Criminal Defense

New Language in Pittsburgh Proffer Agreement Increases Risks for White Collar Criminal Defendants in Western District of...

by Kyle Bahr, Efrem Grail, Shannon Poliziani | Reed Smith on 5/17/2013

For those persons in the midst of a federal “white collar” criminal investigation, an oftentimes crucial – and always difficult – decision is whether to “proffer” to the government. That decision just became tougher in any...more

Liability Insurers May Have Duty to Defend Against Federal Prosecutions, California Court of Appeal Holds

by James Hazlehurst | Barger & Wolen on 5/7/2013

The Second Appellate District of California held on May 1 in Mt. Hawley Ins. Co. v. Lopez that California Insurance Code section 533.5(b) does not eliminate a liability insurer’s duty to defend against a federal prosecution...more

Crazy Enough to Work? The Insanity Defense

by Yavitch & Palmer Co., L.P.A. on 5/2/2013

With hordes of rabid TV pundits baring their fangs each time they smell a sensational trial in the air, it is sometimes hard to remember that in America — unlike in the media — the accused is always assumed to be innocent...more

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of DNA?

by Raiser & Kenniff, PC on 4/23/2013

In August 2012, sweeping legislation became effective that expands the ability of New York State to collect genetic material from those convicted of crimes....more

Second Circuit Bars Criminal Defendant from Accessing Assets Frozen by Regulators

by Elizabeth D. Langdale, Michael Rosensaft | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 4/17/2013

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently upheld a district court’s refusal to release nearly $4 million in assets frozen by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to...more

What To Do When Charged With A DUI

by Intermountain Legal on 3/26/2013

You see the lights flash and hear the siren. As the source of the lights dawns on you, you pull over, trying to get yourself together. And why are those lights so bright? A knock on the window, an unsteady exit from the car,...more

Post-Conviction Relief: A Second Look At Conviction

by The Law Offices of Tacopina Seigel and... on 2/8/2013

According to The Innocence Project, nobody knows just how many innocent people are sitting in prison after being wrongly convicted. This organization works tirelessly with defendants who believe they were wrongly convicted to...more

Imposition Of GST On Criminal Defence Legal Fees Does Not Infringe Section 10(b) Of The Charter: Stanley J. Tessmer Law...

by Angelo Gentile | Dentons on 2/6/2013

In Stanley J. Tessmer Law Corporation v The Queen, 2013 TCC 27, Justice Paris of the Tax Court of Canada confirmed that the general GST charging provision in section 165 of the Excise Tax Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. E-15 (the “ETA”)...more

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