Adam Freedman has written an interesting piece on getting sued even though you may have been in the right. For instance, Freedman covers the case where a burger breaks into the home and is shot dead by the homeowner. The homeowner is then sued by the family of the burglar and then forced to pay a settlement, when they are ...

The Fifth Circuit on Thursday upheld the conviction of former New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin on charges related to a purported scheme that doled out contracts in exchange for bribes and kickbacks, rejecting Nagin’s claims that jury instructions regarding honest services fraud were in error. Law360: acquitted