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A New York federal judge on Friday said she was not inclined to dismiss a conspiracy count against a former Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP attorney despite the fact Martin Shkreli, the leader of the alleged conspiracy, was acquitted on that charge. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

As Hurricane Irma barrels her way toward Florida, it could not derail a trial in Orlando against a Miami woman accused of bank fraud that ended Thursday afternoon with an acquittal, just before the state shut down to prepare for the coming storm. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

Attorneys for Martin Shkreli on Friday asked a Brooklyn federal judge to acquit him of conspiracy, following his August conviction for defrauding his hedge fund investors and scheming to manipulate the stock price of drug company Retrophin Inc., saying prosecutors misled the jury about a key element of the crime. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

A former Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP attorney trying to gut a criminal case alleging he helped Martin Shkreli pull off multiple fraud schemes recently got pushback from federal prosecutors, who said the lawyer cannot dodge a conspiracy count just because Shkreli was acquitted of it. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

A federal jury recently acquitted four Teamsters on charges of criminally threatening the host of the popular cooking competition show “Top Chef.” Michael Abcarian of Fisher Phillips examines how the dispute escalated into a criminal extortion prosecution and where the line is drawn between criminality and lawful conduct when union members threaten an employer who uses nonunion workers. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) ...

One of the 12 jurors who acquitted a group of Massachusetts Teamsters of trying to strong-arm the “Top Chef” television production into hiring them for unneeded truck-driving work said prosecutors failed to prove the defendants knew they were trying to do something against federal law. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

Lawyers for Evan Greebel, the former Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP attorney accused of helping Martin Shkreli pull off securities fraud, said Friday they were “shocked and dismayed” prosecutors haven’t dropped a conspiracy charge against Greebel that Shkreli himself was acquitted of earlier this month. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

Four Massachusetts Teamsters were acquitted Tuesday of trying to strong-arm a “Top Chef” television production into hiring union labor at a picket that turned violent. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

A Louisiana dentist was acquitted Friday of insider trading charges brought over claims that he traded on nonpublic information provided by his brother-in-law, a former executive of engineering company The Shaw Group, about a pending merger that would send company stock soaring. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

A Brooklyn federal jury on Friday convicted an Italian man prosecutors said created a global network of hijacked computers with obtaining unauthorized information, acquitting him of the more serious charges of cyber intrusion, wire fraud and conspiracy. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))