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Civil rape case against Donald Trump begins in Manhattan court

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E. Jean Carroll’s accusation that Donald Trump raped her was not a “he said, she said” dispute, a lawyer representing the writer said as a civil trial over the former US president’s conduct nearly three decades ago got underway. Shawn Crowley, who represents the former Elle magazine advice columnist, said during her opening statement on Tuesday that Trump “slammed Ms. Carroll against the wall” and “pressed his lips to hers,” an account that other witnesses were prepared to verify. “This is not a ‘he said, she said’ case,” Crowley said in federal court in Manhattan. Joe Tacopina, a lawyer for…
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Trump lawyers blast DA Alvin Bragg’s case. Legal experts weigh in.

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Donald Trump’s defense lawyers blasted Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s hush-money case on Tuesday, saying it lacks the kind of convincing detail he’ll need for a slam-dunk prosecution against the first-ever former president to face criminal prosecution. A number of legal experts and former prosecutors, however, said Bragg was smart to leave out critical details of his case in order to gain competitive advantage over Trump’s aggressive team of lawyers and political influencers. more:Timeline: How Trump was indicted after probe into payment of hush money to Stormy Daniels Covering up “crimes relating to the 2016 election” The indictment handed up…
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Lawyer sues FDA to keep identity secret in public inspection report

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Law firm Cooley filed a complaint in DC federal court FDA claims general policy is to not redact names of high-up officials (Reuters) – A lawyer at a company inspected last year by the US Food and Drug Administration has sued the agency to block it from disclosing the attorney’s identity in a public report that raises questions about the business’ regulatory compliance. The unidentified lawyer filed the lawsuit anonymously on Tuesday in Washington, DC, federal court through lawyers at law firm Cooley. The complaint alleged that disclosing the attorney’s identity on the inspection report will cause “reputational harm that…
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Florida plastic surgeon charged with murder in case of vanished lawyer | US crime

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One day last week, Steve Cozzi, a south Florida attorney, got up from his desk to use the bathroom. He never came back to work and has not been seen since. Police said he was apparently murdered during that bathroom break, by a plastic surgeon at the center of a lawsuit in which Cozzi represented the opposing side. Though Cozzi’s body had not been found as of late Monday, Dr Tomasz Roman Kosowski faces a charge of first-degree murder. Investigators stopped short of saying if they believed Kosowski, 44, killed Cozzi, 41, because of the suit the doctor filed against…
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Gwyneth Paltrow’s Lawyer Says Bonding Experience Ruined, Dr. Invokes Jeffrey Epstein Case

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Play video content Gwyneth Paltrow‘s closing argument came with a healthy dose of cringe — with Gwyneth’s lawyer spinning the ski accident as a tragedy that unraveled his client’s desire for a vacation that would bond her blended family … but before that, the Dr. suing her made an outrageous comparison between Gwyneth and Jeffrey Epstein. Play video content 3/29/23 Let’s start withDr. Terry Sanderson. He went off the rails Wednesday on the stand when he started a rant that the jury needed to send a message — presumably to celebrities — that they must be held accountable for their…
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Trump lawyer says he aims to get hush money case dismissed before trial | Donald Trump

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While Donald Trump launches verbal attacks against the prosecutor and judge overseeing his criminal charges in connection with hush money payments to the adult film star Stormy Daniels, an attorney for the former US president has said his main focus is on legal maneuvers aiming to get the case Refuse long before a trial jury is ever seated. Jim Trusty appeared on Sunday on ABC’s This Week and argued that “there’s a lot to play with” when examining whether New York state prosecutors waited too long to secure an indictment against Trump and if the ex-president intended to commit any…
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Even lawyers in the civil rape case against Trump can’t learn jurors’ names

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We learned last month that Donald Trump is getting a rare anonymous jury at his upcoming civil trial in the rape and defamation lawsuit brought against him by writer E. Jean Carroll. But the former president’s aggressive behavior has continued such that even the lawyers can’t learn those jurors’ names. It was remarkable enough when Judge Lewis Kaplan decided to treat the impending civil jury like one in a terrorism or organized crime case. In doing so, Kaplan recounted Trump’s whipping up of Jan. 6 rioters and his urging of supporters to “take our country back” in the face of…
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Fox News Settles Dominion Defamation Case For $787.5 Million, Dominion Lawyer Says

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Topline Dominion Voting Systems has settled its defamation lawsuit against Fox News in a last-minute move Tuesday, Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis announced, solving one of the most high-profile defamation cases in recent history for nearly $800 million—and avoiding a week- a long trial that would have likely put some of Fox News’ top figures on the stand and potentially led to the network being forced to pay billions in damages. Attorney Justin Nelson, representing Dominion Voting Systems, speaks at a news conference outside … [+] New Castle County Courthouse in Wilmington, Del., after the defamation lawsuit by Dominion…