https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Criminal Practice Copyright 2026 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Tue, 26 May 2026 22:35:53 +0000 https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2482077?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2482077 The Southern Poverty Law Center on Tuesday asked an Alabama federal court to throw out the Trump administration's indictment claiming it paid extremist group informants to "stoke racial hatred," arguing that it's a "top-down, retributive campaign" that constitutes vindictive prosecution. Tue, 26 May 2026 22:29:00 +0000 https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2482071?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2482071 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a new directive seeking to expand Immigration and Customs Enforcement attorneys' authority to target immigration attorneys, who the department says "abuse" the asylum system by filing false asylum claims. Tue, 26 May 2026 20:59:25 +0000 https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2481936?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2481936 The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation on Tuesday moved to intervene in the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's suit over Connecticut regulators' attempts to shut down certain prediction markets. Tue, 26 May 2026 20:36:44 +0000 https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2481762?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2481762 A North Carolina man who claimed through a guardian that he was coerced as a teen into falsely confessing to the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl has agreed to a $10 million deal with the state and county law enforcement, in which insurers will foot most of the bill. Tue, 26 May 2026 20:22:57 +0000 https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2482043?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2482043 An Ohio state appeals court on Tuesday ruled that an Uzbekistan national should be given a second shot at withdrawing his plea agreement after he claims his attorney did not properly explain the potential immigration consequences of his no-contest plea. Tue, 26 May 2026 20:19:38 +0000 https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2482008?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2482008 The Connecticut Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed a man's murder and firearms convictions, ruling a trial judge properly allowed an eyewitness to point to the defendant in court after suppressing the same witness's earlier out-of-court identification as the product of "unnecessarily suggestive and unreliable" police questioning during a photo array. Tue, 26 May 2026 20:16:52 +0000 https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2481765?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2481765 The New Jersey Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously reinstated a businessman's theft-by-deception conviction on Tuesday, ruling that exculpatory documents purportedly discovered after trial could have been found earlier through reasonable diligence and warning that some of the submissions may be fraudulent. Tue, 26 May 2026 19:05:39 +0000 https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2481702?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2481702 A Sixth Circuit panel refused to shield two former Detroit police officers from key claims brought by two men who spent nearly 20 years in prison before their murder convictions were vacated, finding parts of the officers' appeal either lacked jurisdiction or failed on the merits. Tue, 26 May 2026 16:59:31 +0000 https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2481801?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2481801 A split Eleventh Circuit ruled Tuesday that a written probation requirement that a Florida man obtain his GED and turn over his computer for inspection should be tossed because a federal judge failed to mention the requirements during an in-person sentencing hearing. Tue, 26 May 2026 16:34:07 +0000 https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2481839?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2481839 New York's highest court has affirmed the murder conviction of a man who, along with his wife, killed a neighbor, finding on Tuesday that though his trial transcript was "utterly inexcusable" — frequently containing "blah blah blah," "omitted" or "undecipherable characters instead of the words actually spoken" — it was sufficiently reconstructed. Tue, 26 May 2026 16:24:46 +0000 https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2481424?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2481424 The Fifth Circuit won't rehear appeals from the families of the victims of two fatal Boeing 737 crashes seeking to reverse the U.S. Department of Justice's dismissal of its criminal fraud case against the company, saying it has no jurisdiction to review the dismissal. Tue, 26 May 2026 14:55:19 +0000 https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2480193?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2480193 The U.S. Supreme Court won't hear a challenge to the search of a registered sex offender's phone during a traffic stop by Missouri police, leaving in place an Eighth Circuit ruling that the man's consent was valid even after several requests by police. Tue, 26 May 2026 14:49:04 +0000 https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2481819?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2481819 A North Carolina federal judge on Tuesday granted former FBI Director James Comey's unopposed request to postpone his arraignment and trial on charges he threatened President Donald Trump with a social media post of seashells, finding that ongoing discovery and the "gravity of the charges" favor an extension and "outweigh" any interests in having a speedy trial. Tue, 26 May 2026 13:46:19 +0000 https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2481599?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2481599 U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche are fighting a bid from the California man accused of an attempted assassination of President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner to disqualify them from handling the case. Tue, 26 May 2026 12:46:10 +0000 https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2481895?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2481895 Billionaire insurance magnate Greg Lindberg was sentenced Tuesday in a Charlotte federal courthouse to 12 years in federal prison in connection with two separate criminal cases for public corruption and financial fraud. Tue, 26 May 2026 12:38:07 +0000 https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2481679?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2481679 A Virginia man convicted of cyberstalking three Connecticut judges was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison over blog posts described by prosecutors as having crossed the line from protected speech into criminal threats, though the blogger maintains the First Amendment protects him. Mon, 25 May 2026 20:01:25 +0000 https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2470226?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2470226 This past year, 10 lawyers across the country at plaintiffs' firms big and small helped secure millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for their clients, going up against powerful defendants like Google, Monsanto and the Trump administration, earning the attorneys recognition as Law360's Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2026. Sat, 23 May 2026 00:08:09 +0000 https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2481421?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2481421 A former federal prosecutor who worked on Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection cases sued Friday over the $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund created by President Donald Trump's settlement with the Internal Revenue Service, calling it a "slush fund" that's "on a collision course with the United States Constitution." Fri, 22 May 2026 22:46:14 +0000 https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2481389?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2481389 A Minnesota woman has been sentenced to 500 months in prison for her lead role in a $250 million scheme that defrauded a federally funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday. Fri, 22 May 2026 22:20:15 +0000 https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2481217?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/criminalpractice/articles/2481217 Lyft Inc. has asked a Connecticut federal judge to impose sanctions and block testimony from plaintiffs' expert in a wrongful death case stemming from a 2022 murder by a passenger, arguing the expert was not disclosed by the deadline and his proposed testimony is unfairly vague.