Topic: John Koeltl

Government's right to eavesdrop on Americans challenged as lawsuit against Patriot Act re-instated

NY Daily News - 331 days ago
A lawsuit challenging the government's right to eavesdrop on Americans without warrants under the Patriot Act was re-instated by an appeals court...

"Mini-Madoff" Nadel sentenced to 14 years prison

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News - 482 days ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Arthur Nadel, a fund manager whose $168 million fraud was one of several that collapsed in the declining economy and left hundreds of investors without their money, was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Thursday.Nadel, 77, dubbed ...

Fla. money manager sentenced to 14 years in prison

AP News - 482 days ago
Florida money manager who briefly disappeared sentenced to prison for financial fraudA Florida hedge fund manager who worried he'd be labeled a "mini-Madoff" after cheating investors of $168 million has been sentenced to 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to ...

Government seeks tough sentence against NY lawyer

AP News - 581 days ago
NY lawyer who helped relay messages from blind Egyptian sheik could get much longer sentenceA judge was poised to decide whether the government and some fellow judges were right when they said a 70-year-old former civil rights lawyer convicted in a terrorism ...

NYC appeals court hears challenge to wiretap law

AP News - 670 days ago
<div id="subtitle">ACLU lawyer asks NY appeals court to restore overseas wiretap lawsuit; government says no need</div><div><p>A civil rights lawyer asked a federal appeals court Friday to restore a lawsuit challenging a law that lets the United ...

NY court: Consider harsher sentence in terror case

AP News - 784 days ago
NY court that upheld banned lawyer's terror conviction says 2-year sentence seems unreasonableA federal appeals court on Wednesday took a sterner stance toward the upcoming resentencing of a former civil rights lawyer convicted in a terrorism case, saying it has " serious ...

Judge offers lawyers hardball questions

AP News - 1659 days ago
Judge: NYC Law That Bans Metal Bats in High School Games Might Be Issue for Lawmakers InsteadA judge being asked to reject the city's metal baseball bat ban says it's the kind of issue usually left to elected officials.U ...