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Criminal Practice
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July 06, 2020
Feds Must Return Penalty Fees To Bridgegate Mastermind
A New Jersey federal judge on Monday ordered the government to return nearly $25,000 in penalties to the admitted mastermind behind the notorious Bridgegate scheme after the jurist threw out his conviction in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling nixing the convictions of his alleged co-conspirators.
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June 15, 2020
Thomas Dissents As High Court Punts On Qualified Immunity
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday again voiced his support for the high court to reexamine the qualified immunity doctrine, which has become a focal point amid protests against police brutality across the country, as the court refused to hear several cases over the issue.
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June 12, 2020
'Bridgegate' Mastermind Cleared After High Court Ruling
A New Jersey federal judge on Friday wiped away the conviction of the admitted mastermind behind the infamous "Bridgegate" scheme to realign lanes to the George Washington Bridge as an act of political revenge after the U.S. Supreme Court last month erased the convictions of his alleged conspirators.
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June 04, 2020
3rd Circ. Cuts Strings From Ex-Body Armor GC's Fees Bid
Settlement objectors in class and derivative actions may receive attorney fees for improving deals in ways beyond the dollars and cents, the Third Circuit said Thursday in a precedential ruling that the former general counsel of a body armor business deserves fees with no strings attached for such an objection.
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May 19, 2020
3rd Circ. Nixes Immigration Atty Fee Won In 'Bad Faith' Case
The Third Circuit upended a $73,757 fee award for a defense attorney representing an El Salvadoran national indicted for illegally reentering the United States, ruling in a precedential decision Tuesday that he didn't meet the demanding standard for proving prosecutorial misconduct.
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May 11, 2020
Ex-Hotel Exec Can't Get Home Confinement During Pandemic
A New Jersey federal judge said Monday that an ex-hospitality executive's hypertension didn't justify releasing him to home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic as he serves time for stealing nearly $14 million from his previous employer and evading taxes on almost $28 million in income.
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May 07, 2020
US Supreme Court Throws Out Bridgegate Convictions
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously tossed the convictions of two former New Jersey public officials in the infamous "Bridgegate" scandal to realign lanes to the George Washington Bridge as a form of political revenge, saying such alleged conduct may be an abuse of power but it's not a federal crime.
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May 06, 2020
3rd Circ. Says Cops Can Give Personal 'Overview' At Trial
The Third Circuit said law enforcement witnesses may address investigatory matters within their "personal knowledge" to kick off criminal trials, setting ground rules for so-called "overview" testimony in the appellate court's first precedential opinion on the subject as it upheld the convictions of three players in a timeshare consulting scheme.
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April 16, 2020
Inmates Seeking COVID-19 Release Face Uneven Legal Terrain
With COVID-19 spreading through the nation's federal prisons and jails, inmates petitioning courts for early release or bail in response to the pandemic are running into an assortment of responses from the bench, leaving advocates in an uncertain legal landscape.
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April 03, 2020
SEC Blasts Ex-Informant's 'Absurd' Bid To Ax Stock Suit
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission took aim Friday at an alleged penny stock fraudster's bid to escape its proposed injunctions because his purported misconduct was too long ago, saying his argument would lead to an "absurd implication" related to a Third Circuit ruling reviving the agency's suit.