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April 18, 2019
The president's personal and business interests intersected directly with the investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller into Russian interference, specifically as part of the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting and the pursuit of a Trump development in Moscow.
April 16, 2019
U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain said celebrity doctor Robert Huizenga failed to clear the actual malice threshold needed to sustain a defamation case.
April 16, 2019
An accuser of billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, who claims Alan Dershowitz engaged in sexual activity with her when she was a minor being trafficked by the financier, is suing the former Harvard Law professor over claims he defamed her
April 16, 2019
The lawsuit, filed in Brooklyn state court, argues city officials are trampling on the religious liberties of the Orthodox Jewish communities placed under the mandatory vaccination order.
April 10, 2019
The appellate panel retroactively applied changes to the federal sentencing guidelines that would have precluded an order of protection issued by a state court against the defendant from justifying a sentencing guidelines enhancement.
April 08, 2019
The international automaker faced litigation from investors over costly settlements with regulators over safety and emissions problems, despite public assurance to the contrary from company executives.
April 02, 2019
District Judge Jesse Furman said First Amendment considerations dictated the unredacted versions of EEOC charges filed against the firm by the plaintiff in the suit.
March 29, 2019
Immigration authorities allegedly failed to properly discharge a mentally ill detainee, who suffered a psychiatric breakdown shortly after.
March 25, 2019
Michael Avenatti is being charged in Manhattan and Los Angeles federal court, with SDNY prosecutors alleging four extortion-related counts connected to an attempt to shake down Nike for millions, and Central District of California prosecutors charging him with bank fraud and stealing from clients.
March 21, 2019
The Florida man sent 16 packages containing explosives and shrapnel material to prominent liberal figures and Democratic elected officials during an October 2018 terror spree.
March 19, 2019
District Judge Naomi Buchwald rightfully exercised her jurisdiction to block Reed Smith's state court pursuit of attorney fees through an "impermissible end run around" the district court, the panel found.
March 19, 2019
Among the most substantially redacted section is prosecutors’ supporting information for the campaign finance violations Cohen would later plead guilty to.
March 18, 2019
U.S. District Judge William Pauley ordered the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's Office to post the redacted versions on the public docket by Tuesday.
March 15, 2019
The Manhattan DA's indictment of Trump's former campaign chairman is the first test of state prosecutors' attempts to steer clear of New York's double jeopardy law, while holding the president's former aides accountable in the event of a pardon.
March 07, 2019
In his suit, Michael Cohen alleges that he has incurred millions in attorney fees for ongoing investigations and litigation, including the investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller III and numerous hearings before Congress.
March 05, 2019
Former hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam was convicted in 2011 of securities fraud, and was later subjected to the hefty civil penalty by U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in a parallel case brought by the SEC.
February 27, 2019
Federal prosecutors claim Budd Larner's CTO created fake companies to file false invoices that the firm paid out, only to funnel the money to himself and a co-defendant through online payment processors.
February 26, 2019
The former attorney and fixer to Donald Trump pleaded guilty to federal charges that the state appellate panel found analogous to actions that deserved disbarment under state law.
February 25, 2019
The appellate panel said the U.S. district and bankruptcy courts in Manhattan erred in finding the trustee was barred from going after the funds over extraterritoriality and comity concerns.
February 22, 2019
Reports on Friday suggest Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance sees a way around state double jeopardy rules that could imperil new criminal charges against Paul Manafort, even as lawmakers and former AG aides continue to raise concerns.
February 20, 2019
The wrongful conviction exoneration group says the federally-run National Museum of Health and Medicine violated its First Amendment rights by denying it access to the archives of a prominent national odontology group that in the past promoted the now-controversial forensic bite mark analysis.
January 28, 2019
President Donald Trump's former attorney and fixer pleaded guilty to lying to Congress and other charges in December, and is scheduled to testify before the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee in February.
January 08, 2019
With a May 6 date set for Weinstein's criminal trial in Manhattan state court, the former movie mogul is seeking stays across all his federal civil suits.
January 08, 2019
The former Trump campaign aide and now government witness settled the suit over nearly $369,000 in unpaid legal bills for an undisclosed amount, according to a letter filed in Manhattan federal court.
January 07, 2019
The panel's decision represented the latest retreat from the appellate court's holding in 2014's "U.S. v. Newman," which narrowed prosecutors' ability to prove insider trading.
