Try our Advanced Search for more refined results

US Coverage

Law360 Authority | Deep News & Analysis

Global Coverage

Law360 Pulse | The Business of Law

Mealeys

MLex

Criminal Practice

Criminal Practice Law360 provides timely news and analysis on criminal law and enforcement across U.S. jurisdictions. Coverage includes major prosecutions, sentencing trends, constitutional challenges, legislative developments, and key rulings impacting prosecutors, defense attorneys, and the courts.



Sign up for a 7-day FREE trial today!



Latest News in Criminal Practice

  • August 12, 2026

    DHS Can't Shake Suit Over Suspicionless Stops, Atty Access

    A California federal judge has allowed a lawsuit accusing federal immigration agents of stopping people without reasonable suspicion and preventing immigration detainees from speaking with attorneys to proceed.

  • August 12, 2026

    Panel OKs Bowling Alley's Win In Alcohol Overserving Case

    A Florida appeals court on Wednesday cleared a bowling alley of liability in a suit accusing it of overserving alcohol to a customer who later caused a fatal crash while driving drunk, saying an amended complaint alleging new facts was filed too late.

  • August 12, 2026

    Ariz. Justices Rule Clergy Privilege Is Only For Confessions

    A Phoenix church pastor charged with sexually abusing a child cannot block prosecutors from using a recording of him admitting to the crime, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, saying the recording was not made during a protected religious confession.

  • August 12, 2026

    9th Circ. Backs Extradition For Al Qaeda In Iraq-Linked Killings

    The Ninth Circuit said Wednesday that a U.S. citizen can't escape his extradition to Iraq to be tried for the murders of two Iraqi police officers because the killings constitute international terrorism, meaning he is not protected by a political-offense exception to the relevant extradition treaty.

  • August 12, 2026

    10th Circ. Upholds Phone Search In Child Porn Case

    The Tenth Circuit upheld an Oklahoma man's child pornography convictions Wednesday, rejecting his arguments that police unlawfully prolonged a traffic stop and obtained an overly broad warrant to search his cellphone.

See more Criminal Practice news

Financial Services

Areas of Coverage


  • Influential appellate decisions in state supreme and federal circuit courts—especially those guiding trial strategy and evidentiary standards
  • Developments in intermediate state appellate courts with potential to shape precedent.
  • Federal, state, and local legislation or regulation impacting courts, prosecutors, and defenders.
  • Developments from state attorneys general, including prosecutions, policy shifts, and personnel moves
  • Criminal justice reform efforts and the impact on state and local prosecutions.
  • Unique criminal cases at the trial court level, in state or federal court
  • Civil appellate opinions affecting the criminal bar, such as rulings on qualified immunity.
  • Innovations in criminal law education and defense training at law schools.
  • Profiles of judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys and others impacting criminal law.
  • Studies or reports on the work of state and local prosecutors or public defenders.
  • AGENCIES
  • State and local prosecutors’ offices
  • Public defender offices
  • DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility
  • State bar associations and judicial conduct bodies
  • POLICY & REGULATION
  • Rules of Criminal Procedure in state and local courts
  • Professional conduct standards for criminal attorneysDOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility
  • State legislative initiatives in criminal prosecutions and defense
  • ENFORCEMENT
  • Misconduct investigations and disciplinary actions involving prosecutors and defenders
  • PROFILES
  • Profiles of individual prosecutors, public defenders and private criminal defense attorneys
  • Profiles of firms and public offices

Readership

  • State and local prosecutors
  • State and local public defenders
  • Criminal defense attorneys in private practice
  • Criminal justice reform advocates
  • Law enforcement professionals
  • Appellate specialists
  • Legal academics and students
  • Attorneys specializing in appeals of criminal cases
  • Judges and court staff in the criminal courts
  • Staff in state attorney generals offices
  • Staff at the DOJ, working in the criminal division