Legal News

Court throws out conviction of former Cuomo aide

The Supreme Court on Thursday reversed the conviction of Joseph Percoco, the manager of former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s re-election campaign who was sentenced to six years in prison after he took money in exchange for helping to facilitate a real esta

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Congressional redistricting, patent infringement, arbitration, and the Armed Career Criminal Act

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. The Supreme Court will be considering a total of 202 petitions and applications at Thursda

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Court narrows scope of federal wire fraud statutes

For decades, the Supreme Court has steadily narrowed the scope of the federal criminal wire fraud statutes, and Thursday’s decision in Ciminelli v. United States is no exception. The court held that the federal criminal wire fraud statutes do not incorpor

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The morning read for Friday, May 12

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: Supreme Court rejects challenge to California pork industry restriction (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News)

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