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Judge orders Trump to pay more than $350 million in N.Y. civil fraud trial

New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron on Friday ordered former President Donald Trump to pay more than $350 million in penalties, handing down a hefty penalty following a monthslong civil trial in which Trump and others were accused of financial fraud by New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Feb 16, 2024 3:26 PM CST

Convicted man detained in wrong prison before murder trial is freed because of ‘anti-shuttling’ provision

A Rochester, New York, man convicted of second-degree murder in October 2018 has been freed from a maximum-security prison in New York because he was held at the wrong prison before his trial.

Feb 15, 2024 3:51 PM CST

Former McElroy Deutsch CFO faces criminal charges for alleged $1.5M embezzlement

The former chief financial officer of McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter has been charged with theft and failure to pay taxes in connection with his alleged embezzlement of more than $1.5 million from the law firm.

Feb 15, 2024 2:10 PM CST

Lawyer has filed more than 1,000 class action suits for alleged debt-collection violations

A consumer protection lawyer in Florida said he has filed more than 1,000 lawsuits alleging that debt collectors failed to follow laws governing debt collection.

Feb 15, 2024 1:05 PM CST

Judge ‘pantomimed something similar to a lap dance’ on public defender’s wife at outing, ethics complaint alleges

A judge in Humboldt County, California, is facing an ethics complaint that accuses him of calling a public defender “Jewboy” and having “pantomimed something similar to a lap dance” on the wife of a different public defender.

Feb 15, 2024 11:51 AM CST

Former Wilson Elser partner didn’t show chronic fatigue entitled him to disability coverage, judge says

A former nonequity partner at Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker is not entitled to long-term disability benefits because he failed to show that his chronic fatigue syndrome was so severe that it kept him from performing the regular duties of his job, a federal judge has ruled.

Feb 15, 2024 9:35 AM CST

Prosecutors blame disclosure of attorney-client texts on ‘cavalier legal representation’ by ‘Rust’ armorer’s lawyer

Updated: A lawyer representing an armorer accused in the movie set shooting death of a cinematographer has failed to win dismissal of charges against his client, despite the disclosure of texts protected by attorney-client privilege.

Feb 14, 2024 2:55 PM CST

NAACP-trained nonlawyers may provide limited advice to tenants facing eviction, top state court says

The South Carolina Supreme Court is allowing the NAACP’s state conference to train nonlawyer volunteers to advise tenants as part of a three-year pilot program.

Feb 14, 2024 9:47 AM CST

‘Police & the Empire City’ explores race and the origins of the NYPD

In Police & the Empire City: Race & the Origins of Modern Policing in New York, Matthew Guariglia looks at the New York City police from their founding in 1845 through the 1930s as "police transitioned from a more informal collection of pugilists clad in wool coats to what we can recognize today as a modern professionalized police department."

Feb 14, 2024 9:09 AM CST

Lawyer went the extra 29 miles to shut down refinance scam

A lawyer in Charlotte, North Carolina, put the knowledge that he gained at a fall conference to use when he visited a homeowner and averted a financial scam.

Feb 13, 2024 3:59 PM CST

‘Spirit of Aloha’ clashes with ‘federally mandated’ gun lifestyle, Hawaii Supreme Court says

The Hawaii Supreme Court has upheld state laws that generally ban carrying guns in public in an opinion that criticizes the U.S. Supreme Court’s historical approach to Second Amendment cases.

Feb 13, 2024 12:47 PM CST

Woman who says she found her father on 23andMe sues after learning of wrongful death settlement

A 26-year-old woman who said she confirmed the identity of her late father through 23andMe has filed a lawsuit after learning that she was left out of a wrongful death settlement reached between other family members and the hospital blamed for his death.

Feb 13, 2024 10:53 AM CST

Judge orders Trump to pay more than $350 million in N.Y. civil fraud trial

Convicted man detained in wrong prison before murder trial is freed because of ‘anti-shuttling’ provision

Former McElroy Deutsch CFO faces criminal charges for alleged $1.5M embezzlement

Lawyer has filed more than 1,000 class action suits for alleged debt-collection violations

Judge ‘pantomimed something similar to a lap dance’ on public defender’s wife at outing, ethics complaint alleges

Former Wilson Elser partner didn’t show chronic fatigue entitled him to disability coverage, judge says

Prosecutors blame disclosure of attorney-client texts on ‘cavalier legal representation’ by ‘Rust’ armorer’s lawyer

NAACP-trained nonlawyers may provide limited advice to tenants facing eviction, top state court says

‘Police & the Empire City’ explores race and the origins of the NYPD

Lawyer went the extra 29 miles to shut down refinance scam

‘Spirit of Aloha’ clashes with ‘federally mandated’ gun lifestyle, Hawaii Supreme Court says

Woman who says she found her father on 23andMe sues after learning of wrongful death settlement

Texas lawyer’s sentence for spiking wife’s drinks with abortion drug was ‘profound injustice,’ she says

Federal judge refuses to order reinstatement of 96-year-old federal appeals judge, her second loss in a week

Schnader Harrison used retirement contributions to fund operations, pay equity partners, suit alleges

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