It's been a while since I've posted. I was in trial this whole week (number 7 for those of you following), so I'll provide a roundup of what I think was the biggest legal news in the past week. The estate of Rosa Parks, the civil rights icon that helped propel ...
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This week, lawyers for Rajat Gupta will argue that incriminating wiretaps should be excluded from the evidence in his upcoming insider trading trial. The reason for this, they argue, is that playing the tapes for the jury would violate Gupta's 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination. Because he has the right ...
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This morning, former Los Angeles Police Detective Stephanie Lazarus was sentenced to 27 years in prison for murdering Sherri Rasmussen in 1986. Rasmussen was the new bride of John Ruetten, who was Lazarus's ex-boyfriend from college. In a story not even Hollywood could make up, the case involved complicated DNA ...
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Seth Waxman, who served as United States Solicitor General from 1997-2001, filed an amicus brief in the case of Rubashkin v. United States. Waxman joins a long list of esteemed jurists, attorneys, and judges, who have decried the appearance of impropriety by Judge Linda Reade, who sentenced Rubashkin to 27 ...
Read More →I have to say, this one surprised me. Today, a Los Angeles jury found Pedro Espinoza, 23, an admitted-gang member, guilty of murdering Jamiel Shaw in 2008. Shaw was a star high school football athlete, who prosecutors argued was murdered by Espinoza because he mistook Shaw for a rival gang ...
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Today, Judge Walter Schwarm ruled that Officers Ramos and Cicinelli will stand trial for the beating death of Kelly Thomas in Fullerton last summer. Judge Schwarm issued his ruling after a three day preliminary hearing which saw emotional testimony, as well as a 33 minute video of the beating captured ...
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The prosecution of John Edwards for campaign finance violations has been interesting to watch so far. It's clear from the news reports related to the case that Edwards developed a long list of enemies, particularly among his disenfranchised inner circle. Tim Toben, a former Edwards campaign insider, testified today, and ...
Read More →Today's Wall Street Journal has an article about CEOs running large law firms. The article makes clear that this is just an experiment, but it seems to be working for some firms, giving partners more time to practice law instead of running the firm's offices on several different continents. I ...
. Read More →Today, a San Francisco jury reached a verdict in Oracle's lawsuit against Google. The jury found that Google did in fact infringe on Oracle's copyright over Java; however, this verdict is a mixed bag. The jury couldn't decide whether Google's use of the software was fair use or not. Furthermore, ...
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The National Football League is once again being sued by nearly 100 retired players, alleging that the League did not do enough to protect its players from receiving concussions. This issue has been given a lot of attention, most recently with the suicide of Junior Seau, which itself brought back memories ...
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