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))

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))

A former Internal Revenue Service agent can’t shake a claim alleging he violated the constitutional rights of a man who was ultimately acquitted of income tax evasion, a West Virginia federal judge ruled Monday. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

A London jury convicted a former Deutsche Bank executive and an accountant Monday tied to the so-called Tabernula insider trading ring but acquitted three others in the the largest and most complex insider dealing case ever brought by the Financial Conduct Authority. 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 Texas federal jury has acquitted a medical device company of criminal off-label promotion of a device used to cure varicose veins, a verdict that prompted the company’s CEO to blast to government for what he called “abusive and dishonest conduct” in bringing the case. Law360: acquitted

The two ex-Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP executives facing charges left over from last year’s jury trial each defeated 15 more felony counts Friday, further diminishing the once-massive criminal fraud conspiracy case in the run-up to a much narrower trial — if there will be one at all. Law360: acquitted

An ex-partner with the now-defunct Fineburg McCarthy PC law firm filed a Pennsylvania state court suit Friday against accountants and companies he says wrongfully ensnared him in a criminal case — in which he was ultimately acquitted — over the mafia-led plundering of a mortgage lender. Law360: acquitted

Ex-CEO Martin Shkreli and the Kaye Scholer LLP partner accused of committing securities fraud with him fought back Thursday against prosecutors’ bid to halt the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission suit against them, saying the suit can’t wait for their criminal case. Law360: acquitted

The Second Circuit won’t rehear the case of two former employees of the New York state attorney general’s office facing a $ 4.7 million judgment for submitting misleading evidence against a dentist accused of Medicaid fraud. Law360: acquitted