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The Recorder

Legal Pad: Shrimp Boy Lawyer, Tony Serra, Pitches to Court of Public Opinion

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Connecticut Law Tribune

Norm Pattis: The Tax On Taking Cases To Trial

By | April 10, 2014
I was in the chambers of a judge I respect a great deal trying to reach a plea bargain in a complex case the other day. Well before trial, he made an offer of a given period of years in a case involving many alleged victims. After a trial in several of the cases, a trial in which my client was convicted, we were trying to settle the case all over again.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Weapon Possession Plea Leads to Disbarment

Attorney Randall Cutler was staying at his parents' home, which lost electricity after Hurricane Sandy, when he became involved in a dispute with his brother and sister-in-law over the use of a generator. When police were called to the scene on reports of a domestic dispute, they found five firearms.
2 minute read

The Recorder

People v. Safety National Casualty Insurance Co.

By | April 10, 2014
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Daycare CEO Convicted of Stealing $2 Million from School Meals Program

The former CEO of a chain of Georgia day care centers has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $2 million in funds from a federal program that provides meals for needy children, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia announced today.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Immigrant Fraud Bureau Created in Brooklyn

Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson has tapped Assistant District Attorney Maritza Mejia-Ming to head a newly-created unit that will press cases where immigrant communities are targets of fraud.
2 minute read

The Recorder

People v. Sheehy

By | April 10, 2014
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Cuomo Names Members of Juvenile Justice Panel

Governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday appointed a 16-member commission to provide "concrete, actionable recommendations" on juvenile justice, with the aim of raising the age of criminal responsibility.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Evidence Suppressed Due to Faulty Warrant

Cocaine and guns seized from a man's home in Queens will be kept out of evidence because police used a warrant that didn't specifically identify the apartment to be searched.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

An Unnecessarily Generous Standard of Review?

Federal appellate judges should channel spillover prejudice claims to the district judge who presided over the trial.
9 minute read

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