Tag: attorney general

Categories Attorney

Attorney to stand trial in embezzlement from Carhartt leader’s trust

Posted on
A Grosse Pointe Farms lawyer accused of embezzling several million dollars from the trust of late Carhartt leader Gretchen Valade will stand trial in Wayne County Circuit Court, a judge ruled Monday, just before the attorney was also charged with stealing from the trust of a Grosse Pointe Farms school. David Sutherland, 58, was bound over for trial on four charges after a daylong preliminary exam Monday in Grosse Pointe Farms Municipal Court. The hearing included six prosecution witnesses, including Valade’s former housekeeper-turned-household manager and caretaker, investigators, a woman who worked with Sutherland who was given immunity to testify and…
Categories Attorney

Fox Corp. board under investigation by Oregon’s attorney general for violating its fiduciary duties

Posted on
New York CNN — Oregon’s attorney general announced Monday she is investigating Fox Corp.’s board of directors for “breach of fiduciary duty” after Fox News repeatedly broadcast election lies in the wake of the 2020 election. That resulted in a historic $787 million defamation settlement with Dominion Voting Systems. “Treasurer Read and I believe that Fox’s board of directors breached its fiduciary duties by allowing Fox News to broadcast false claims that Dominion and Smartmatic rigged the 2020 presidential election,” said Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum in a statement. “We hope to hold the board accountable and protect the long-term value…
Categories Attorney

Massachusetts US Attorney Rachael Rollins to resign after Justice Department watchdog probe

Posted on
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts US Attorney Rachael Rollins will resign following a monthslong investigation by the Justice Department’s inspector general into her appearance at a political fundraiser and other potential ethics issues, her attorney said Tuesday. The Justice Department’s watchdog has yet to release its report detailing the findings of its investigation, but an attorney for Rollins told The Associated Press that she will be submitting a letter of resignation to President Joe Biden by close of business Friday. The resignation of a US ethics attorney amid concerns is an exceedingly rare phenomenon and is especially notable for a Justice…
Categories Attorney

Transgender graduation student attitude lawsuit

Posted on
JACKSON, Miss. – Opposing attorneys clashed Friday over whether a Mississippi school district can require a transgender girl to abide by a boys’ dress code as she and her classmates graduate from high school this weekend. The 17-year-old girl, listed in court papers by her initials LB, had chosen a dress to wear with her cap and gown Saturday at Harrison Central High School in Gulfport, a coastal town about 160 miles (260 kilometers) south of Jackson . Graduating boys are expected to wear white shirts and black slacks, while girls are expected to wear white dresses. Harrison County School…
Categories Attorney

WATCH: Attorneys for Lunden Roberts, mother of Hunter Biden’s daughter, speak to media following court hearing

Posted on
BATESVILLE, Ark. – The attorneys for Lunden Roberts, an ex-stripper and the mother of Hunter Biden’s unacknowledged four-year-old daughter born out of wedlock, spoke to members of the media Monday following a court hearing in the open child support case between the two parents. “We feel like it went well, and we appreciate Judge Meyer and her impartiality and her directness,” attorney Clint Lancaster said when asked how he thought the proceedings went. The team of lawyers remained tight-lipped for most of the media’s questions, refusing to comment on certain aspects of the case, including the $20,000-per-month payments Biden’s attorney…
Categories Attorney

Why the DCUS Attorney decreased to prosecute 67% of those arrested

Posted on
Comment on this story Comment As the District grapples with rising crime and increasing attention from federal lawmakers over public safety issues, a startling statistic emerged in recent weeks. Last year, federal prosecutors in the District’s US attorney’s office chose not to prosecute 67 percent of those arrested by police officers in cases that would have been tried in DC Superior Court. that figure first reported earlier this month on the substack DC Crime Facts, nearly doubled from 2015, when prosecutors in the US attorney’s office declined to prosecute 35 percent of such cases. The increased number of declining cases…
Categories Attorney

Kanye West’s former lawyers finally track him down

extremePosted on
Kanye West’s former attorneys have finally tracked down the elusive artist and cut ties with him, even as he faces a slew of lawsuits, according to reports. Many companies and business partners severed ties with the West amid his racist and antisemitic behavior last fall, but his lawyers had to serve him with legally required notice before dropping him as a client. The rapper, who legally changed his name to Ye in 2021, led the attorneys of Greenberg Traurig LLP on a wild goose chase for months, Billboard reported, evading their attempts to serve him. After the “Runaway” performer had…