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Cosby Gets New Legal Team Led by Michael Jackson's Lawyer

Bill Cosby has a new lawyer, and he's no rookie to the world of high-profile celebrity criminal trials. Cosby's new lawyers are Tom Mesereau, Kathleen Bliss, and local counsel Sam Silver, spokesman Andrew Wyatt announced Monday. Mesereau, of Los Angeles, is best known for representing Michael Jackson in a 2005 trial over alleged child molestation. Jackson was acquitted of the charges.
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New York Law Journal

The People v. Burkhardt

Points Awarded on A Factor Resulted in Over Calculation; Downward Departure Granted
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The Legal Intelligencer

Justices Agree to Mull Limits of Warrantless Police Re-entry

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is set to decide whether a police officer's re-entry to a residence after initially entering under exigent circumstances constitutes one continual search.
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New York Law Journal

USA v. Dalmau

Defendant 'Possessed' Pistol in Connection With Murder; Guidelines' §2K2.1(c)(1) Applies
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The Recorder

People v. Button

C.A. 4th; D070341 The Fourth Appellate District affirmed a judgment. In the published portion of its opinion, the court held that Boykin-Tahl advisements…
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The Recorder

Sales v. Sessions

9th Cir.; 15-70885 The court of appeals affirmed a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals. The court held that the board properly found that a…
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Daily Report Online

Ex-CEO, Represented by U.S. Attorney Nominee, Gets Prison

Angelo Alleca, the former CEO of Atlanta-based Summit Wealth Management, has been ordered to pay back millions to investors and spend eight years in federal prison. But it appears things could have been worse for him without a strong defense—from the lawyer nominated to be Atlanta's next federal prosecutor.
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New York Law Journal

Lithuanian Man Brought to US to Face $100M Fraud Case

A Lithuanian businessman extradited to the United States to face charges that he duped Google and Facebook into sending him over $100 million was held without bail Thursday, hours after he was brought to the country.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Pro Bono Lawyer Secures $750K for Child Sex-Assault Victim

Counsel working pro bono for a 16-year-old girl sexually assaulted at a local public library when she was 7 have secured a $750,000 verdict against her attacker, who is serving a 17-year prison sentence.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Bell, PICS Case No. 17-1245 (Pa. Super. July 19, 2017) Stevens, J. (12 pages).

The trial court erred in holding that the Commonwealth's admission of evidence of defendant's refusal to submit to a blood test at his trial on charges of driving under the influence violated his Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches. The court reversed and remanded.
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