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

The federal government told a New York federal court Thursday that former Bryan Cave LLP attorney Harvey Newkirk doesn’t deserve a retrial or reversal of his wire fraud conviction in connection with a failed bid to acquire Maxim magazine, saying “overwhelming evidence” proves he actively participated in the scheme. Law360: acquitted

A federal jury Monday found a Philadelphia hospice nurse guilty of health care fraud for participating in a $ 14.3 million scheme to bill Medicare for bogus care, but acquitted her on the majority of the charges including one for conspiracy. Law360: 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

No-fault automobile insurance fraud racketeer and stock boiler room ringleader Mikhail Zemlyansky was sentenced by a New York federal judge on Thursday to 15 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $ 29.6 million after a lengthy and often bitter hearing in which his defense counsel only grudgingly conceded his client’s guilt. Law360: acquitted

Law360, Chicago (January 19, 2016, 8:21 PM ET) — A Chicago jury on Tuesday acquitted a former bank CEO on all counts following a weeklong bank fraud trial, rejecting prosecutors’ claim that he orchestrated a mortgage fraud scheme to help a business associate get cash to pay him thousands of dollars in late rent.