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Criminal Practice
Criminal Practice Law360 provides timely news and analysis on criminal law and enforcement across U.S. jurisdictions. Coverage includes major prosecutions, sentencing trends, constitutional challenges, legislative developments, and key rulings impacting prosecutors, defense attorneys, and the courts.
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Latest News in Criminal Practice
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February 10, 2026
Former Teachers Union Leaders Get Prison For Stealing $2.6M
A Florida federal judge has sentenced the former president and vice president of a Jacksonville teachers union to prison for embezzling more than $2.6 million in union funds, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday.
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February 10, 2026
Feds Say 50 Cent's Liquor Boss Violated Fraud Plea Deal
Federal prosecutors said a former executive at rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson's liquor brand violated a fraud plea agreement by requesting a sentence of one year in home confinement, arguing he had already agreed to spend more than two years behind bars.
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February 10, 2026
Coal Exec's Co-Worker Says Emails Hinted At Egypt Bribes
A former coworker testified Tuesday that former Corsa Coal executive Charles Hunter Hobson sent emails as early as 2016 implying that the company's agent in Egypt was bribing officials to buy coal from the company and that he later saw the agent walk into the buyer's office with an envelope allegedly stuffed with cash.
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February 10, 2026
NC Justices Told Not To Disturb Lindberg's $122M Penalty
A group of insurance companies that say convicted billionaire Greg Lindberg is responsible for their "financial ruin" are fighting to keep in place a $122 million contempt order against him, telling North Carolina's highest court there's no compelling reason to review the decision.
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February 10, 2026
NJ Panel Says Assault Finding Warrants Restraining Order
A New Jersey appeals court on Tuesday ruled that a woman should be granted a restraining order after she successfully proved that her husband, with whom she is in the midst of divorce proceedings, assaulted her.
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- Developments in intermediate state appellate courts with potential to shape precedent.
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- Developments from state attorneys general, including prosecutions, policy shifts, and personnel moves
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