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The Legal Intelligencer

Meek Mill's Reported New Bail Hearing Isn't Happening

In the midst of a growing controversy over the prison sentence rapper Meek Mill received for violating probation, the judge who handed down the unusually…
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Macon Judge Declines to Disqualify Special ADA Over Legal Fees

A Macon judge has rejected claims by the state's former attorney general that an Atlanta lawyer who hires himself out as a special prosecutor is illegally taking contingency fees from civil asset forfeitures he arranges.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Indicted Insys Founder Pleads Not Guilty, Asks Judge to Remove Monitoring Cuff

Dr. John Kapoor, the owner of Insys Therapeutics Inc., maker of a potent opioid medication, pleaded not guilty to federal bribery and racketeering charges on Thursday and asked the magistrate judge to remove his electronic monitoring bracelet.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

ACLU Alleges Discrimination Over Prison Visitor's Christian Head Covering

“Last year, the United States Penitentiary of Atlanta unlawfully discriminated against Mrs. Ragland because of her Christian beliefs when you demanded that she remove her head covering before she was permitted to visit her brother," ACLU of Georgia lawyers said.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Marijuana Convict Walks a Decade Early After Second Circuit Steps In

The defendant Joseph Tigano III, convicted in 2015 of operating a marijuana farm and sentenced to 20 years, was released Wednesday night from federal prison after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a terse order on Wednesday afternoon dismissing the indictment against him.
26 minute read

New York Law Journal

Corruption Trial for Ex-Corrections Union Boss Ends in Hung Jury, Mistrial

After six days of deliberation, the corruption trial against Norman Seabrook, the powerful former head of New York City's corrections officers union, ended with the jury deadlocked and the court declaring a mistrial.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Second Menendez Trial Seen as Likely After Deadlock Leads to Mistrial

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez's troubles may not be over as former prosecutors predicted in the wake of the mistrial that he's likely to face a retrial.
15 minute read

New York Law Journal

Phony Lawyer Sentenced to 1.5 to 3 Years in Prison

Antonia Barrone was sentenced before Albany County Court Judge Peter Lynch on one count of first-degree scheme to defraud and ordered to pay nearly $270,000 in restitution and penalties.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Nassau DA Must Produce Breath-Test Records in Drunken-Driving Case, Panel Rules

Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas' office was thwarted Thursday in its bid to challenge a judge's order requiring it to turn over documents related to a drunken-driving case, a ruling of first impression that could require New York prosecutors to turn over millions of additional pages of discovery.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

County's Settlement With Pregnant Inmates Shines Light on Missing Policies

Allegheny County has settled with five inmates who were in solitary confinement while pregnant.
16 minute read

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