Civil rape case against Donald Trump begins in Manhattan court

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 […]

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Trump lawyers blast DA Alvin Bragg’s case. Legal experts weigh in.

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 […]

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Florida plastic surgeon charged with murder in case of vanished lawyer | US crime

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 […]

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Gwyneth Paltrow’s Lawyer Says Bonding Experience Ruined, Dr. Invokes Jeffrey Epstein Case

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 […]

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Trump lawyer says he aims to get hush money case dismissed before trial | Donald Trump

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 […]

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Even lawyers in the civil rape case against Trump can’t learn jurors’ names

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 […]

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Fox News Settles Dominion Defamation Case For $787.5 Million, Dominion Lawyer Says

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 […]

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