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As Feds Probe Uber, a Litany of Lawyers on Standby

The company's legal woes seem to keep growing—and so does its roster of lawyers.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

With Ponte's Exit, What Happens to Rikers?

Whoever replaces Joseph Ponte as the head of New York City's jail system should be committed to closing the troubled Rikers Island jail complex and reducing violence there until it does, criminal justice advocates say.
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

US Attorneys, Defense Bar Criticize Sessions Directive

Former U.S. attorneys and criminal defense lawyers on Friday criticized a new Department of Justice directive instructing federal prosecutors to pursue the most serious charges that they can prove.
10 minute read

National Law Journal

US Attorneys, Defense Bar Criticize Sessions Directive

Former U.S. attorneys and criminal defense lawyers on Friday criticized a new Department of Justice directive instructing federal prosecutors to pursue the most serious charges that they can prove.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Williams' Trial Pushed Back After Latest Batch of Charges

A day after Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams' arraignment on additional corruption charges, the federal judge overseeing the case pushed the trial back roughly three weeks.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Williams' Trial Pushed Back After Latest Batch of Charges

A day after Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams' arraignment on additional corruption charges, the federal judge overseeing the case pushed the trial back roughly three weeks.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Biesecker, PICS Case No. 17-0704 (Pa. Super. April 26, 2017) Bowes, J. (18 pages).

Commonwealth proved mens rea element of Medicaid fraud, theft by deception, and receipt of stolen property charges, where uncontradicted evidence showed that appellant billed for caregiver services to an individual at same times when another provider was providing services to the individual. Judgment of sentence affirmed.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

A Hot News Item Today, Yates Started Her US Attorney Tenure Low-Key

Although she was well-known around the Atlanta legal community, our story from 2010 showed how she tried to stay understated.
25 minute read

Daily Report Online

Former Morris Hardwick Schneider Controller Pleads Guilty to Fraud Conspiracy

The former controller of the Atlanta real estate closing firm once known as Morris Hardwick Schneider has pleaded guilty to a single fraud conspiracy charge.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

US Prosecutors Told to Push Tougher Charges, Harsher Sentences

Attorney General Jeff Sessions orders federal prosecutors to charge as tough as they can and get a supervisor's approval for exceptions, reversing an Obama-era policy.
9 minute read

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