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))
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Atty Says Ill. Police Dept. Framed Him For His Wife’s Murder
An Illinois attorney says he was set up to be charged with his wife’s murder by a local police department and the state’s attorney’s office where he used to work, claiming in a federal complaint that the charges for which he was acquitted wrecked his law practice and forced him to skip town. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))
Read More »Acquitted Atty Fights For Do-Over In Gawker Defamation Suit
An attorney acquitted of rape who is appealing an Illinois federal judge’s dismissal of his suit against news site Gawker Media LLC over an article about his case seemed to convince at least one Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals judge he deserved a redo Tuesday. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))
Read More »Disbarred OJ Atty Hits Bankruptcy With $5.1M In Tax Debt
F. Lee Bailey, a former lawyer who helped get O.J. Simpson acquitted of murder and who was later disbarred on allegations of mishandling client funds, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on Friday to discharge a $ 5.1 million tax judgment. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))
Read More »Texas Atty Acquitted Of Scamming BP With Fake Claims
A Mississippi federal jury on Thursday cleared a well-known Texas plaintiffs lawyer and his brother of mail fraud, wire fraud and identify theft charges that accused him of filing false claims to BP in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, but found a consultant hired by the attorney guilty. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))
Read More »Texas Atty Wants Stay Lifted In BP’s Deepwater Fraud Suit
Texas attorney Mikal Watts, who was acquitted last week of all fraud charges related to Deepwater Horizon settlement funds, asked a federal court Tuesday to lift a stay on BP PLC’s civil suit against him that has been on hold since February 2014. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))
Read More »Ex-Gawker Head Asks Nix Of $100M Atty Claims In Bankruptcy
Former Gawker Media chief Nick Denton on Friday struck back at an Illinois lawyer’s two claims for $ 100 million each over stories about the lawyer’s trial in which he was acquitted of sexual assault charges, saying a district court already heard those claims and dismissed them. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))
Read More »Atty Can Resume Defamation Case With Denton Stay Lifted
The Seventh Circuit on Thursday noted that an Illinois attorney acquitted of sexual assault may proceed with his bid to resurrect his defamation suit against Gawker Media LLC and former chief Nick Denton over an article about his case, saying the bankruptcy stay against Denton has been lifted. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))
Read More »Atty Can Resume Defamation Case With Denton Stay Lifted
The Seventh Circuit on Thursday noted that an Illinois attorney acquitted of sexual assault may proceed with his bid to resurrect his defamation suit against Gawker Media LLC and former chief Nick Denton over an article about his case, saying the bankruptcy stay against Denton has been lifted. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))
Read More »Ex-Gawker Head Asks Nix Of $100M Atty Claims In Bankruptcy
Former Gawker Media chief Nick Denton on Friday struck back at an Illinois lawyer’s two claims for $ 100 million each over stories about the lawyer’s trial in which he was acquitted of sexual assault charges, saying a district court already heard those claims and dismissed them. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))
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