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

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