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New York Law Journal

People (ex rel. Frazier) v. Warden, Rikers Island

Clear, Unambiguous Writing Shows Inmate's Intent to Forego Right to Preliminary Hearing
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Decision to Toss Abusive Inmate's Lawsuit Upheld

An inmate who made abusive attacks, slurs and insults to a magistrate judge deserved to have his federal lawsuit dismissed as a sanction, the Second Circuit said Thursday.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Ex-BP Engineer Asks Judge to Recuse

By | January 24, 2014
A former BP engineer convicted of obstructing a Justice Department probe of the company's 2010 Gulf oil spill has asked a judge to disqualify himself from the case.
2 minute read

Law.com

Man Convicted of Plot to Behead Judge and Prosecutor

In reaching the verdict against Joseph Romano, the jury needed three and one-half hours to reject his defense that he was entrapped by an untrustworthy jailhouse snitch who pushed him into a plot targeting Eastern District Judge Joseph Bianco and Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Treinis Gatz.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Dickens v. Ryan

By | January 24, 2014
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Panel Offers Solution in Dispute Over 'Occupy' Arrests

The Third Department suggested, in an issue that has set the Albany District Attorney against a City Court judge, who says the D.A. can't simply decline to prosecute four "Occupy Albany" protesters, that it would be appropriate to dismiss the relatively minor charges in the interest of justice.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Nine-Year Sentence of Terrorist Suspect Upheld by Circuit

Although a member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, a designated terrorist group, was eligible for 20 years in prison, Eastern District Judge Raymond Dearie gave him less than half that in a decision that was upheld Thursday.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Roy Black To Represent Justin Bieber In Miami Arrest Case

Celebrity Miami attorney Roy Black is representing pop star Justin Bieber in his Miami Beach drag racing case. Coincidentally, Bieber missed a deposition scheduled in Los Angeles in a lawsuit filed by a Miami photographer.
2 minute read

Law.com

How Long Will Former Sweetwater Mayor Manuel Marono Serve in Jail?

The former mayor of Sweetwater, Manuel Maroño, has been sentenced to 40 months in prison for taking a $45,000 bribe in a federal grant sting.
1 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Patton Boggs Hired in Bridgegate by Christie Campaign, New Jersey GOP

The latest subpoenaed parties to lawyer up in the fast-moving investigation into George Washington Bridge lane closures last fall are Gov. Chris Christie's re-election campaign and the New Jersey Republican State Committee, who on Thursday retained Patton Boggs.
4 minute read

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