New York state and federal prosecutors announced Wednesday that they prevented $6.3 million from going to a disbarred Albany County attorney and his co-conspirator who were convicted of stealing close to $12 million from family trusts. The attorney, Richard Sherwood, who was also a former Guilderland Town Justice and resigned from the bench…

During opening arguments in a closely-watched trial in a Florida federal court this week, attorneys representing the families of 10 murder victims in a Colombian banana-growing region painted Chiquita Brands International as a greedy corporation that put profits above people. But Blank Rome partner Michael Cioffi countered that his client,…

AI expert Marva Bailer explains whats at stake in Sarah Silverman and other authors lawsuit against OpenAI A group of newspapers, including the New York Daily News and Chicago Tribune, sued Microsoft and OpenAI in New York federal court on Tuesday, accusing them of misusing reporters’ work to train their…

Technology can be used for good and bad—and the final days of the 2024 International Legal Technology Association’s (ILTA) EVOLVE conference focused on the former. That’s not to say that the theme of looking at generative artificial intelligence from the information security threat lens didn’t persevere, but access to justice…

Following Father’s Day, Middle Georgia Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Robert S. Reeves won’t be starting the workweek presiding over his own docket. Instead, the judge is scheduled to appear before the Judicial Qualifications Commission of Georgia, beginning June 17, as his judicial misconduct hearing begins at the Georgia Public Safety…

Federal banking agencies provide little clarity and much uncertainty in their review process for proposed bank mergers, Republican lawmakers said Wednesday during a House oversight hearing of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. “Clear expectations and timeliness surrounding merger reviews are critical…