Who is Joe Tacopina, Donald Trump’s New Lawyer?

Photo: Rashid Umar AbbasiIn January, trial attorney Joe Tacopina flew from his Connecticut home to Florida to meet Donald Trump, who was in need of more lawyers to represent him in a year of astonishing legal exposure. At first, Trump and his advisers wanted to scatter his attention across multiple fronts. “I said, ‘Guys, I’m not going to be involved in ten cases,’” Tacopina explained. “When we get involved with someone, we do a deep dive.” He did some triage and decided the most pressing case was the one brought by E. Jean Carroll. After a couple of meals…Continue Reading

LIV Golf lawyers argue PGA Tour is ‘exploiting litigation’ after request to delay antitrust trial, discovery schedule

Lawyers for both the PGA Tour and LIV Golf filed a joint motion Sunday to the US District Court for Northern California to ask for a case management conference to discuss delaying the current trial date and extending the discovery schedule for the ongoing antitrust lawsuit. US District Judge Beth Labson Freeman is overseeing the trial that is currently set for January 2024. The deadline for complete document discovery is March 30. The fact discovery deadline is May 26. Lawyers for the upstart circuit led by Greg Norman and financially supported by the Public Investment Fund argued “the Tour is…Continue Reading

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT: A BARRIER TO PUBLIC HEALTH?

“With a fast-moving pandemic, no one is safe, unless everyone is safe” Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed The virus has now spread over the globe, causing tremendous physical, financial and social breakdown on every continent, nation, state, province and individual. This terrible predicament has come from the spread of the catastrophic and disastrous corona virus disease. As future and current apparatus, medications, treatments, and science must be made available to the medical community, intellectual property regimes have become a concern not only in India but around the world. Normally, IPR holders are afforded exemption from third-party use of their intellectual property…Continue Reading

Kerala high court refuses to stay FIR against lawyer in bribery case | Latest News India

The Kerala high court on Monday refused to stay the case registered against senior lawyer and high court advocates’ association president Saiby Jose Kidangoor over allegations that he collected large amounts of money from clients under the pretext of bribing judges to get favorable orders. Dismissing the plea to stay the case, justice Kausar Edappath asked the petitioner why he was in a hurry to block the investigation and also turned down his plea to avoid arrest. “Allegations are serious. It is something that is maligning the entire justice delivery system,” the judge orally observed. The court also said as…Continue Reading

XRP-Supporting Lawyer Questions Ripple Case Timeline

Its Alex Dovb The predicted timeline for the resolution of the SEC’s lawsuit against Ripple has been humorously questioned by an XRP-supporting lawyerIn the ongoing saga of the Ripple Vs SEC case, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse’s recent prediction of a timely resolution is being questioned. Notably, an attorney known for supporting XRP, John Deaton, respondents to Garlinghouse’s forecast with good-natured skepticism, a move that has stirred conversation within the cryptocurrency community. Garlinghouse expressed confidence that the ongoing SEC case against his company would be concluded within weeks, not months. However, Deaton, who represents a large group of XRP holders…Continue Reading

Lawyer sues FDA to keep identity secret in public inspection report

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…Continue Reading