Former DOJ Attorney Sentenced for Trying to Seduce Minor for Sex
Karl Gellert, a former attorney of the U.S. Department of Justice was sentenced in the U.S. District Court in...
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NJ State Comptroller Looking Hard into Lawyer Payments by Local Authorities
The New Jersey State Comptroller’s office released a report on Tuesday that underscored curious payments...
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Former Broward Prosecutor Suspended for Concealing Romantic Affair with Judge
Last Thursday, former Broward prosecutor Howard Scheinberg’s law license was suspended for two years by the...
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San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Beth Labson Freeman Nominated to Federal Bench
Beth Labson Freeman graduated with a B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1976 and she earned...
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Supreme Court Holds Federal Grantees Can’t Be Compelled to Adopt Official Views
On Thursday, in a matter involving a program intended to fight HIV and AIDS overseas, but resulting in a...
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Brooklyn DA under Pressure to Testify on Past Alleged Misconduct
Last week, U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert Levy in Brooklyn ruled that the lawyers for a complainant can depose...
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Pot Dealer Goes Free Over Mistakes Made by Prosecution
This week, the 12th District Court of Appeals overturned the convictions of a Butler County pot dealer because...
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US Department of Justice makes first overhaul of bankruptcy billing in 17 years
On Tuesday, the US Department of Justice finalized guidelines for the first comprehensive revamp of bankruptcy...
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Florida Adopts the Daubert Standard on Expert Evidence
On Wednesday, Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed the HB 7015 meant to replace the Frye standard for expert...
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U. S. District Judge Michael M. Baylson Suspends Transplant Rules in Case of Dying Patient Sarah Murnaghan
Michael Morris Baylson was born in 1939 in Philadelphia, PA. In 1961, he graduated with a B.S. from the...
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Former Beverly Hills Mayor Disbarred in California
On Thursday, the California Supreme Court ordered the disbarment of former Beverly Hills mayor and Riverside...
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NY Court of Appeals Rules Murder Confession Following 49-hour Interrogation is Inadmissible
On Tuesday, a six-judge panel of the New York State Court of Appeals criticized the Syracuse police for...
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“Barbaric Conditions” at Mississippi Prison Triggers off Lawsuit
On Thursday, two civil liberties groups, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Southern Poverty Law...
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U.S. District Judge Grant Murray Snow Ruled that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio Violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Grant Murray Snow was born in 1959 in Boulder City, NV. In 1984, he graduated with a B.A. from Brigham Young...
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Ex- President of Guatemala Denies Federal Money Laundering Charges
On Tuesday, Alfonso Portillo, a former President of Guatemala, pleaded not guilty to U.S. federal charges of...
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South Texas District Attorney Convicted of Corruption
On Friday, former Cameron County District Attorney Armando Villalobos was convicted on charges of...
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U.S. District Judge Kevin Sharp Dismisses Charter School Lawsuit
Kevin Hunter Sharp was born on January 22, 1963, in Memphis, TN. In 1988, he received an associate’s degree...
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First South Asian to a Fed Appeals Court Bench, Wins 97-0 Senate Approval
On Thursday, the U.S. Senate blessed the nomination of Sri Srinivasan to the D.C. Circuit with a unanimous...
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NorCal Tea Party Patriots Sue IRS Over “Targeting”
On Monday, California-based NorCal Tea Party Patriots filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court in...
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Legislation Sponsored for Easier Student Loan Refinancing
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is promoting new legislation for refinancing federal student loans with steep interest...
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U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright Blocks Arkansas Abortion Law
Personal Life Susan Webber Wright was born in Texarkana, Arkansas in 1948. She graduated with a B.A. from...
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Medical Malpractice Verdict Overturned Due to “Improper Conduct” of Trial Judge
In an unsigned order issued on Wednesday, the Appellate Division, Second Department, overturned a medical...
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U.S. Supreme Court Defines ‘Defalcation’
On Monday, for the first time in almost one and a half century, the U.S. Supreme Court clarified the meaning...
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Judge Gets Tough over FDA’s “Morning after Pill” Policy
On Friday, U.S. District Judge Edward Korman in Brooklyn denied FDA’s bid to obtain a stay on an order over...
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U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken Dismisses Steven Seagal Movie Lawsuit
According to an Oregon Live article, “Steven Seagal movie lawsuit booted by Oregon federal judge,” more...
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NY Upstate Town Justice Removed for Helping Friend
In a divided decision taken on May 4 and released this Thursday, the New York State Commission on Judicial...
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First Criminal Case on Behalf of CFPB, Charges Ex-lawyer Operated Firm
On Tuesday, federal authorities unsealed indictments in the first criminal case based on work done by CFPB...
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Melvyn Weiss Saves Himself from Returning to Prison
Famed shareholder class-action lawyer Melvyn Weiss, 77, managed to make a deal with federal prosecutors on...
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For the First Time in 20 Years, NYC Legal Services Attorneys Set to Go on Strike
Things moved nearer to the first strike in 20 years at the Legal Services NYC on Wednesday, when their workers...
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SEC Sues City in Victorville for Defrauding Investors
On Monday, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission authorities sued the city of Victorville, California,...
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