A Boston federal jury on Wednesday cleared a sheriff of charges that he shook down a cannabis company for a pre-initial public offering investment opportunity. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted) )

Prosecutors have urged a California federal judge to sentence ex-Google software engineer Linwei Ding to nearly 6 years in prison for stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets, while Ding argued that the government’s suggestion is based on speculative evidence and he deserves only home confinement since he was acquitted of economic espionage. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted) )

A California federal judge acquitted an ex-Google software engineer of espionage charges Thursday while upholding his trade secret theft conviction, ruling that although trial evidence showed his trade secret theft was “ad hoc, disorganized and feeble,” such evidence isn’t enough to prove he intentionally colluded with the Chinese government. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted) )

The National Crime Agency confirmed Tuesday that it has unfrozen the assets of former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke after she was acquitted of corruption charges earlier in 2026. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted) )

A Pennsylvania federal jury found Wednesday that a man accused of threatening to kill judges is not guilty. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted) )

A political consultant convicted of knowingly failing to register as a foreign agent as she helped draft a $ 50 million contract involving a former congressman and Venezuela’s state-owned oil enterprise continues to argue she should be acquitted or given a new trial, saying the verdict was “against the great weight of the evidence.” Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted) )

A Massachusetts judge on Wednesday lectured counsel in the high-profile civil case against Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman acquitted of murdering her Boston police officer boyfriend, to honor their ethical obligations after sensitive information leaked on social media. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted) )

A Michigan man who spent more than 15 years in prison before being acquitted at a new trial has sued more than a dozen Detroit police officers, alleging they fabricated evidence, hid proof that undercut the case, and coerced a wounded witness into falsely identifying him in a 2007 shooting. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted) )

A former Nigerian oil minister and two alleged associates were cleared by a London jury on Wednesday of accepting or seeking bribes from energy executives. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted) )

In a split 4-2 decision Monday, the Colorado Supreme Court departed from federal precedent, finding that a defendant’s double jeopardy protections were violated when a trial court declared a mistrial though a jury “spontaneously and unequivocally” signaled it acquitted a defendant of certain offenses. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted) )