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U.S. Supreme Court justices of all stripes appeared sharply critical on Tuesday of the federal law that makes it a crime to "deprive another of honest services," leaving the often-used prosecutorial tool in serious doubt.
A lawyer for former media baron Conrad Black urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to overturn his fraud conviction, and several justices asked whether the federal law at issue was too vague.
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday that a federal judge’s decision releasing documents created by Mohawk Industries’ lawyer could not be immediately appealed. It was Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s first opinion as a Supreme Court justice.
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday examined controversial graft law in a case that has given a former Enron boss and the disgraced Anglo-Canadian media mogul Conrad Black hope for another day in court.
After former Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno was convicted of two felonies of defrauding New York citizens of his "honest services" as an elected official, the nation’s highest court heard arguments on the legality of that very same statute.
The Supreme Court appeared inclined Tuesday to limit federal prosecutors' use of a fraud law that has helped win convictions of high-profile corporate executives and public officials, or throw out the law altogether.
An Ohio killer was put to death in an efficient 10 minutes Tuesday in the first U.S. execution to use a single drug injection instead of the standard three-chemical combination that has come under legal attack because it can cause excruciating pain.
Ohio made history in September when an execution was botched so badly the governor called it off. The state made history again Tuesday, executing an inmate with just one drug for the first time in the United States. Kenneth Biros, 51, was pronounced dead shortly after one dose of sodium thiopental began flowing into his veins at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility. The U.S. Supreme Court had ...
One of the attorneys urging the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down an anti-corruption statute told the justices on Tuesday that the law used in the case against a former Alaska lawmaker is "vague, amorphous," and "open-ended."
The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday in a case that tests the constitutionality of a federal anti-corruption law that makes it a crime to deprive shareholders of honest services. The law has been used to prosecute public officials and corporate executives. Opponents argue that the law is too broad.
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Supreme Court justices questioned the constitutionality of the accounting oversight board set up by the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley law in the aftermath of the Enron Corp.
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Supreme Court justices questioned the conviction of Conrad Black , the former Hollinger Inc. chairman who is serving a 6 1/2-year prison sentence for mail fraud and obstruction of justice.
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s first U.S. Supreme Court opinion dealt a unanimous setback to businesses, limiting their ability to appeal orders that require the disclosure of documents during litigation.
Seth Lipsky says that while he was writing his new book about the U.S. Constitution, one of his children suggested he design it like the Talmud, with text in the middle and commentary all around.
The Supreme Court appeared inclined Tuesday to limit federal prosecutors' use of a fraud law that has helped win convictions of high-profile corporate executives and public officials, or throw out the law altogether. The justices, hearing two challenges to... United States Supreme Court - Law - Supreme Court - Fraud - United States Attorney
Conrad Black's ego could swell even larger if he succeeds as the convict who opened the cells of some of the most notorious white-collar criminals jailed in the past decade. The imprisoned former publisher, who still sits in the British House of L...
