Criminal Law

Lindsay: 'I'm Not Guilty Because I'm NOT!'
Lindsay Lohan is telling friends ... she's pleading not guilty tomorrow with vigor, because she says, "I honestly feel I did nothing wrong." Lohan is saying privately, "I'm pleading not guilty because I'm NOT!" TMZ broke the story ...

Ohio Man Barking at Dog: Free Speech
A Mason, Ohio, man entered a plea of not guilty in municipal court last week, after allegedly barking at a K-9 in a squad car. Ryan Stephens' lawyer argues that barking is free speech...

Illinois State Rep Pleads Guilty to DUI
Yet another public official is in the spotlight for reasons that have nothing to do with civic involvement. State Representative Ron Stephens pleaded guilty to DUI following a recent arrest in Illinois, according to an article from the Belleville News-Democrat...

Mitigation Does Not Prevent Suspension
An attorney who had converted client funds was suspended for three years by the New York Appellate Division for the Second Judicial Department, notwithstanding proffered mitigation: In mitigation, the respondent testified that, in or around 2000, he was arrested...

Details on todays orders
The Court granted one case today, Chaidez v. United States. The Court will consider whether Padilla v. Kentucky, in which the Court held that criminal defendants receive ineffective assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment when their attorneys fail to advise them that pleading guilty to an offense will subject them to deportation, applies to [...

Know those immigration consequences, people!
This news is already everywhere, but in case you haven’t heard, the SCOTUS held yesterday in Padilla v. Kentucky that criminal defense attorneys must give correct advice to clients about the immigration consequences of pleading guilty...

Arkansas Nucor Plant Guilty of a Racially Hostile Work Environment
Nucor Guilty Of Racially Hostile Work Environment Must Pay $1.2 Million Settlement

Hitachi Guilty
Must Pay $31 Million for Price Fixing

Pfizer, Pharmacia
Found Guilty of Medicaid Fraud

Sharon Collins
found guilty of conspiring to kill her partner

Christopher Fairchild
guilty verdict for helping Tommy Baldridge murder James Mollette.