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New York Law Journal

Legal Aid Attorney-in-Chief Seymour James Announces 2018 Retirement

The Legal Aid Society's Attorney-in-Chief, Seymour James, announced on Tuesday his intent to retire as head of the nation's largest legal aid organization in June 2018.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Red Mass Honors Justice Boggs and Atlanta Legal Aid's Gottlieb

The event recognized the chairman of the Criminal Justice Reform Council and a longtime leader for indigent legal representation.
1 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

UPDATED: Murder Charges Announced Against Inmates in Prison Takeover

The Delaware Department of Justice on Tuesday announced indictments against 16 state prison inmates on murder charges stemming from the death of a corrections officer during the Feb. 1 takeove of James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, which left a veteran corrections officer dead.
8 minute read

Daily Report Online

Wife Accused of Killing Husband Can Sue Insurer That Froze Life Insurance Proceeds

A federal district court in Georgia has refused to dismiss claims brought against a life insurer by a wife accused of killing her husband after the insurer froze the account into which it had previously deposited the proceeds of his life insurance policy.
14 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas Trucker Pleads Guilty to Human Smuggling That Led to 10 Deaths

James Matthew Bradley Jr. has pleaded guilty to federal alien smuggling charges in the connection with the deaths of 10 undocumented immigrants who…
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Judge to Bring in FBI and US Attorney After Plaintiffs Lawyer Suggests Witness Tampering in Hip Implant Trial

A New York doctor filed an affidavit in a hip implant bellwether trial suggesting there could be "ramifications" for his practice in connection with his upcoming testimony in the trial.
20 minute read

New York Law Journal

New Jersey-Based Trader Pleads Guilty to Commodities Fraud

The founder and CEO of Wright Time Capital Group, Michael Wright, pleaded guilty to one count of commodities fraud late Friday, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Chelsea Bomber Convicted Swiftly by Federal Jury in Manhattan

After a little more than four hours of deliberations, the jury in the Southern District of New York convicted Ahmad Khan Rahimi of eight counts, including using a weapon of mass destruction and bombing a public place.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

A Review of 'Myers v. Schneiderman'

In their New York Court of Appeals Roundup, Lynn K. Neuner and William T. Russell Jr. write: The constellation of opinions in Myers reinforces historical statutes, cases, a State Task Force, and legislative activity that all come out in support of imposing criminal penalties in New York on individuals, including physicians, who intentionally act to aid a person in committing suicide.
8 minute read

Daily Report Online

Court: Case Against Ex-officer Who Shot Nude Man May Proceed

Unnecessary people in grand jury room does not harm indictment, state Supreme Court says.
6 minute read

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