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California Sex Crimes Prosecutor Fired After Rape Charge

A California sex crimes prosecutor accused of raping a colleague has been fired. Michael Gressett, who worked for the Contra Costa County, Calif., district attorney’s office, faces an Aug. 17 preliminary hearing on 12 felony charges, including rape and sodomy, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. He was arrested last October…

Jul 28, 2009 12:45 PM CDT

Brooklyn DA Interns, a ‘Bumper Crop,’ Compete for Work and Chairs

The tough job market has apparently pushed more law students into unpaid internships at the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office, where they compete for office chairs, good assignments and permanent job offers. Public employment has become more attractive as law firms cut the number of summer associates hired, the New York…

Jul 27, 2009 12:21 PM CDT

Conyers Calls For AG to Open Probe of Claimed Bush Admin Abuses

The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee today called for U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a special counsel to probe potential abuses of power under the Bush administration. In a speech to the National Press Club, Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) said Holder “must appoint a special counsel to…

Jul 24, 2009 8:58 PM CDT

Grenada AG Resigns Over Letter Seeking Leniency for Stepson in Fla. Case

The attorney general of Grenada has resigned over a letter he sent on official letterhead seeking leniency for his stepson from the Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney in a Florida criminal case. Media reports in Grenada say Attorney General Jimmy Bristol’s resignation was accepted today by the prime minister of the Carribean…

Jul 24, 2009 6:12 PM CDT

Indiana Prosecutor Took Inactive Status, But Kept On Working

An Indiana prosecutor asked the state bar to place his license on inactive status in 2005, but kept on working. The state disciplinary commission alleges that Newton County Prosecutor Ed Barce filed more than 1,000 felony and misdemeanor cases in the three years his license was inactive, the Associated Press…

Jul 20, 2009 11:58 AM CDT

An AG’s Quick Victory: Arbitration Forum Exits Credit Dispute Business

Facing a showdown with the Minnesota attorney general, the National Arbitration Forum has agreed to stop arbitrating consumer credit disputes. NAF is the nation’s largest company arbitrating past-due credit card disputes, Business Week reports. The company will no longer accept any kind of consumer arbitrations by the end of the…

Jul 20, 2009 11:36 AM CDT

NJ Attorney General Seeks Unemployed Lawyers Willing to Work for Free

The New Jersey Attorney General’s office is battling the effects of a hiring freeze with a new internship program for unemployed lawyers and law grads. Previously, the program hired only law students, the New Jersey Star-Ledger reports. Under the new, expanded program, licensed lawyers could handle some trial work, conduct…

Jul 15, 2009 3:45 PM CDT

Minn. AG Sues Credit Card Arbitration Company, Claims Hidden Industry Ties

The Minnesota attorney general is claiming in a lawsuit that an arbitration firm widely used in consumer credit disputes has hidden its “extensive ties” to the debt collection industry. The suit by Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson says the National Arbitration Forum “actively encouraged” credit card issuers to place mandatory…

Jul 15, 2009 12:07 PM CDT

Baker Hostetler Partner, Vorys Sater Associate Among US Atty Nominees

A Baker Hostetler partner and an associate at Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease are among six lawyers recently nominated to serve as U.S. attorneys. Steven Dettelbach is a litigator in Baker’s Cleveland office who is a member of the white-collar defense and corporate investigations practice, Crain’s Cleveland Business reports. He…

Jul 15, 2009 11:36 AM CDT

Karl Rove Testifies in US Attorney Probe

Former White House political adviser Karl Rove was questioned yesterday by lawyers for the House Judiciary Committee seeking information on the firings of nine U.S. attorneys. Committee chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., told Politico that the deposition began around 10 a.m. and ended at about 6:30 p.m. The transcript may eventually…

Jul 8, 2009 12:10 PM CDT

Counsel for Accused Lawyer Must Be Given Control of Claimed Child Porn

Defense counsel for an attorney and former New Jersey lawmaker accused in a child pornography case must be given access to the images allegedly found on Neil Cohen’s computers, a state appeals court has ruled. Prosecutors had argued that Cohen’s defense team should only be allowed to view the evidence…

Jul 2, 2009 8:52 PM CDT

Russia Claws at the Rule of Law While Mexico Embraces It

RUSSIA: The courtroom gallery brimmed with lawyers during the trial in January of four men ac­cused of murdering Anna Politkovskaya, a reporter for the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta who was gun­ned down in 2006 at the elevator of her Moscow apartment. The newspaper had paid a high price for its…

Jul 2, 2009 4:50 AM CDT

Russia Claws at the Rule of Law

The courtroom gallery brimmed with lawyers during the trial in January of four men ac­cused of murdering Anna Politkovskaya, a reporter for the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta who was gun­ned down in 2006 at the elevator of her Moscow apartment.

Jul 2, 2009 4:40 AM CDT

Justice in the Rough

As a border town becomes a murder capital, Mexico pushes for dramatic rule-of-law changes

Jul 2, 2009 4:30 AM CDT

The ‘Roach Motel’

As the DOJ’s disciplinary agency all but disappears, judges take matters into their own hands

Jul 2, 2009 4:19 AM CDT

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