Sentences with phrase «long federal trial»

Jim has written an article about this specific case that was published in various national and Florida state magazines: «Defending a Lawyer in Federal Court» which is illustrative of the various techniques Jim uses in trials, let alone a two month long federal trial.

Not exact matches

Also at 9:30 a.m., the federal corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano continues, Courtroom 920, Judge Azrack; Federal Courthouse, Central Islip, Long federal corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano continues, Courtroom 920, Judge Azrack; Federal Courthouse, Central Islip, Long Federal Courthouse, Central Islip, Long Island.

A federal judge rejected ex-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's long - shot request to throw out all charges against him, effectively clearing the way for his case to go to trial.

The governor's chief of staff, Linda Lacewell, testified in the ongoing federal corruption trial of former Cuomo aide Joe Percoco that those schedules were prepared long after the events had taken place, left many types of events off, and didn't always include the names of all the participants at meetings and events.

The governor's chief of staff, Linda Lacewell, testified in the ongoing federal corruption trial of former Cuomo aide Joe Percoco that those schedules were prepared long after the events had taken place.

A Long Island federal corruption trial can steer into a felonious businessman's dealings with NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio — it just can't veer into the absence of charges against him.

Newsday columnist Joye Brown appears on News 12 Long Island Tuesday to discuss updates in former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano's federal corruption trial.

Catsimatidis said the heavy focus was on how to use the upcoming federal corruption trials of former Cuomo aides and associates, including one set to begin next week involving long - time close aide and friend Joseph Percoco, against the governor.

Former state Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver wants to delay Round II of his corruption trial, cynically hoping an elderly key witness might no longer be around, Manhattan federal prosecutors said Friday.

They included Kathleen Rice, a U.S. representative from Long Island who unsuccessfully challenged Schneiderman in the 2010 Democratic primary; Preet Bharara, the former U.S. attorney from Manhattan; Alphonso David, Cuomo's chief counsel; Michael Gianaris, a state senator from Queens and chief political strategist for the Democratic conference; Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham Law School professor who ran for governor in 2014; Letitia James, the New York City public advocate; Carrie H. Cohen, a former federal prosecutor who handled the trial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver; Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D - N.Y.; and Benjamin Lawsky, formerly the state's top financial regulator.

In closing arguments in Manhattan Federal Court, former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos» lawyer Robert Gage said his client's three week long criminal trial showed no criminality — just a father trying to help his son.

Despite a guilty verdict in his federal corruption trial, former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver today stuck with his long - standing mantra: he will be vindicated.

In the last three years, the Long Island Nine has become the not - so - solid seven with the conviction of ex-GOP Senate Majority leader Dean Skelos on federal corruption charges and the election loss of freshman Sen. Michael Venditto after federal charges were leveled against his father, former Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto, who is now on trial.

The long - awaited and greatly hyped state corruption trial - of - the - century down in a federal courthouse in Manhattan is in fact living up to the billing.

It includes Kathleen Rice, a United States representative from Long Island who unsuccessfully challenged Mr. Schneiderman in the 2010 Democratic primary; Alphonso David, Mr. Cuomo's chief counsel; Michael Gianaris, a state senator from Queens and chief political strategist for the Democratic conference; Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham Law School professor who ran for governor in 2014; Carrie H. Cohen, a former federal prosecutor who handled the corruption trial of the former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver; Representative Sean Patrick Maloney; and Benjamin Lawsky, formerly the state's top financial regulator.

The Manganos - Venditto case is the latest to go to trial as the result of recent investigations into political corruption on Long Island by Eastern District federal prosecutors, the FBI and IRS.

Former senate majority leader Dean Skelos violated his oath of office in an attempt to enrich his son by «strong - arming» companies that relied on the Long Island Republican's support in Albany, a federal prosecutor said during closing remarks in the senator's corruption trial on Tuesday afternoon.

The Manganos - Venditto case is the latest to go to trial as the result of recent investigations into political corruption on Long Island by Eastern District federal prosecutors.

«With the long - awaited federal passage of GINA, researchers and clinicians can now actively encourage Americans to participate in clinical trials without the fear of genetic discrimination,» said Joann Boughman, executive vice president of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG).

The federal judge overseeing two climate liability lawsuits in California hosted a tutorial on climate science in his courtroom Wednesday, granting climate activists something they've long desired — «a trial on climate science.»

Former Autonomy CFO US fraud trial underway The long running federal fraud trial of former Autonomy chief financial officer Sushovan Hussain is now well underway in San Francisco Northern California district court and scheduled to run into late April.

Federal criminal lawyers practice in a court where the jury trial «right» under the U.S. Constitution no longer truly exists as a right freely available.

Federal prosecutors previously asked St. Eve, who presided over Black's four - month trial earlier this year, to sentence the silver - haired press lord to federal prison for as long as 24 years for his July 13 convictions on three counts of mail fraud and one count of obstruction of jFederal prosecutors previously asked St. Eve, who presided over Black's four - month trial earlier this year, to sentence the silver - haired press lord to federal prison for as long as 24 years for his July 13 convictions on three counts of mail fraud and one count of obstruction of jfederal prison for as long as 24 years for his July 13 convictions on three counts of mail fraud and one count of obstruction of justice.

Bob Doyle focuses on trial practice in state and federal court on Long Island and in the City of New York.

Long worked with nationally renowned trial attorney Herbert Hafif under whom he handled all phases of litigation and trial preparation work in cases involving catastrophic personal injury, complex business litigation, federal False Claim Act cases and insurance bad faith.

