Jury selection for former Bank of America broker Theodore Sihpol III is set to begin today in Manhattan Supreme Court. In a 40-count indictment, Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, as part of his office’s ongoing efforts to curb alleged abuses in the mutual fund industry, charged Sihpol for late-trading by helping hedge fund Canary Capital Partners […]
A military judge Wednesday threw out Pfc. Lynndie England’s guilty plea to prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib, saying that he was not convinced that she knew that her actions were wrong at the time. Col. James Pohl entered a plea of not guilty for England to a charge of conspiring with Pvt. Charles Graner Jr.
Though few U.S. law firms stock vegemite or serve flat white coffee in their cafeterias, they have embraced Australian lawyers in almost every other way. They may soon embrace many more. On Wednesday, Congress passed legislation approving a separate visa category for Australian professionals. The E-3 visa program provides the country with 10,500 slots annually,
Jay Leno, the host of NBC’s “The Tonight Show,” testified today that the young accuser in the Michael Jackson child molesting trial called him several times to say he was a big fan of the talk show host, but that he never asked him for any money. Mr. Leno’s testimony did not bolster the strategy
Lawyers in Michael Jackson’s child abuse trial are making their closing arguments as the long-running trial inches towards a conclusion. Prosecution and defence teams will have one final say, after trial judge Rodney Melville spent Wednesday issuing instructions to jurors. The jury may start deliberations on Friday into claims the singer abused a 13-year-old cancer
