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Lawyer Argues to Save Appeal in Juvenile Murder Case

The attorney for a youth who was adjudicated as delinquent for murders he allegedly committed at age 11 argued before the state Supreme Court that filing a post-dispositional motion was unnecessary for preserving an appeal based on the weight of the evidence.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Former Madoff Employees Convicted of Roles in Fraud

Five former former employees of imprisoned financier Bernard Madoff were convicted Monday at the end of a six-month trial that portrayed them as telling an elaborate web of lies to hide a fraud that enriched them and cheated investors out of billions of dollars.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Correction

By | March 25, 2014
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New York Law Journal

Data in Justice: The Manufactories of Error

In his Criminal Law column, Ken Strutin, director of legal information services at the New York State Defenders Association, writes: In an era when databases have become commonplace extensions of human logic and memory, the data heavy transactions of law enforcement require meaningful case-by-case scrutiny.
14 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

N.J. Senate Committee Endorses Bill To Reform the Criminal Bail System

A New Jersey legislative panel on Monday recommended passage of a measure that would deny bail to pretrial detainees in hard cases and make release without bail more available in others.
3 minute read

Law.com

N.J. Takes Up Bill To Decriminalize Small-Scale Adult Use of Marijuana

Legislation introduced in New Jersey Monday would legalize possession, cultivation and sale of small amounts of marijuana—if the bill isn't snuffed out by the governor's promised veto.
4 minute read

Law.com

Judge Asks Twitter and Yahoo to Respond to Subpoena Question

A federal magistrate judge in Washington wants to hear from Twitter and Yahoo before ruling on a request by federal prosecutors to block those companies from disclosing information on grand jury subpoenas.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Despite a Late Scare, GTLA Succeeds at Defense

With 3½ hours left in the 2014 General Assembly, most bills affecting the practice of law already had made their way to the governor's desk or withered on the vine.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

Doctor Who Fought Medicaid Ban on 'Abortion-Related' Services Sentenced to Four Years

Nine months after losing a challenge against a new tactic of the state attorney general, DeKalb County abortion provider Dr. Tyrone Cecil Malloy was convicted of Medicaid fraud and received a four-year prison sentence Friday, the AG's office announced.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

3 Ex-Defendants to Sue Cobb County

One year after the Cobb County district attorney dismissed a felony racketeering indictment against a former federal prosecutor, an Atlanta lawyer and a metro businessman, the former defendants have notified the DA and the county that they intend to sue over what they contend was a malicious and unwarranted prosecution done at the behest of international gun manufacturer Glock Inc.
8 minute read

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