Long has a wide range of jury trial experience in cases from murder and fraud to medical malpractice in state and federal courts.

These include: United States v. Resendiz - Ponce, which presents the question whether the omission of an element from a federal indictment can constitute harmless error (9th Circuit says no); Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc. v. Metrophones Telecommunications, Inc., on whether a provider of pay phone services can sue a long distance carrier for alleged violations of the Federal Communications Commission's regulations concerning compensation for coinless pay phone calls (9th Circuit says yes); Cunningham v. California, a sentencing case involving whether whether California's Determinate Sentencing Law violates the 6th and 14th amendments to the U.S. Constitution by permitting California state court judges at sentencing to impose enhanced sentenced based on their determination of facts neither found by the jury nor admitted by the defendant; and Carey v. Musladin, reviewing the 9th Circuit's decision to overturn a murder conviction of a defendant who claimed he was denied a fair trial because the victim's relatives appeared in court wearing buttons with the deceased's picture ofederal indictment can constitute harmless error (9th Circuit says no); Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc. v. Metrophones Telecommunications, Inc., on whether a provider of pay phone services can sue a long distance carrier for alleged violations of the Federal Communications Commission's regulations concerning compensation for coinless pay phone calls (9th Circuit says yes); Cunningham v. California, a sentencing case involving whether whether California's Determinate Sentencing Law violates the 6th and 14th amendments to the U.S. Constitution by permitting California state court judges at sentencing to impose enhanced sentenced based on their determination of facts neither found by the jury nor admitted by the defendant; and Carey v. Musladin, reviewing the 9th Circuit's decision to overturn a murder conviction of a defendant who claimed he was denied a fair trial because the victim's relatives appeared in court wearing buttons with the deceased's picture oFederal Communications Commission's regulations concerning compensation for coinless pay phone calls (9th Circuit says yes); Cunningham v. California, a sentencing case involving whether whether California's Determinate Sentencing Law violates the 6th and 14th amendments to the U.S. Constitution by permitting California state court judges at sentencing to impose enhanced sentenced based on their determination of facts neither found by the jury nor admitted by the defendant; and Carey v. Musladin, reviewing the 9th Circuit's decision to overturn a murder conviction of a defendant who claimed he was denied a fair trial because the victim's relatives appeared in court wearing buttons with the deceased's picture on them.

Represented the former owner of an aviation repair station in a month - long federal criminal jury trial in California.

DECEMBER 8, 2010 If you are requesting CLE credit for the December 8, 2010 teleconference entitled Litigating a patent case in Canada: Steps to expect in a typical action before the Federal Court — How long until we get to trial?

So far, only three published studies have analyzed the association between brief readability and case outcome, 50 and no studies have analyzed that association in the trial courts, where most lawyers practice.51 Long and Christensen sampled 882 appellate briefs from the Supreme Court, federal appellate courts, and state supreme courts.52 Their dependent variable was the outcome of the appeal (affirmed or reversed), while their independent variable was readability measured by the Flesch Reading Ease score as calculated by Microsoft Word.53 For federal appellate and state supreme court briefs, the researchers coded control variables for federal or state court, standard of review, presence of a dissenting opinion, and readability of the opinion deciding the appeal.54 For United States Supreme Court briefs, the researchers coded control variables for constitutional issue, criminal or civil case, presence of a dissenting opinion, and opinion readability.55 They found no statistically significant correlation between readability and outcome in the briefs in their study.56

After the Federal Circuit affirmed (right before the 2014 trial) Judge Posner's claim construction, it was crystal clear to me that Apple no longer had a case over that patent.

In U.S. v. Lawson, on the other hand, the federal Fourth Circuit addressed at length the reliability concerns presented by reliance on Wikipedia.32 The issue arose when, despite the trial court's explicit instruction not to conduct research on the internet or otherwise, a juror reviewed, during deliberations, a Wikipedia definition of an element of the crime with which the defendant was charged.33 The juror no longer had the original Wikipedia entry but obtained a printout two weeks later in anticipation of his appearance before the court on complaints of juror misconduct.

It blamed over-crowded jails on accused persons» not applying for bail, which the federal Attorney General said was caused by judges» being overly generous by awarding 2 days off a sentence for every day spent awaiting trial for unconscionably long periods in bad jails, which the AG said made Cr.

And so the tenets of Posse Comitatus continued their long, strange journey, from the racist, hate - filled mind of William Gale to four black defendants on trial for their life in Baltimore federal court.

In looking to real conduct, federal sentencing judges have long relied upon a probation officer's presentence report, which is often unavailable until after the trial.

Mr. Newborn has served as a Special Assistant US Attorney, a member of the faculty of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA), Master of the Bar of the Charles Fahy American Inns of Court, chair of the Government Antitrust Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association's Antitrust Section, chair of the Merger Litigation Subcommittee of the American Bar Association's Litigation Section, and co-chair of the Long Range Planning Committee of the Corporate Counsel Section of the Federal Bar Association.

A pretty large volume of the entire U.S. Court of Appeals docket involves sentencing decisions where guilt is not disputed, and surely panel sentencing in cases with potentially long sentences would reduce that and might even be money saving for the federal judicial branch as a whole despite the extra effort invested at the trial court level, in addition to furthering justice by balancing out extreme stances.

Moreover, you can't become or long survive as a federal trial judge without a strong ego.

Oracle has opened a bid for another trial in its long - running feud with Google, telling federal judge William Alsup that a jury verdict in May that went in favour of Google was marred by the search engine company not revealing that it planned to extend Android use to laptops and desktops.