January 04, 2019
The firm's litigators see class-action increases and the fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court's 'Cyan' decision continuing to have an impact in 2019.
December 26, 2018
The former Manhattan federal prosecutor who oversaw the government's investigation into Madoff's Ponzi scheme speaks about enforcement changes, and what he brought with him to private practice from the experience.
December 19, 2018
U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni said the financial firm's venue choice was sensible, and refused to dismiss three of the four breach-of-contract claims against UBS over its use of Bloomberg's proprietary data.
December 14, 2018
The class members in a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court argue Weinstein's legal team is seeking an end-run around that court's judicial oversight.
December 12, 2018
Prosecutor's for the Manhattan U.S. attorney's office said the company admitted that the purpose of buying former Playboy model Karen McDougal's story and never publishing it was to help Trump during the 2016 election.
December 12, 2018
Cohen told the court he wanted history not to remember him as a "villain in [Trump's] story."
December 07, 2018
Prosecutors from the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s office acknowledged Cohen’s help, but strongly urged the court not to mistake Cohen’s efforts for those of a traditional cooperator.
December 04, 2018
Rosicki, Rosicki & Associates agreed to pay more than $4 million to the government to settle charges it defrauded federal housing programs in the wake of the housing crisis.
December 04, 2018
William Walters argued ahead of trial and on appeal that details of the investigation fed by an FBI agent to The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times should nullify his indictment and fatally prejudiced his conviction.
December 03, 2018
A federal judge in Manhattan said the class of potentially 10,000 women failed to show the binding commonality required under the U.S. Supreme Court's precedent in Walmart Stores v. Dukes.
November 29, 2018
Cohen appeared in Manhattan federal court Thursday morning, where he pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about discussions with then-candidate Donald Trump about a development project in Moscow.
November 08, 2018
The federal lawsuit claims the group's copyright was infringed when the online video streaming company used a replica of its Baphomet with Children statute in the new series.
November 08, 2018
Schneiderman said in a statement responding to Singas’ decision not to bring charges that he spent time in a rehab facility following his resignation and that he acknowledges his conduct with the women was wrong.
November 05, 2018
DOJ attorneys filed a writ of certiorari before judgment over two suits currently before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in addition to similar requests from the Ninth and D.C. circuits.
October 29, 2018
The unnamed plaintiffs claim Trump's touting of the business potential in products led them to get involved, even as he failed to say he was being compensated to endorse products that were unlikely to return on the investment.
October 26, 2018
PBS Weekend NewsHour news writer Hugh Heckman claims the public television station failed to conduct an investigation, and provided conflicting reasons for his termination after he was fired in the wake of alleged remarks he made about Meghan Markle in the workplace.
October 24, 2018
The conference in Manhattan federal court comes days after the U.S. Supreme Court stayed attempts by the New York AG to depose U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.
October 17, 2018
FinCEN senior adviser Natalie Edwards allegedly provided images and descriptions of the confidential bank transaction reports to a BuzzFeed News reporter beginning in October 2017.
October 11, 2018
Doar Rieck Kaley & Mack was allowed to withdraw from Gates' criminal case in February after claiming irreconcilable differences with its client.
September 27, 2018
On top of monetary penalties, regulators from the SEC are seeking to have Musk banned from serving as an officer or board member of a publicly traded company.
September 11, 2018
U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie said the cryptocurrency fraud allegations, "[s]tripped of the 21st-century jargon," were run-of-the-mill schemes that were sufficiently substantiated in the indictment.
September 07, 2018
Alexander Litvinenko died from poisoning in 2006, claiming on his deathbed that Russian President Vladmir Putin ordered him killed. Recent broadcasts featuring Litvinenko's father point the finger away from Putin, to a close friend of the dead Russian dissident.
August 30, 2018
U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman broke gently with a state court judge handling the underlying harassment case brought by a former Trump campaign staffer who is fighting an attempt by the campaign to force arbitration.
August 30, 2018
The former chairman and CEO of the pizza chain resigned after reportedly using a racial slur during a conference call, but the new class action suit said additional reports about Schnatter's behavior also show the company's public statements about its corporate ethics were false and misleading.
August 29, 2018
South American promoters of two shows scheduled in 2016 accused the pop singer of defaming them in a tweet about the canceled shows.
