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2. Attorney misconduct - Wikipedia

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   Attorney misconduct is unethical or illegal conduct by an attorney. Attorney misconduct may include: conflict of interest, overbilling, false or misleading statements, knowingly pursuing frivolous and meritless lawsuits, concealing evidence, abandoning a client, failing to disclose all relevant facts, arguing a position while neglecting to disclose prior law which might counter the argument ...

3. 4 Connecticut Attorneys Disciplined for Forgery, Assault and ...

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   The attorney was told to cooperate with the committee for an audit that would cover Jan. 1, 2017, onward. The court will review the matter on March 11, at which time it could lift the suspension ...

4. Obstruction of justice in the United States - Wikipedia

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   A scandal in 1830 led to reform of the contempt law and the creation of obstruction of justice as a separate offense. Federal judge James H. Peck imprisoned a lawyer for contempt for publishing a letter criticizing one of Peck's opinions. In an effort to prevent such abuses, Congress passed a law in 1831 limiting the application of the summary ...

5. Tampering with evidence - Wikipedia

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   Tampering with evidence, or evidence tampering, is an act in which a person alters, conceals, falsifies, or destroys evidence with the intent to interfere with an investigation (usually) by a law-enforcement, governmental, or regulatory authority. [1] It is a criminal offense in many jurisdictions. [2]

6. Presentence investigation report - Wikipedia

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   A presentence investigation report (PSIR) is a legal document that presents the findings of an investigation into the "legal and social background" of a person convicted of a crime before sentencing to determine if there are extenuating circumstances which should influence the severity or leniency of a criminal sentence.

7. Nigerian man extradited to U.S. for alleged 'sextortion' of ...

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   After his son's death, Brandon Guffey went on to sponsor a bill known as "Gavin's Law," which made sexual extortion a felony offense in the state and an aggravated felony "if the victim is a minor ...