Former Pennsylvania state Sen. Vincent J. Fumo must be resentenced, the 3rd Circuit has ruled, because the trial judge made a series of errors in the sentencing process and failed to explain precisely how he decided to reduce the recommended prison term under the guidelines to 55 months.

Devastating wiretap evidence and the testimony of cooperating witnesses led a New York jury Wednesday to convict Raj Rajaratnam on all counts in the Galleon Group hedge fund insider trading scandal. Rajaratnam faces a prison term of 15 1/2 to 19 1/2 years.

Federal prosecutors are demanding a longer prison sentence for former Pennsylvania state Sen.

A black New York homeowner whose conviction for manslaughter and gun possession was upheld last week by an appeals court won a reprieve Wednesday from entering prison. John H.

Once among the most respected professionals in the South Florida legal community, Lewis Freeman pleaded guilty Wednesday to wire fraud conspiracy. Federal prosecutors said that Freeman defrauded up to 250 clients, allegedly using misappropriated funds to “support a lifestyle that was well above his means,” while moving millions of dollars among accounts to hide his actions