Platinum Partners hedge fund co-founder Mark Nordlicht was sentenced to 6 months of home confinement and probation on Tuesday after a Brooklyn federal court judge dwelled on how “unique” the case was. “It’s just such a weird case, Mr. Pitluck,” U.S. District Court Judge Brian Cogan told Assistant U.S. Attorney…

The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas is in the middle of what is on track to be a record-breaking year for large verdicts. Court data shows that by the halfway mark of 2024, Philadelphia saw nearly as many eight-plus-figure civil jury verdicts as it did in the entirety of 2023. That…

A trio of Atlanta litigators obtained a $5 million settlement for a client who endured catastrophic injuries while in police custody. Cash Krugler Fredericks partners Lisa McNary and Alwyn Fredericks teamed with Kurt Kastorf of Kastorf Law to secure the seven-figure outcome against former Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill and deputies accused of utilizing “physical…

A Manhattan federal jury found U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, guilty of bribery, fraud, extortion and obstruction of justice on Tuesday after 10 hours of deliberation in the tenth week of a trial in the Southern District of New York. The jurors also found two of Menendez’s co-defendants, New…

A federal judge in Illinois approved a wrongful-death settlement for more than $880,000 and motion to approve the distribution of the funds against Cook County, as well as determining how to distribute the award granted to the estate of a man who died by suicide while detained at a jail…

The Johnson & Johnson law firm in Beverly Hills has filed a copyright infringement claim against rap artist Calvin “Snoop Dogg” Broadus Jr. and his company, Death Row Records, alleging misuse of two compositions created by musician Trevor Lawrence Jr. The complaint filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Central…