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Chicago Cop Says Review Officials Targeted Him, Leaked Info
A former Chicago police commander acquitted last year on excessive force charges claims the city’s Independent Police Review Authority specifically targeted him and leaked confidential information to the media in retaliation for his contentious history with the group, according to a suit filed in Illinois federal court. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))
Read More »Chicago Cop Says Review Officials Targeted Him, Leaked Info
A former Chicago police commander acquitted last year on excessive force charges claims the city’s Independent Police Review Authority specifically targeted him and leaked confidential information to the media in retaliation for his contentious history with the group, according to a suit filed in Illinois federal court Thursday. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))
Read More »Ex-Stanford Exec Urges High Court To Review Jury Instruction
A former Stanford Financial Group executive convicted for his role in Robert Allen Stanford’s $ 7 billion Ponzi scheme has told the U.S. Supreme Court that the government is downplaying a circuit split on whether convictions should be overturned on errors in jury instruction. Law360: acquitted
Read More »Can You Be Sued Even if You’re “Not Guilty”?
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 ...
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