Read more Federal Court stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5097/federal-court.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:21:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70996/erin-andrews-alleged-stalker-makes-bail.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe traveling salesman who allegedly taped Erin Andrews in her hotel room and attempted to sell nude images of the ESPN reporter will be released on bail but confined to his home and forbidden to use the Internet. Michael David Barrett appeared in federal court in Chicago today and will...http://www.newser.com/story/70996/erin-andrews-alleged-stalker-makes-bail.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Oct 2009 15:40:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63233/judge-revokes-stanford-bond.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA US district judge today revoked bond for Texas financier R. Allen Stanford, who's charged with swindling investors out of $7 billion. David Hittner approved a request by prosecutors to overturn a magistrate judge's decision to allow Stanford freed on $500,000 bond pending his trial. Prosecutors argued that Stanford's...http://www.newser.com/story/63233/judge-revokes-stanford-bond.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Jun 2009 15:10:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60908/us-judge-boots-warrantless-wiretap-cases-vs-telecoms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA federal judge has tossed out more than three dozen lawsuits filed against the nation's telecommunications companies for allegedly taking part in the government's email and telephone eavesdropping program that was done without court approval. The dismissals were widely expected after Congress in July agreed on new surveillance rules that...http://www.newser.com/story/60908/us-judge-boots-warrantless-wiretap-cases-vs-telecoms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 03 Jun 2009 14:17:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58286/feds-seek-3-years-for-cyberbully-in-teens-suicide.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFederal prosecutors are pushing for the maximum 3-year prison sentence for Lori Drew, whose MySpace trickery drove a 13-year-old to kill herself. “Defendant has become the public face of cyberbullying,” prosecutors wrote. “A probationary sentence might embolden others.” But in a presentencing report, probation officers said Drew should serve no...http://www.newser.com/story/58286/feds-seek-3-years-for-cyberbully-in-teens-suicide.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 07 May 2009 8:50:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56686/katrina-negligence-case-against-feds-goes-to-court.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHurricane Katrina victims get their day in court beginning today, as a federal judge hears a lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers. Tens of thousands of New Orleans residents could win damages, in what lawyers are calling “the last case standing” against the government. “This is sort of the...http://www.newser.com/story/56686/katrina-negligence-case-against-feds-goes-to-court.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 20 Apr 2009 14:10:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55440/supreme-court-suspects-must-go-before-judge-within-6-hours.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Supreme Court today threw out the confession of Johnnie Corley, a Pennsylvania robbery suspect, saying that the 29½ hours federal authorities waited before bringing him to court was too long, the AP reports. In a 5-4 decision, the court said any confessions federal authorities elicited before a prisoner’s first...http://www.newser.com/story/55440/supreme-court-suspects-must-go-before-judge-within-6-hours.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Apr 2009 10:36:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52946/madoff-to-plead-guilty-on-11-counts-faces-150-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBernard Madoff's lawyer told a judge today his client will plead guilty later this week to 11 counts including money laundering, perjury and securities, mail and wire fraud. Prosecutors say the disgraced money manager will face up to 150 years in prison on the charges.http://www.newser.com/story/52946/madoff-to-plead-guilty-on-11-counts-faces-150-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Mar 2009 15:18:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52939/madoff-lawyer-in-court-for-hearing-on-conflict-of-interest.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDisgraced money manager Bernard Madoff emerged from seclusion today to confront a potential conflict of interest in his massive fraud case: a $900,000 investment by his lawyer's sons. Prosecutors asked the judge to rule on the conflict to clear the way for another highly anticipated proceeding Thursday, when Madoff...http://www.newser.com/story/52939/madoff-lawyer-in-court-for-hearing-on-conflict-of-interest.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Mar 2009 14:00:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51907/ex-cia-exec-gets-37-months-for-peddling-contracts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA former CIA official who steered contracts toward a friend in the days after Sept. 11, 2001, was sentenced today to 37 months in prison, the Washington Post reports. Kyle Foggo was, at the time, the CIA’s executive director, the agency’s third-highest position. In exchange for lavish dinners and vacations,...http://www.newser.com/story/51907/ex-cia-exec-gets-37-months-for-peddling-contracts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 26 Feb 2009 16:12:02 CST