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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) )

Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman acquitted last year of killing her police officer boyfriend in a trial that garnered national attention, said in a suit filed Thursday that police agencies were negligent for entrusting the case to “biased and corrupt” officers whose private messages were filled with bigoted language. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted) )

A doctor convicted of making false statements in connection with an $ 11 million Medicare fraud scheme is urging a North Carolina federal court to exclude conduct she says she was acquitted of from her sentencing calculation, while the government argues she’s mischaracterizing the outcome of the case.  Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted) )