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Former Akin Partner Facing Prison Time for Scheme to Sell Sealed Whistleblower Suits

Former DOJ lawyer Jeffrey Wertkin pleaded guilty Wednesday afternoon in a case where he's accused of attempting to sell sealed whistleblower lawsuits to targeted companies.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Saipov Pleads Not Guilty in NYC Bicycle Path Terror Attack

Authorities say the Uzbek immigrant killed eight people with his Oct. 31 truck attack near the World Trade Center.
1 minute read

New York Law Journal

Panel Throws Out Murder Conviction Because Juror Was Applying to Be an Assistant DA

The “juror's assertions of impartiality are irrelevant to our analysis, as her implied bias is incurable,” the panel wrote.
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

Turkish Gold Trader Set to Take Stand Against Co-Defendant in Sanctions-Busting Case

A Turkish gold trader who pleaded guilty to evading U.S. sanctions is set on Wednesday to take the stand as a prosecution witness in the trial for his co-defendant.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Coulter's Tweet on Immigration Fight Brings Holiday Traffic to Tribune

Coulter tweeted a link to an August 2015 story about a Connecticut attorney who was pushing for immigration reforms following the murder of a Norwich woman by a Haitian immigrant who was illegally in the country.
8 minute read

Daily Report Online

What Lawyers Can Learn from the #MeToo 'Awakening'

“It's becoming more OK to talk about it,” a Georgia prosecutor said, adding that predators have long isolated their targets with silence by threatening denial, shame and harm. “If we as a society can become—not comfortable—but willing to discuss these difficult topics, then that is the first step in getting them to stop.”
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

Computational Justice, Confinement and Cognitive Rights

In his Technology Today: Criminal Law column, Ken Strutin writes: Computational technology exists that can reveal to the criminal justice system the disabling conditions of a population under chronic psychological assault.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Ex-WellCare GC Gets 6 Months in Prison for Health Care Fraud

Thaddeus Bereday, the former general counsel at Tampa-based insurer WellCare Health Plans Inc., was sentenced on Nov. 22 to six months in federal prison after pleading guilty in June to one count of making a false statement in connection with a scheme to defraud the Florida Medicaid program.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Discovery Reform Tops State Bar's 2018 Legislative Priorities

The bar is calling for a substantial overhaul to the state's discovery-related laws, as well as changes to power of attorney procedures and other priorities for state and federal legislators.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Feds in Truck Attack Case Paint Saipov as Having Strong ISIS Ties

In its case against the man accused of the Oct. 31 truck attack in Lower Manhattan that left eight people dead, prosecutors are drawing strong links between the defendant and the so-called Islamic State and bringing charges against him that are more often seen in cases involving domestic criminal enterprises.
11 minute read

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