A shipping executive convicted of hacking his former employer in order to launch a rival business told the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday that he should be acquitted because of incorrect jury instructions that substituted the word “and” for “or,” claiming the instructions tainted the case. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

Former Bryan Cave LLP attorney Harvey Newkirk asked a New York federal judge Thursday to grant a retrial or reverse his criminal wire fraud conviction in connection with a failed bid to acquire Maxim magazine, arguing there was insufficient evidence to support the conviction. Law360: acquitted

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 ...