A settlement has been reached in the defamation lawsuit filed by former Widener Law professor Lawrence J. Connell against the law school’s dean and two former students who claimed that Connell used a hypothetical scenario in his criminal law class involving the murder of the dean.

After rejecting a plea deal that would have kept him behind bars for nearly four years, a man charged in an undercover online sex crime sting in Washington was found not guilty this week and ordered released from custody. The case marks a rare win for the criminal defense bar as the number of federal investigations grows in response to a reported proliferation of child pornography and an increase in online enticement of minors.

Federal prosecutors in Washington intend to use notes on an iPhone in the criminal prosecution of a man charged in a conspiracy to export millions of dollars worth of computer equipment from the United States to Iran. There’s one catch: The man’s defense lawyers claim the iPhone notes are fake.

The biggest-ever Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case lives on with Wednesday’s announcement that eight former executives and agents of Siemens AG have been charged with bribing officials in Argentina to get a $1 billion government contract.

New York Law School and John Jay College of Criminal Justice have announced plans to start a new joint degree program in forensic psychology and law. The first of its kind, the program will take four years to complete. Students will finish with an M.A.