A federal jury on Tuesday convicted six of seven MS-13 gang members in a giant racketeering case. After five months of trial, 150 witnesses and more than 400 exhibits, jurors also rendered their verdicts on the lawyers. A certain swagger got high marks, but lawyers lost points for fumbling with technology.
Before a court vacated Jesus Ramirez and Alfredo Sifuentes’ convictions, they spent 12 years in prison for a murder they say they didn’t commit. A federal jury took less than five hours to find that the men’s civil rights were not violated and they are not entitled to collect damages.
A federal jury in Virginia awarded San Jose, Calif.-based Active Video Networks $115 million in damages Tuesday after finding that Verizon Communications had infringed four patents related to interactive television services.
Former Jenkens & Gilchrist partners Paul Daugerdas and Donna Guerin have been found guilty by a federal jury on multiple counts for their role in a massive, illegal tax shelter scheme. Sentencing has been set for Oct.
Former Ropes & Gray associate Arthur Cutillo, one of three lawyers ensnared in the government’s insider trading probe of Raj Rajaratnam’s Galleon Group of hedge funds, was disbarred Thursday, a day after a federal jury convicted Rajaratnam.