August 28, 2018
The former Hollywood mogul asked U.S. District Judge Robert Sweet to allow the interlocutory appeal over the novel application of Trafficking Victims Protection Act allegations against Weinstein.
August 17, 2018
Bracewell partner Barbara Jones said nearly 7,150 items were found to be privileged among the millions seized by the government in April.
August 17, 2018
On top of being sexually harassed by acting Supreme Court Justice Douglas Hoffman, Alexis Marquez claims her complaint led to the watering down of the court system's sexual harassment policy.
August 16, 2018
Lauren and Dorothy Zarsky were charged with using non-public insider information provided second-hand from Rep. Collins to dump shares in a drug company he was a board member of.
August 15, 2018
Attorney William Brewer III was ordered by U.S. District Judge Liam O'Grady to appear before him over statements on a pro hac vice application in Virginia federal court.
August 08, 2018
U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest's sua sponte decision, declining to assert jurisdiction on state-law claims, was reversed and remanded by the panel that took issue with her reasoning.
August 07, 2018
The Queens tradition of judges and ADAs coming from the same family—unique in its scale among New York’s boroughs—has created a perception in the defense bar that its members are on the outside of an insular courthouse community.
August 02, 2018
U.S. District Judge George Daniels dismissed the suit, agreeing that it failed to state a claim because the statements at issue couldn't be proven to be false.
August 01, 2018
The trio is being investigated for potentially failing to register as foreign agents for their work as lobbyists.
July 30, 2018
The former New York City mayor's latest claims about the legal status of collusion finds an incredulous audience with former prosecutors and attorneys.
July 27, 2018
The jury found a top Columbia Business School professor and the university itself liable for retaliation against a former assistant professor's sexual harrassment claims.
July 26, 2018
The sexual harassment suit brought by professor Enrichetta Ravina alleged that Columbia Business School professor Geert Bekaert sabotaged her work and slandered her name in the economic academic community after she declined his romantic advances.
July 20, 2018
The previously undisclosed recording puts a renewed focus on the special master's privilege review process.
July 18, 2018
She was nominated to the federal bench by President Barack Obama in 2011.
July 17, 2018
A special master reviewing the material seized from Michael Cohen's home and offices in April has already released 3.2 million items to federal prosecutors, with more still expected, based on recent court filings.
July 16, 2018
Lisette Paulson sued Tidal, Jay-Z's entertainment company Roc Nation, and a number of individual Tidal managers in 2016, claiming seven federal and state sex and pregnancy violations after being fired the previous year.
July 13, 2018
U.S. District Judge George Daniels of the Southern District of New York succinctly put an end to a dramatic tangential episode in the ongoing lawsuit against Fox News and two people connected to a now-retracted story about the murder of former Democratic National Committee employee Seth Rich.
July 13, 2018
All 12 are members of the Russian military intelligence service GRU, the DOJ said.
July 12, 2018
U.S. District Judge William Pauley III found the numerous federal and state claims that code used by online retailers to gather detailed information from visitors to three online retailers failed.
July 10, 2018
The panel said the petition to have Cravath produce documents it held on behalf of its client, Royal Dutch Shell, would do damage to the trust foreign companies have in the United States' litigation process.
July 10, 2018
U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein found that, after reading both works, the claims of "striking similarities" between the unpublished work of the plaintiff and the award-winning novel were unavailing.
July 09, 2018
Attorneys for each side painted starkly different versions of events in the sexual harassment suit brought by former assistant professor Enrichetta Ravina against Columbia professor Geert Bekaert and the school.
July 02, 2018
The move by the nation's highest court to hear the challenge to the “separate sovereigns” exception comes as New York lawmakers, eyeing possible Trump pardons, seek to close a loophole in the state's own double jeopardy protections.
June 28, 2018
In a letter to U.S. District Judge George Daniels, Wigdor partner Jeanne Christensen said Ed Butowsky left threatening phone messages for Douglas Wigdor, asking for a meeting. Butowsky called the move malicious.
June 26, 2018
U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood said the organization had until July 5 to finish its review of all the material provided by Cohen's team at McDermott Will & Emery, which itself has told Wood it is finished with its own review process—and will make more than 12,000 privilege claims.
