By Emily Saul | April 4, 2024
"It defies common sense and logic," defense attorney Daniel Horwitz said of the notion that Melissa Ringel would jeopardize her standing and position to net her husband $55,000. "Sometimes people make honest mistakes."
By Brian Lee | April 4, 2024
More than 20 bills have suspended residency mandates in individual cases, but a more sweeping cure is needed, says the statewide DAs group.
By Emily Saul | April 3, 2024
"If she received a call she should have transferred the call to the clerk's office," First Department Clerk of the Court Susanna Rojas said of Melissa Ringel, who prosecutors allege helped her husband's client circumvent the appellate process.
By Brian Lee | April 2, 2024
McMahon spoke to challenges of the profession in recent years brought by changes to discovery and bail laws and Raise the Age legislation. He said retention of prosecutorial staff and keeping in step with technological changes also remain concerns for the profession.
By Jeffrey Collins | The Associated Press | April 1, 2024
The disbarred South Carolina attorney who was convicted of murdering his wife and son also was ordered to pay more than $8 million in restitutiob to his financial victims.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Barry Kamins | April 1, 2024
Recently, a judge in the Eastern District of New York announced a new legal standard for probable cause in gun cases in New York. Essentially, the court concluded that a significant increase in lawfully possessed guns in New York City has altered the probable cause equation in these cases. The government is seeking reconsideration of that ruling.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Paul Townsend | March 31, 2024
A more just system would permit judges to take into account all the facts and circumstances of both the crime and the individual's background, and impose a sentence accordingly, a guest columnist for the Law Journal writes.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Joel H. Feigenbaum | March 29, 2024
"Lawsuits alleging sexual assault/abuse of minors spiked in New Jersey following the enactment of the state's Child Victims Act in 2019," writes Joel H. Feigenbaum of Post & Schell, as
By Jane Wester | March 28, 2024
U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan noted the ex-crypto entrepreneur's "exceptonally privileged background" in meting out his sentence.
By Jeffrey Collins | The Associated Press | March 28, 2024
Attorneys for the South Carolina attorney who was convicted of murder made the request in a court filing Thursday after federal prosecutors asked a judge earlier this week to keep the statements secret. They argued that Murdaugh wasn't telling the truth and that his plea deal on theft and other charges should be thrown out at a sentencing hearing scheduled for Monday.
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