The McCallister Law Firm in Kansas City, Mo was responsible for helping a many who served five years in prison and helped him win $16M in a highly controversial case. See the details below. — Missouri Lawyers Weekly, Volume 22, Number 36, September 8, 2008, Angela Riley Acquitted man wins $16M in civil rights lawsuit, He served five years in prison ...
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‘King Of Nursing Homes’ Convicted In Medicare Fraud Scam
A Chicago doctor became the fourth former Sacred Heart Hospital employee to be convicted for his role in a multifaceted Medicare fraud scheme after an Illinois federal jury found him guilty Friday of accepting kickbacks for referring patients to the hospital. Law360: acquitted
Read More »Ex-Stanford Exec Urges High Court To Review Jury Instruction
A former Stanford Financial Group executive convicted for his role in Robert Allen Stanford’s $ 7 billion Ponzi scheme has told the U.S. Supreme Court that the government is downplaying a circuit split on whether convictions should be overturned on errors in jury instruction. Law360: acquitted
Read More »Trial Pros: Cooley’s Mike Attanasio
One of my most amusing experiences was watching extraordinary trial lawyer Gene Iredale use a plate of appetizers in closing argument, says Mike Attanasio, who chairs Cooley LLP’s national litigation practice and who served as co-trial counsel in the defense of baseball legend Roger Clemens. Law360: acquitted
Read More »Split 9th Circ. Orders New Sentence Over Lack Of Interpreter
A divided Ninth Circuit on Tuesday ordered a lower court to resentence a man caught at the U.S.-Mexico border with 130 pounds of marijuana stashed in a truck, ruling the limited-English speaker was deprived of his right to an interpreter during a sentencing hearing. Law360: acquitted
Read More »CEO Rips ‘Malicious’ Feds After Beating Criminal Case
A Texas federal jury has acquitted a medical device company of criminal off-label promotion of a device used to cure varicose veins, a verdict that prompted the company’s CEO to blast to government for what he called “abusive and dishonest conduct” in bringing the case. Law360: acquitted
Read More »Trial Pros: Morvillo Abramowitz’s Elkan Abramowitz
I recently represented Dewey & LeBoeuf’s former chairman Steven Davis at a trial in New York State Supreme Court. This trial was particularly interesting from a defense perspective because, at most criminal trials, the prosecution argues that the defendant committed a crime, but at this trial the issue was whether what the defendants did was a crime at all, says ...
Read More »Ethics Charges Against Ex-Philly Traffic Judge Affirmed
The Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline on Friday affirmed its finding that Michael Sullivan, a former judge on the defunct Philadelphia Traffic Court, committed ethics violations for providing “special consideration” for friends, family and politically connected individuals. Law360: acquitted
Read More »Dewey Execs Escape Larceny Charges Ahead Of 2nd Trial
A New York judge on Friday threw out charges of grand larceny against two former top executives of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, but declined to nix fraud and conspiracy counts, setting the stage for a slimmed-down second trial over allegations they defrauded the law firm’s financial backers prior to its collapse. Law360: acquitted
Read More »How The 2nd Circ. Categorizes Employee Due Process Claims
When it comes to the Second Circuit’s interpretation of due process in the employment context, the difference between a winning and losing argument may turn on how a plaintiff is pigeon-holed, not just the meaningfulness of the process he or she received, meaning both plaintiff and defense counsel should pay careful attention to how the courts in the Second Circuit ...
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