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New York Law Journal

NY AG's Office Loses Its First Police-Shooting Prosecution

Wayne Isaacs, a New York police officer who shot and killed a man in Brooklyn during a traffic dispute while off-duty, was found not guilty Monday on charges of second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Here are the NRA's Go-To Law Firms

With calls for stricter gun control growing louder with each mass shooting—including Sunday's massacre of 26 people at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas—here's a look at the law firms that have handled much of the litigation in recent years for the National Rifle Association.
15 minute read

Daily Report Online

High Court Upholds Disqualification of Lawyers in Waffle House Sex Tape Fight

In a one-line order, the state Supreme Court upheld the disqualification of John Butters and David Cohen as counsel for the housekeeper who made a secretly recorded sex tape of Waffle House's former CEO.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

3 Things to Know After Manafort's Bail Hearing

Paul Manafort and his deputy Rick Gates, both facing a 12-count indictment, made their third court appearance Monday.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Two Cooley Lawyers Have Been Posting About Manafort's Brooklyn Brownstone for Months

Two Big Law associates are behind the blog tracking a series of loans involving properties owned by Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman.
21 minute read

Daily Report Online

Ga. Supreme Court Throws Out 25-Year-Old Murder Convictions Against Three Soldiers

They were 20 and 21 and just returned from Iraq and Korea when they were arrested for a crime their lawyer said they knew nothing about and were nowhere near. They're now in their mid-40s.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

In Closing, Feds Cast Menendez as Co-Defendant's 'Personal Senator'

Friendship and bribery are not mutually exclusive, prosecutors told the jury during Thursday's closing arguments in the two-month-long trial of U.S.…
14 minute read

New York Law Journal

Spota Dragging Feet on Resignation Pledge in Wake of Charges?

Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota, who was indicted just over a week ago on charges that he covered up a police chief's beating of a suspect, remains in office despite having pledged to resign.
4 minute read

The Recorder

34 New Court Appointments Chip Away at Judicial Vacancy Backlog

Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday named 34 new judges to California's trial courts, chipping away at a judicial vacancy backlog that had reached a two-year high.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

DC Judge Sets No-Nonsense Tone in Manafort Hearing

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson warned lawyers to follow the court's local rules about handling highly publicized cases.
3 minute read

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