June 21, 2018
In a partial win for the defendants in the case, U.S. District Senior Judge Loretta Preska pulled from the dissents in a recent en banc ruling by the D.C. Circuit to find the consumer watchdog organization was unconstitutionally constructed.
June 18, 2018
In May, Xerox officially announced it was terminating the deal, after months of legal and public pressure by two of its largest investors, Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason.
June 13, 2018
Cohen may soon be fighting multiple legal challenges without his high-powered lawyers from McDermott, Will & Emery at his side.
June 01, 2018
According to one of the latest plaintiffs, Weinstein attorney Ben Brafman presented himself as an advocate for the Hollywood producer's victims in order to gain access to evidence she says she had of the assault.
May 30, 2018
Shortly after the hearing, which saw a June 15 deadline for Cohen's team to finish its privilege review process, Avenatti pulled his pro hac motion before the court.
May 29, 2018
Bracewell partner Barbara Jones' $700 per hour rate was applied to work done in April in the review of material seized by the government from Michael Cohen's offices and home.
May 29, 2018
Brafman said he raised the concerns during a two-hour meeting with Judge James Burke and Manhattan prosecutors that's now under seal.
May 25, 2018
The former Hollywood producer is facing multiple sexual assault charges connected to two separate incidents.
May 23, 2018
Weinstein's attorney, Benjamin Brafman, confirmed reports he spoke with federal authorities about the probe.
May 23, 2018
U.S. District Judge Naomi Buchwald ruled Wednesday that the @realDonaldTrump Twitter account falls under the U.S. Supreme Court's public forum doctrine.
May 21, 2018
In a letter filed late Monday, the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's Office said it "takes no position" in the battle raging between Stormy Daniels' attorney and counsel for the president's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen.
May 17, 2018
U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman of the Southern District of New York said his office believed the case represents the first of its kind, calling it "a long overdue evaluation by law enforcement."
May 16, 2018
The payment appears to represent Trump's reimbursement of funds his attorney Michael Cohen paid an adult film actress to keep her from going public about an alleged affair.
May 14, 2018
The California-based commercial litigation attorney and his own practice have racked up over $1 billion in verdicts in cases against some of the biggest companies and law firms out there. "I stand by the legal work we've done, and the results we've attained," he said.
May 11, 2018
In a letter to Judge Kimba Wood, attorney Peter Gleason asked for an injunction to stop a memorialized communication between him and Cohen, which the government may have in its possession, from becoming public.
May 10, 2018
After 24 hour of pointed letters sent back and forth between the two offices, the Manhattan DA and Gov. Cuomo held a press conference alongside Nassau DA Singas and her Suffolk County counterpart in a show of support for the launch of the special counsel investigation into former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
May 10, 2018
The president's selection of three Southern District, four Eastern District and a Western District nominee came as part of a rare point of comity, with a source confirming cooperation between the White House and Sen. Charles Schumer's office.
May 09, 2018
In a letter filed late Wednesday, McDermott Will & Emery partner Stephen Ryan said recent statements made by Stormy Daniels' attorney, based on documents he has no right possessing, show he should not be granted his application for pro hoc vice in the Southern District.
May 09, 2018
Jay Alix, founder of McKinsey rival AlixPartners, claims McKinsey has unfairly profited by keeping secret its conflicted client relationships while handling bankruptcy cases, despite federal bankruptcy rules that require disclosure.
May 09, 2018
The Manhattan DA said the governor violated the separation of powers, utilizing a logical fallacy to justify pulling him off the Schneiderman investigation over what the DA said was a nonexistent conflicted of interest.
May 08, 2018
Defense attorneys outlined the various misdemeanor and felony charges Schneiderman could be exposed to—if someone were to press charges.
May 07, 2018
The state legislature is empowered to collectively pick a replacement to serve the remainder of Schneiderman's term.
May 07, 2018
Last week, the SEC filed suit against the world-famous rapper in the Southern District of New York, requesting the court compel him to testify in an investigation over the company he sold his Rocawear clothing line to in 2007.
May 03, 2018
Regulators want to talk to the rapper about Iconix, the company he sold his clothing line Rocawear to in 2007.
April 30, 2018
Silver's counsel, Allen & Overy partner Michael Feldberg, previewed the defense strategy of attacking the definitive link between an official act and a thing of value to prove a bribery charge after McDonnell v. United States.
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