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Public corruption
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Simple Justice
Why? Did Lev Parnas Catch The Truth Flu? (Update)
While most people listening to Rachel Maddow question Lev Parnas, with my old pal Joe Bondy keeping his eagle eye on his client’s inquisitor just in case, will spend the…
Legal Profession Blog
Courting Clergy
A Louisiana Hearing Committee recommends permanent disbarment of a convicted former district attorneyThe Committee is mindful that the decision to impose permanent disbarment relies upon the facts of each particular…
Long Island Land Use and Zoning
Parking Ticket Fix Earns Counsel Two Years’ Suspension
In Matter of Weissmann, 2019 NY Slip Op 06170 (2d Dep't 2019), the Special Prosecutor for the Village of Spring Valley Justice Court received a two-year suspension from the practice of…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
University of Maryland Medical System Scandal Leads to Plea Deal for Former Baltimore Mayor
Last week former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh pled guilty to four counts of conspiracy and tax evasion relating to her self-published books series, Healthy Holly. Concerns arose about her sales…
The Right Coast
Hillary Clinton and Ukraine – WSJ
The Biden clan still needs to explain why a vice president s son was enjoying a $50,000-per-month gig for which his principal qualification appears to have been his last name.…
Sentencing Law and Policy
SCOTUSblog online symposium previews “Bridgegate” political corruption case
Though there are other cases to be argued earlier in the coming Supreme Court Term that are sure to be of interest to sentencing fans, I suspect more than a…
The Right Coast
No biggie. Dem Senators (and Biden) threatened Ukraine funding over Trump investigation
If the person who is currently President should be removed for that phone call, is there nothing of interest about the guy who is currently the frontrunner to replace him…
The Right Coast
Biden 2018: You’re damn right I ordered the US-aid-money Code Red on Ukraine prosecutor going after son’s company
And yet, here was Biden bragging last year that son of a bitch, he got fired after Biden explicitly used the authority of his office and the president s to get…
Chicago Criminal Law Blog
Illinois state senator accused of embezzling from union
Though Illinois State Sen. Thomas E. Cullerton lives in suburban Villa Park, he was recently indicted by a federal jury in Chicago. The 49-year-old faces multiple charges of public corruption,…
White Collar Briefly
SCOTUS Considers Challenge to DOJ’s “Bridgegate” Theory
By Perkins Coie
The Supreme Court recently granted certiorari in a criminal case arising from a fraudulent scheme to cause massive gridlock at the George Washington Bridge in September 2013—otherwise known as the…