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Justices Told Bad Jury Instructions Void Hacking Conviction

A shipping executive convicted of hacking his former employer in order to launch a rival business told the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday that he should be acquitted because of incorrect jury instructions that substituted the word “and” for “or,” claiming the instructions tainted the case. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

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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

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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 ...

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