The Second Circuit’s rare decision to back a federal court ruling ordering a new trial panned out for a construction company owner who was previously found to have willfully filed false tax returns when a New York federal jury acquitted him on all charges Tuesday. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

A Virginia federal jury acquitted a dermatologist of more than 40 counts of health care fraud Monday, knocking down allegations the doctor intentionally misdiagnosed skin cancer and then billed Medicare and other insurance providers for unnecessary treatments. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

A Florida federal jury has acquitted an anesthesiologist accused of participating in a scheme to bilk Medicare out of millions of dollars for procedures that were never performed. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

A Florida federal judge on Monday denied a former vacation rental firm executive’s attempt to derail a second trial stemming from allegations he facilitated a $ 300 million Ponzi scheme, refusing to acquit him based on arguments that prosecutors failed to prove their claims. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

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))

Former NFL player and police officer Titus Dixon was vindicated on Saturday when a Florida federal jury found him not guilty of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in a tax fraud scheme. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

A former Sidley Austin LLP real estate partner and his nephew were acquitted on Thursday of sexually assaulting a teen at the lawyer’s Chicago-area home more than two years ago, according to court records. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

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 ...

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

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