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  • FTX Bankruptcy Lawyers Were Not Complicit In Fraud, Report Finds

    FTX’s bankruptcy lawyers at Sullivan & Cromwell were not complicit in the fraud that led to the crypto company’s collapse, concluded a court-appointed examiner on Thursday. In November, a court convicted former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried of stealing $8 billion from FTX customers. Creditors and investors accused the company’s lawyers at Sullivan & Cromwell of…

  • New Law Allows Arizona Doctors To Perform Abortions In California Amid Legal Uncertainty

    Under a new law signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom, Arizona doctors can temporarily come to California to perform abortions for their patients. This legislation aims to provide an option for legal abortions to Arizonans amid the reinstatement of a near-total abortion ban in Arizona. The recent Arizona Supreme Court decision reactivated a long-dormant 1864…

  • ‘Sedition Panda’ Convicted For Attacking Officers During Capitol Riot

    Jesse James Rumson, the January 6 rioter dubbed “Sedition Panda” for wearing a bear costume headpiece during the attack on the U.S. Capitol, has been convicted for his actions that day. Rumson, 38, of Florida, was found guilty of multiple charges, including civil disorder, assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers, trespassing, engaging in physical violence in…

  • Man Who Faked Joe Biden’s Voice In Primary Robocalls Criminally Charged, Fined $6 Million

    Steven Kramer, a political consultant, faces criminal indictment and fines for allegedly orchestrating a scheme involving thousands of robocalls to New Hampshire voters using artificial intelligence (AI) that imitated President Joe Biden’s voice. The fake voice urged voters not to vote in the state’s presidential primary election. Kramer confessed to authoring the calls in January,…

  • A Federal Judge Is Now Reviewing Black Texas Student’s Discrimination Lawsuit Over Hairstyle

    A lawsuit concerning racial and gender discrimination filed by a Black Texas high school student over his hairstyle is now under review by a federal judge. Darryl George, 18, along with his mother, Darresha, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in 2023 after George faced repercussions for the length of his dreadlocks at Barbers Hill…

  • Court Directs Case Over Frozen-To-Death Ohio Woman To Be Heard By Utility Regulators

    On Friday, Ohio’s top court ruled that the brother of a woman who froze to death after a utility, now owned by Enbridge (ENB.TO), cut off her gas service must pursue wrongful death claims before the state’s utility commission, not a trial court. The Ohio Supreme Court decided that the case concerning 81-year-old Virginia Vigrass’…

  • Sean Kingston And Her Mother Arrested Amid Allegations Of Merchandise Scam

    Sean Kingston and his mother Janice Turner were arrested on Thursday, May 23 at different locations following a raid on the singer’s South Florida residence. The raid was linked to an alleged merchandise scam and was initiated due to Kingston’s alleged failure to complete payments for various high-value items. The singer’s mother, 61 years old,…

  • Federal Judge Blasts Supreme Court Justice Alito For ‘Improper’ Flag Flying

    On Friday, a federal judge criticized conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for allowing provocative flags, including an upside-down American flag, to fly outside his homes. Senior U.S. District Judge Michael Ponsor of Massachusetts, in a rare move by a sitting lower-court judge, publicly condemned the Supreme Court justice’s approach to ethics in an…

  • Judge Declines Discovery Sanctions Against Manhattan DA In Trump Hush-Money Trial

    In the ongoing hush-money trial involving former President Donald Trump, the judge overseeing the case in Manhattan has rejected calls for discovery sanctions against the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. This decision comes after defense attorneys alleged “widespread misconduct” ahead of the trial, a claim that the judge found unsubstantiated. Acting New York…

  • Marilyn Mosby Receives One-Year Home Detention for Perjury And Mortgage Fraud Convictions

    Former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby was sentenced to one year of home detention on Thursday, May 23, 2024, for her convictions related to perjury and mortgage fraud. U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby handed down the sentence of three years of supervised release but opted against sending Mosby to prison, despite prosecutors seeking a…