“Sex Case to End After Defendant’s Suicide”: The New York Times today contains an article that begins, “Prosecutors plan to dismiss the case against a federal prosecutor who committed suicide in a Michigan prison after being accused of traveling there from Florida to have sex with a 5-year-old girl, the authorities said Monday.”
And The Detroit News reports today that “Autopsy details lawyer suicide; Questions remain about death of man indicted in sex sting who hung sheet from shower head.”
“Judge fighting subpoena to testify; He presided over terror trial in which ex-prosecutor is accused of obstructing”: The Detroit News today contains an article that begins, “A Detroit federal judge is trying to stop the U.S. Justice Department from forcing him to testify in the criminal trial of former federal prosecutor Richard Convertino, which begins today. U.S. District Judge Gerald E. Rosen, who presided over the 2003 terrorism trial in which Convertino is accused of obstructing justice, filed a motion Friday to quash a government subpoena requiring him to testify at Convertino’s trial.”
Yesterday’s newspaper, meanwhile, reported that “Terrorism prosecutor now is defendant.”
And The Detroit Free Press reported yesterday that “Prosecutor to go on trial over conduct in terror case; Jury to decide whether he hid evidence.”
“Recovered Emails Bedevil Qualcomm in Court”: The Wall Street Journal contains this article today.
“Big-Money Battle Pits Business vs. Trial Bar; Supreme Court Case Could Open More Firms To Lawsuits Over Fraud”: This front page article appears today in The Wall Street Journal. In addition, SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins has an op-ed entitled “Just Say ‘No’ to the Trial Lawyers.”
And Pete Yost of The Associated Press reports that “High court to hear securities fraud case.”
“The justice run amok”: Today in The Boston Globe, columnist Derrick Z. Jackson has an op-ed that begins, “The bitterness in Clarence Thomas makes you wonder if he ever can realize that he won.”
And today in The Wall Street Journal, Law Professor John Yoo has an op-ed entitled “The Real Clarence Thomas: His fidelity to the Constitution often leads to results liberals like.”
Available online at law.com: An article reports that “Sports-Injury Plaintiffs Strike Out at Texas Appeals Court.” The ruling consists of both a majority opinion and a dissenting opinion.
And Shannon P. Duffy reports that “$3 Million Verdict Reinstated for Real Estate Brokerage That Sued Its Lawyer, Insurer.” You can access Friday’s ruling of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania at this link. As I noted in this post on Friday, I served as co-counsel on appeal for plaintiffs-appellants and argued this appeal on their behalf.
