A Manhattan judge declared a mistrial Friday on a rape charge against Harvey Weinstein following a deadlock where most jurors voted to acquit the once-powerful Hollywood producer, ending a three-week trial that leaned heavily on the credibility of a single accuser and put questions of consent at the center of the case. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted) )

A D.C. federal jury handed prosecutors a loss on Monday, finding that a pair of consulting company executives were not guilty of bribing a top U.S. Navy admiral with a lucrative post-retirement job in exchange for government contracts. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted) )

The Spanish government must pay Shakira over €60 million ($ 70 million), including interest, after a Madrid court acquitted the Colombian singer of allegations of tax fraud in a long-running dispute over her residency status, the court announced Monday. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted) )

Massachusetts’ highest court on Wednesday reinstated a decision by state regulators to deny a lottery license to the owner of several convenience and liquor stores based on a finding that he lacked “good moral character” despite being acquitted on rape charges. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted) )

A man acquitted of homicide and other charges for killing another man in a bar fight cannot continue his case against a Pennsylvania state trooper who he said violated his rights by arresting him and filing an affidavit in support of bringing charges despite knowing the suspect acted in self-defense, a Third Circuit panel has determined. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted) )

A Texas federal judge has acquitted a Mexican businessman living in the U.S. whom a jury convicted of bribing foreign officials to secure business from Mexico’s state-owned oil company, saying prosecutors didn’t provide the translators who interpreted evidence at trial for cross-examination. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted) )

Christopher Ellis, a Brooklyn man who spent decades imprisoned for murder, was released after a New York trial judge vacated his conviction, finding his attorneys had been denied hundreds of pages of police notes pointing to at least 11 other suspects. He is now suing the Nassau County Police Department, alleging civil rights violations. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted) )

A Second Circuit panel struggled Thursday with Sean “Diddy” Combs’ argument that he was penalized too severely for transporting women for prostitution, saying it is the first appeals court nationwide to attempt to interpret new sentencing protocols on acquitted conduct. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted) )

A Connecticut man has filed a lawsuit against the city of Hartford and a forensic expert he claims withheld evidence in a murder investigation that led to him being tried twice before the state Supreme Court overturned his conviction and a third jury acquitted him of all charges. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted) )

Four former senior Deutsche Bank traders are suing the lender for upward of £600 million ($ 803 million) in London after they were convicted, but subsequently acquitted, of aiding false accounting and market manipulation in one of Italy’s biggest financial scandals. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted) )