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New York Law Journal

Dram Shop Liability Involving Intentional and Criminal Acts

While often involving negligent actors, liability under the Dram Shop Act can extend to intentional, and even criminal, acts. The most critical factor in establishing Dram Shop liability in these instances is establishing a reasonable or practical causal connection between the act and the intoxication.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Forged Checks, Letters to Joe Biden: Tom Girardi's Lawyers Go on the Offense

On Thursday, Tom Girardi's public defender, cross-examining an IRS special agent, brought up missing pieces of the government's criminal investigation against his client.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Alabama Supreme Court Authorizes Third Nitrogen Gas Execution

In January, the state performed the nation's first nitrogen gas execution. A second one using the protocol is set for Sept. 26 for a man who recently reached a lawsuit settlement with the state over the execution method.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Implication of SCOTUS's 'Snyder' Decision and Recent Precedent on Corruption Prosecutions

In fraud and corruption cases, the Supreme Court and the US government are marching in opposite directions. The DOJ continues to embrace new tools from Congress and the White House—including a newly-passed anti-corruption law—while the Supreme Court has increasingly cut back on the DOJ's broad theories of prosecution. This article examines the implications from the Court's latest opinion, Snyder v. United States, which, if applied to other bribery statutes, could severely limit the DOJ's view that gifts to government officials are no different than bribes.
8 minute read

The Recorder

Client Fought for Son's Settlement as Girardi Keese Paid for Private Jets, Luxury Cars

In one of the more dramatic moments of the Tom Girardi criminal trial, ex-client Erika Saldana broke down in tears recalling her fight to get $1 million in settlement funds less than a year before her ill son died.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

3 Years Into Life Sentence, Murdaugh to Get His Day Before SC Supreme Court

The South Carolina Supreme Court has agreed to hear the disgraced attorney's appeal of his murder convictions. His lawyers said they resulted from jury-tampering by the clerk of court who watched over jurors during his six-week trial.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Rife With Inaccuracies': Merchan Denies Third Trump Bid for Recusal

"Stated plainly, Defendant's arguments are nothing more than a repetition of stale and unsubstantiated claims," the jurist wrote. "This Court now reiterates for the third time, that which should already be clear—innuendo and mischaracterizations do not a conflict create. Recusal is therefore not necessary, much less required."
3 minute read

The Recorder

'I Didn't See Anything Wrong With It': Ex-Accountant Gives Glimpse of Girardi Keese's Finances

On the fifth day of a criminal trial against Tom Girardi, ex-Girardi Keese accounting employee Norina Rouillard was asked on cross-examination about a "secret" bank account in San Bernardino, California.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Can a Prosecutor's Closing Argument Undermine a Sexual Grooming Conviction?

"In the recent case of 'Sanchez v. State,' the First District Court of Appeals recently issued a memorandum opinion in which the appellate court addresses what constitutes sufficient evidence of sexual grooming," write Elisa Reiter and Daniel Pollack.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge in George Santos' Fraud Case Bars Written Juror Queries in Upcoming Trial

Santos, whose trial is set to begin next month, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to a superseding indictment.
3 minute read

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