A man convicted twice of murdering his wife has won yet another trial after a New York appellate panel held that the defense counsel’s failure to react to juror misconduct and his decision to introduce highly prejudicial and inadmissible evidence constituted ineffective assistance of counsel.

A man convicted twice of murdering his wife has won yet another trial after a New York appellate panel held that the defense counsel’s failure to react to juror misconduct and his decision to introduce highly prejudicial and inadmissible evidence constituted ineffective assistance of counsel.

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has decided a plaintiff’s federal claims are not precluded when the plaintiff puts the defendants in a state action on notice that the federal claims are being split off and the defense never objects.

Three months after a federal judge issued a scathing order blasting the lawyers on both sides of a securities class action against Citigroup and its Smith Barney unit, the judge has dropped Bernstein Liebhard as lead plaintiffs counsel. And on the defense side, Citi appears to have demoted WilmerHale as lead outside counsel.

Saying the government “effectively snookered” the defense, a D.C. federal judge on Thursday criticized prosecutors for litigation tactics in a foreign bribery case that kept defense lawyers in the dark about key notes that belong to a government witness.