilty to infanticide was entitled to an evidentiary hearing on her claim that her lawyer should have argued diminished capacity due to her own history of sexual abuse as a child, a New Jersey appeals court says in a precedential ruling.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Patton Boggs Defends N.Y. Congressman Feds Plan to Indict

Patton Boggs is defending embattled Rep. Michael Grimm, R-N.Y., as federal prosecutors in New York prepare to indict him. A lawyer for Grimm, Patton Boggs partner William McGinley, who focuses on campaign finance and election law matters, said in a statement Friday that Grimm will be vindicated.
2 minute read

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