Tag: CriminalLaw
Incoming New York AG Plans Wide-Ranging Investigations of Trump and Family
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Letitia James campaigned on passing a bill to change New York’s double jeopardy laws with an eye on possible pardons coming out of the White House.
Court Warns: Disbarment for Anonymous Online Posts is Lesson for Other Lawyers
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As a prosecutor, Sal Perricone posted more than 2,600 comments on nola.com, the website of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, between November 2007 and March 2012.
Justice Department Charges 4 Over Panama Papers Tax Schemes
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Those charged include a former investment manager, a former U.S. resident, an American accountant and a Panamanian lawyer, reports The Washington Post.
Newspaper Report Foils Trump Labor Secretary’s Chances of Being the New AG
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Alexander Acosta is out of the running to be President Donald Trump’s attorney general following a report that he oversaw a sweetheart deal for a wealthy financier accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls
Louisville Lawyer Charged With Threatening to Kill Two Other Attorneys
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Brendan McLeod, who advertises himself as an “aggressive criminal attorney” on his Facebook page, was charged with retaliating against participants in a legal process
Ex-Pa. Attorney General Kathleen Kane to Be Jailed By Thursday Morning
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Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane must report to jail by Thursday morning to begin serving her sentence for convictions on perjury and other charges, reports The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Former Dewey CFO Released From Jail After His Current Firm Pays His $1M Fine
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Joel Sanders was convicted for misleading lenders and bond buyers about the firm’s finances before its 2012 collapse.
Attorney’s Eye-Popping $460,000 in Earnings to Defend Indigent Clients Prompting Changes
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Attorney Marc Fratter, 46, also earned significantly more than anyone on the county payroll, including the district judges who approved his pay sheets.
Ex-JPMorgan Trader Pleads Guilty in Six-Year Spoofing Plot
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A former precious-metals trader said to have worked at JPMorgan Chase & Co. admitted he engaged in a six-year spoofing scheme that defrauded investors in futures contracts with the help of his colleagues and bosses, Bloomberg Law reports.
Promise Not to Kill Anyone? After Losing Election, TX Judge Wholesale Releases Juvenile Defendants
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“Apparently he was saying that’s what the voters wanted,” theorized a public defender who witnessed the releases.
Lawyer Removes Post Calling Client a ‘Terrible Criminal’
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Chad Frese said his post was being misinterpreted by other lawyers, who said the rant was highly inappropriate and likely violated ethics rules governing the profession.
Former Partner Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Scheme to Bribe Alabama Lawmaker
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A former partner at Balch & Bingham has been sentenced to five years in prison for a scheme to bribe an Alabama state legislator to oppose expansion of a site designated for an environmental cleanup, reports the ABA Journal.
‘Frack Master’ of Texas Oil Fame Pleads Guilty to Massive Fraud, Faces Up to 12 Years in Prison
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Christopher Faulkner, the former CEO of Dallas-based Breitling Energy, became a star in business circles for his high-profile media appearances defending hydraulic fracturing or fracking, reports The Dallas Morning News.
Feds: Lawyer Plotted to Bribe Trial Witness in Murder Case
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Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn have charged a criminal defense lawyer with bribing a witness in an effort to alter the outcome of a notorious 2015 Suffolk County gang-related double-murder trial.
Ethics Charges Filed Against 6 of 7 Arkansas Supreme Court Justices
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A spokesman for the Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission said it was the first time in the 30-year history of the commission that formal charges of ethical misconduct were brought against any member of the state’s highest court.
Three Charged in $364M Scheme That Paid for Splurges on Diamonds, Bugattis and Mansions
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A federal grand jury has indicted three men for what officials describe as a $364 million Ponzi scheme to defraud investors, reports The Dallas Morning News.
Former Locke Lord Partner Indicted on Charges Related to Alleged Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme
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According to the indictment, Mark S. Scott was part of a conspiracy to conceal the source of $400 million in process from an alleged pyramid scheme involving a purported cryptocurrency, OneCoin.
Judge Rejects Ex-Bank Executives’ Bids for Acquittals, New Trials
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Judge Richard Andrews refused to enter judgments of acquittal or set new trials for the former Wilmington Trust executives.
Federal Judge’s Meltdown Ends With Hostages, Suicide
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Police and federal agents had already confiscated a weapons cache from the home of Timothy Maher a few days before he took hostages and then killed himself.
The Biglaw Firm Defending the Catholic Church
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Reports indicate that Cardinal Donald Wuerl has tapped Jones Day to represent him on matters relating to a grand jury report that alleged the sexual abuse of thousands of victims at Catholic dioceses across Pennsylvania.
