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Trump’s Lawyers Meet With Prosecutors as Election Interference Charges Loom
Personal Injury 07/29/2023Lawyers for Donald Trump were meeting Thursday with members of special counsel Jack Smith’s team as a potential indictment loomed over the former president’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to a person fami...
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Judge upholds the $5 million jury verdict against Trump
Personal Injury 07/20/2023A federal judge on Wednesday upheld a $5 million jury verdict against Donald Trump, rejecting the former president’s claims that the award was excessive and that the jury vindicated him by failing to conclude he raped a columnist in a luxury de...
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Philly cops fired over Facebook posts can pursue First Amendment claim
Personal Injury 06/30/2023A dozen Philadelphia police officers who were fired or suspended for racist and violent social media posts can pursue a lawsuit against the city claiming their First Amendment rights were violated, a federal appeals court ruled.The officers’ so...
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Austrian court restarts US extradition proceedings for Ukrainian
Personal Injury 06/15/2023An Austrian court said Friday that it has ruled in favor of Ukrainian businessman Dymitro Firtash in a years-long legal saga over a U.S. bid to have him extradited to face corruption charges, sending the extradition case back to square one.Firtash fa...
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Arizona GOP loses bid to undo $18K in fees over 2020 lawsuit
Personal Injury 04/25/2023An appeals court has rejected a bid by the Arizona Republican Party and its lawyers to undo $18,000 in attorneys’ fees that they were ordered to pay for bringing one of the party’s failed lawsuits challenging President Joe Biden’s 2...
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Supreme Court rejects Turkish bank’s arguments in Iran case
Personal Injury 04/19/2023The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a Turkish bank’s main arguments for dismissing a lawsuit accusing it of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions, but the court sent the case back for additional review.Halkbank, a bank owned by Turkey, had argu...
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Car Accidents Attorney in Sunnyvale, California
Personal Injury 04/05/2023If you have been injured in an accident, you need a personal injury attorney who is ready to fight for the compensation you deserve. At the Law Offices of Esra Jung, we have spent decades helping the hardworking people of Sunnyvale fight for justice ...
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Colorado funeral home owner sentenced in body sales case
Personal Injury 01/03/2023A Colorado funeral home operator accused of illegally selling body parts and giving clients fake ashes was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday by a federal court judge.Megan Hess received the maximum sentence after pleading guilty to mail fraud i...
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Rival Libya PM calls for US to release Lockerbie accused
Personal Injury 12/15/2022One of Libya’s rival prime ministers called Tuesday for the release of the former Libyan intelligence officer accused of making the bomb that downed Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, killing all onboard, after he surfaced in ...
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Senate confirms Michelle Childs to DC appeals court
Personal Injury 07/20/2022The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of South Carolina jurist Michelle Childs — recently under consideration for a slot on the U.S. Supreme Court — to sit on the federal court typically seen as a proving ground for the nati...
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Appellate court sets hearing in South Carolina abortion case
Personal Injury 10/12/2021An appellate court is set to debate a lawsuit challenging South Carolina’s abortion law about a week after the U.S. Supreme Court considers a similar measure in Mississippi. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has tentatively calendared the S...
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US moves to cut backlog of asylum cases at US-Mexico border
Personal Injury 10/08/2021The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by two state police officers accused of failing to protect a woman from a man who went on a deadly rampage, allowing a civil lawsuit to proceed. Troopers were accused of failing to do enough when Brit...