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The Recorder

In Last-Ditch Effort to Avoid Jail Time, Nosal Points to Korn Ferry Trade Secret Settlement

Former Korn Ferry International executive recruiter David Nosal's lawyer, Steven Gruel, filed court papers asking a federal judge in San Francisco to reduce or set aside his client's prison sentence.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ex-Judge Disbarred for Stealing Cocaine Out of Evidence

The former Washington County judge who founded the county's drug court has been disbarred from the practice of law for stealing cocaine out of the court's evidence locker.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Juror Bias, Family Court Act Hearings, Fifth Amendment Takings, and More

In their Appellate Division Review, Leo Milonas and Andrew C. Smith write: As we begin 2018, we look back on some of the highlights from the final quarter of 2017 below.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

DA Wants 19 Cosby Accusers to Testify at Retrial

As Bill Cosby's retrial on sexual assault charges approaches, Montgomery County prosecutors are seeking to introduce testimony from more women who have accused Cosby of sexual misconduct—18 more than the court allowed at his first trial, to be exact.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Lawyers for Man Held in Halloween Attack Say He Would Plead Guilty to Avoid Death Penalty

The man accused of carrying out a deadly truck attack on a Lower Manhattan bike path on Halloween that left eight dead would take a guilty plea to avoid a death penalty prosecution, his defense team has said in a letter to the court.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Judge Asks Feds to Probe $400K in Fraudulent Claims in App Privacy Settlement

U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar asked federal prosecutors to investigate nearly 6,000 potentially bogus claims submitted in a $5.3 million settlement with app makers, including Twitter, Instagram and Yelp.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Mom of Boy Killed During Dog Attack Sues Fulton Animal Control Contractor

Logan Braatz, 6, was killed, and a 5-year-old schoolmate was badly injured when a group of dogs attacked the children on their way to kindergarten in January 2017.
3 minute read

The Recorder

9th Circuit Rejects Bay Area Sex Workers' Effort to Legalize Prostitution in California

A Ninth Circuit panel affirmed an earlier ruling that found laws prohibiting prostitution were in the public interest and did not interfere with the rights to free speech, free association or to conduct business.
3 minute read

International Edition

Singapore Mulls Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements

Singapore is the latest country to consider using DPAs, joining Australia, Canada and France, which are also considering the agreements. The United States and U.K. already use these tools.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Wilmer's Seth Waxman Makes Case Against Lawyer in Death Penalty Dispute

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with whether a criminal defense lawyer violates the Constitution by ignoring his client's express wishes in order to save him from the death penalty.
4 minute read

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