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New York Law Journal

Judge Rejects Guantanamo Witness in al Qaida Terror Case

Southern District Judge Lewis Kaplan decisively rejected Tuesday the attempt of lawyers for Sulaiman Abu Ghayth to introduce at trial statements from imprisoned al Qaida terror plotter Khalid Shiekh Mohammed.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Confessions and Police Deception; Rare Reversal in 'K2'

In their New York Court of Appeals Roundup, Roy L. Reardon and William T. Russell Jr., discuss a criminal matter in which the Court of Appeals ruled that a confession obtained as a result of police deception of the defendant was inadmissible. They also address two insurance cases, one of which represents a rare reversal by the court on reargument of a decision that it rendered last year.
12 minute read

The American Lawyer

Ex-Personal Banker Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Gets Prison

A former Bank of America personal banker was sentenced Monday to serve up to five years in state prison after pleading guilty to defrauding investors out of more than $2 million.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

DNA Evidence Exonerated Man Who Pleaded to Rape-Related Kidnapping

A New Jersey man who faced indefinite civil commitment on a charge stemming from a 1996 rape walked free on March 14, exonerated by DNA evidence that had been thought lost.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Senior Federal Prosecutor in Boston Joins Sidley Austin

Jack Pirozzolo, a former senior federal prosecutor who helped build cases against accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and mobster James "Whitey" Bulger, has jumped to Sidley Austin.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Lawyer Pleads Guilty in Bribery of Judge

Alleged bribes included cash, car repairs and other gifts in exchange for lenient sentences and less restrictive conditions of release for clients.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Zip Gun Use Punishable as if a Firearm, Court Rules

A zip gun boobytrap, one of several elaborate devices that a suspected drug offender used in attempting to kill a police detective, constitutes a "personal use of a firearm" under California law, according to state appeals court decision in a case of first impression.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Editorial: Stolen Goods, Whose Interests Should Be Protected?

By | March 18, 2014
Once upon a time — say, last October — someone stole a significant amount of jewelry from a home in which he was working as a contractor. He drove directly from that home to a store that widely advertises that it purchases gold, jewelry, coins, and the like, and sold the jewelry.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

A murder in Hawaii and a miscarriage of justice: Lawyer's fifth book in the works

Research for the book includes "an exhaustive report by the Pinkerton Detective Agency."
2 minute read

Law.com

Study Urges Judges to Address Jurors' Social-Media Use

Jury misconduct didn't start with Twitter, but reports of jurors behaving badly via social media are on the rise. In a new study, two Illinois judges urged their colleagues to tackle the problem head-on in jury instructions.
4 minute read

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