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New Jersey Law Journal

Bergen Prosecutor Grewal to Be Next Attorney General, Murphy Says

Gov.-elect Phil Murphy on Tuesday announced his intention to nominate Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir Grewal to be the state's next attorney general.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Business as Usual' for Manhattan Firms Near Monday Terror Attack at Port Authority

New York City was hit with its second terror attack in less than two months on Monday, a botched morning rush hour bombing near the Port Authority Bus Terminal that injured the would-be attacker and caused minor injuries to three others.
8 minute read

Daily Report Online

Group Asks Governor to Deny Judgeship to Lawyer Who Helped Orchestrate Citizen Journalist's Arrest

VOTERGA has asked Georgia's governor not to appoint attorney and part-time magistrate judge Clint Bearden to the superior court bench, citing his role in the arrest and prosecution of citizen journalist Nydia Tisdale.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Ethics, and Disparaging ('Badmouthing') Clients

Ethics and Criminal Practice columnist Joel Cohen writes: We are lawyers and are obligated to treat our clients (and former clients) with a certain degree of respect in communicating with third parties, however difficult that may sometimes be.
7 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Houston Home Health Agency Owner Sentenced, In Absentia, to 80 Years

The husband of a woman sentenced to 75 years in prison for health care fraud received an 80-year imprisonment term for similar conduct but isn't behind bars after failing to appear at the hearing. The district court has declared the defendant, Ebong Tilong, a fugitive.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Judge Admonishes Manafort but Takes No Further Action After Ukrainian Op-Ed

Manafort and his deputy, Rick Gates, appeared before U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson Monday.
10 minute read

The Recorder

Keker and Innocence Project Team to Free Father in 'Shaken Baby' Case

A state court judge in Sacramento granted a writ of habeas corpus overturning the 2002 murder conviction of Zavion Johnson, who was convicted of killing his 4-month-old daughter based of medical testimony that has been undermined by more recent research.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

'Wrongfully Convicted' Soldiers in Prison 25 Years Could Go Free Dec. 20

Three soldiers whose convictions the Georgia Supreme Court reversed in November move another step closer to freedom—a bond hearing.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Hate Crimes: Do Laws Meant to Protect These Victims Really Work?

It's been over three years since Kevin Harrigan, Philip Williams and Kathryn Knott bashed a gay couple, Andrew Haught and Zachary Hesse, in Center City Philadelphia on Sept. 11, 2014. At the time, there was outrage that such an attack could occur in Philadelphia, a place where LGBTQ people are supposed to feel safe in a city considered the most LGBTQ-friendly in the country by the Human Rights Campaign.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Long Island Judge Accused of Texting Advice to Prosecutors

A Long Island judge is accused of texting advice to prosecutors on how to try a case against a defendant facing a drug charge.
1 minute read

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