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New York AG Threatens Project Veritas' Fundraising Ability Over Nonprofit Filing Gaps

The conservative activist organization was asked to explain why parts of its filings with the state contained deficiencies, including not acknowledging James O'Keefe's misdemeanor conviction.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Indigent Ordinance Violator Jailed 72 Days for Holding a 'Please Help' Sign

A homeless indigent man was jailed for 72 days after being charged with holding a "homeless please help" sign on a public sidewalk in Atlanta simply because he couldn't afford to pay the $200 bail required to secure his release.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Justices Weigh Existence of Common-Law Forfeiture in Pa.

If the state Supreme Court decides that common-law forfeiture does not exist in Pennsylvania, criminals convicted of gun violence will have an easier time taking back their firearms and child pornographers would also be able to repossess the camera equipment and devices they used in committing their crimes, the Adams County district attorney told a full complement of the court Wednesday.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Marcia Coyle on the Supreme Court's Digital Privacy Arguments

Marcia Coyle, senior Washington correspondent at The National Law Journal, gives her perspective on the U.S. Supreme Court argument Wednesday over digital privacy.
2 minute read

Litigation Daily

The Tragic, Inexplicable Downfall of Jeffrey Wertkin

What happened to Jeffrey Wertkin, the former Akin Gump partner who tried to sell secret court documents for $310,000? What terrible error of judgment led him to this place?
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Turkish Gold Trader Begins Testimony for Feds in Sanctions-Busting Trial

Reza Zarrab explained the terms of his guilty plea to prosecutors as well as a complex scheme to convert Iranian oil and gas revenues through various bank transfers and gold sales.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Former County Jailer Pleads Guilty to Taking Bribes From Bond Agent

A former Fulton County detention officer has pleaded guilty to accepting more than $7,000 in bribes from a bonding agent with Roswell's AA OK Bonds to recommend defendants to her bonding company.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Former NYLAG Attorney-in-Charge Settles in Fund Diversion Investigation

Yisroel Schulman, who departed the legal services provider in 2015, diverted millions from NYLAG in what AG Schneiderman's office said was a breach of fiduciary duty.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Don Samuel Joins Tex McIver's Criminal Defense Team

Veteran criminal defense lawyer Don Samuel of Atlanta's Garland, Samuel & Loeb said he happily joined the team defending Claud "Tex" McIver against charges that he murdered his wife.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Hospital Illegally Charged Victims for Rape Kits, Settles With NY AG

The Brooklyn Hospital Center has agreed to pay $15,000 and make full restitution with interest to dozens of women to settle allegations by the New York Attorney's General's Office that it illegally billed sexual assault victims for forensic rape exams.
6 minute read

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