A lawyer acquitted of criminal fraud charges can’t bring federal civil rights claims against the prosecutors and state officials who were involved in her arrest and prosecution, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held Dec. 8 (Katz-Crank v. Haskett, 2016 BL 408598, 7th Cir., No. 15-1809, 12/8/16).
The ruling was a victory for a group of officials who were sued by an attorney who saw her “reputation disgraced and her law practice in shambles” after she was charged with abetting the fraud of a client she tried to blow the whistle ...
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