Defendant pleads guilty in $65 million scam to coax elderly people into sending cash to short-term rentals

Victims mailed their packages to short-term rentals, which prosecutors say allowed conspirators to quickly relocate and ...
Law

Defendant as Plaintiff’s Expert Witness: Part 1

In Part I of his two-part series, Bob Genis reviews how the plaintiff s in negligence and malpractice cases can strategically require the defendant to appear at trial during the plaintiff’s direct ...
Forbes

How To Sue Someone: Everything You Need To Know

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...
Forbes

What Is A Plea Bargain And How Does It Work?

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...
NPR

The first Jan. 6 defendant goes on trial

Nearly 14 months after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, the first trial of a defendant charged in connection with the deadly attack begins Monday. The first January 6 defendant goes ...
Law

New Trial for Defendant Deprived of Right To Present a Defense

Linton Mann III and William T. Russell Jr. In People v. Deverow, the Court of Appeals ordered a new trial for a defendant convicted of murder in the second-degree and criminal possession of a weapon ...
The Hill

Defendant faces new charges after attacking a Nevada judge in court, which was caught on video

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Moments after a defendant in a felony battery case tried to convince a Nevada judge that he was turning his violent past around and didn’t need to be locked up, his sentencing went ...