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

For those who missed out, here’s a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week. Law360: acquitted

The remaining top executives of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP still facing charges over a purported scheme to defraud the BigLaw firm’s lenders and investors before it collapsed on Friday launched renewed bids to end the case, taking aim at cooperators’ testimony and saying the government has failed to prove any intent to commit a crime Law360: acquitted