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High Court Reinstates Criminal Charges Against Lawyers, Client In Waffle House Sex Tape Case

The Supreme Court of Georgia has reinstated felony charges accusing metro Atlanta lawyers David Cohen and John Butters and their client of violating the state's eavesdropping law in connection with the secret recording of the chief executive of Waffle House on a sex tape.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Ex-Akin Gump Partner To Plead Guilty Over Plot To Sell Whistleblower Complaints

A superseding criminal complaint filed against Jeffrey Wertkin on Wednesday includes three new counts—two for obstruction of justice and a third for interstate transport of stolen goods.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Castor: Cosby Accuser Filed Suit to Influence 2015 DA Race

The former district attorney is accusing Cosby accuser Andrea Constand of sabotaging his political career.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Incidental Relationship to Crime Not Enough for Forfeiture

The state must demonstrate more than an incidental relationship between a piece of property and an individual's illegal drug activity in order to justify the forfeiture of the property, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

Dentons Protests Removal as Defense Counsel for Former Sutherland Partner

Dentons lawyers say their removal as defense counsel for former Sutherland partner Bennett Kight violates his constitutional rights because he suffers from dementia. Federal prosecutors disagree.
25 minute read

New York Law Journal

Upstate Woman Pleads to Bilking Inmates Using Fake Law Firm

Working from home but using a fake law firm front, Antonia Barrone defrauded more than 400 New Yorkers out of thousands of dollars over nearly five years.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Kane Confidant's Appeal of Conviction Rejected

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of Patrick Reese, a one-time aide to former state Attorney General Kathleen Kane who was convicted of criminal contempt.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Trump's Latest Texas US Attorney Picks Get Good Reviews from Criminal Defense Bar

President Donald Trump nominated Texans from two well-connected political families as top law enforcement officers in the state in Ryan Patrick for…
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Home Field Advantage Fades for SEC Litigators

In his Corporate Crime column, William F. Johnson writes: As the season changes to fall, and baseball playoffs and football dominate sports headlines, the home field advantage has proven important once again. But in the regulatory litigation game, it appears that even a home field advantage cannot help the Securities and Exchange Commission consistently win its enforcement trials in administrative proceedings.
22 minute read

Daily Report Online

Amicus Author Warns of 'Chilling Effect' After Justice's Recusal

“Should the court not have friends?” asked the author of an amicus brief that led to demands that a justice recuse.
15 minute read

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