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By Michael Booth | May 24, 2017
In a ruling that ethics attorneys say is not as startling as it might appear, the New Jersey Supreme Court on Wednesday indefinitely suspended two lawyers and disbarred a third for sex offenses involving children, but stopped short of issuing a bright-line disbarment rule in such cases.
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By Ross Todd | May 23, 2017
Police can use real-time cell tower records to track a suspect's location without a warrant, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Monday.
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By Sue Reisinger | May 22, 2017
Once again, the federal government has held a chief compliance officer personally liable for failing to stop a company's misconduct. The CCO worked at Banamex USA in Los Angeles, a banking subsidiary of Citigroup Inc. that just signed a nonprosecution agreement on Monday, but agreed to pay a $97.4 million penalty for money laundering and other criminal violations.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | May 22, 2017
In a series of motions filed May 19, indicted Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams asked the judge overseeing his corruption case to dismiss the latest charges filed against him.
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By Andrew Denney | May 19, 2017
Former Congressman and one-time New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner faced up to 10 years in prison for sending lewd texts to a minor, but under a plea deal brokered by his lawyers and the government, he may serve two years or less.
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By Andrew Denney | May 18, 2017
To protect immigrants from deportation, Mayor Bill de Blasio should instruct the New York City Police Department to issue civil citations for low-level, nonviolent offenses instead of making arrests, the New York City Bar Association recommended in a letter to de Blasio.
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By Ben Hancock | May 18, 2017
Robert Mueller III has deep roots in Northern California, where he served as U.S. attorney. We asked lawyers who worked alongside him—or faced off against him—to share their experiences.
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By Michael Booth | May 18, 2017
A New Jersey judge has ruled that a bank cannot be held liable in the case of a medical office billing clerk who allegedly stole $2 million from her employer and deposited the money into an account she set up at the bank.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | May 18, 2017
Chaka "Chip" Fattah Jr. can move forward with his lawsuit alleging a federal agent improperly alerted the press that the FBI and IRS would be raiding his marketing business, a federal judge has ruled.
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By Miriam Rozen | May 17, 2017
Did the president expose himself to obstruction of justice charges in the unfolding scandal involving James Comey? If anyone has an opinion on that burning question, it's the country's pool of former federal prosecutors. But not all of them are willing to share it.
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