A Pennsylvania appeals court on Tuesday upheld a pretrial ruling in favor of a Clinton County, Pennsylvania, newspaper hit with claims of defaming a former county commissioner by allegedly falsely characterizing charges of theft of which he was eventually acquitted, saying there was no actual malice, just negligent reporting, at worst. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

A former Internal Revenue Service agent can’t shake a claim alleging he violated the constitutional rights of a man who was ultimately acquitted of income tax evasion, a West Virginia federal judge ruled Monday. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

Texas attorney Mikal Watts, who was acquitted last week of all fraud charges related to Deepwater Horizon settlement funds, asked a federal court Tuesday to lift a stay on BP PLC’s civil suit against him that has been on hold since February 2014. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

The Seventh Circuit on Monday revived a defamation suit lodged by a Chicago attorney acquitted of sexual assault who sued Gawker Media LLC for writing about his trial, saying Gawker helped create and develop at least one defamatory comment made by a third party. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

The Seventh Circuit on Monday revived a defamation suit lodged by a Chicago attorney acquitted of sexual assault who sued Gawker Media LLC for writing about his trial, saying Gawker helped create and develop at least one defamatory comment made by a third party. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

Texas attorney Mikal Watts, who was acquitted last week of all fraud charges related to Deepwater Horizon settlement funds, asked a federal court Tuesday to lift a stay on BP PLC’s civil suit against him that has been on hold since February 2014. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

A former Internal Revenue Service agent can’t shake a claim alleging he violated the constitutional rights of a man who was ultimately acquitted of income tax evasion, a West Virginia federal judge ruled Monday. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

A Pennsylvania appeals court on Tuesday upheld a pretrial ruling in favor of a Clinton County, Pennsylvania, newspaper hit with claims of defaming a former county commissioner by allegedly falsely characterizing charges of theft of which he was eventually acquitted, saying there was no actual malice, just negligent reporting, at worst. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

An attorney acquitted of rape who is appealing an Illinois federal judge’s dismissal of his suit against news site Gawker Media LLC over an article about his case seemed to convince at least one Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals judge he deserved a redo Tuesday. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

The Second Circuit ruled Wednesday that Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP can’t keep under wraps a suit accusing it of forcing an attorney to resign after he questioned its allegedly unethical conduct in a securities class action against an information technology company. Law360: acquitted