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Hip-hop artist and fashion mogul A$AP Rocky, whose legal name is Rakim Mayers, faces a high-profile legal battle that could result in significant prison time. As his trial begins in Los Angeles, the Grammy-nominated star has rejected a plea deal offered by prosecutors, raising the stakes in a case that has captured widespread attention. Here’s…
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Sean “Diddy” Combs, the music mogul currently facing sex trafficking charges, has taken legal action to defend his reputation, filing a defamation lawsuit against a man and his attorney who alleged the existence of incriminating videos involving Combs. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in New York City on Wednesday, also targets Nexstar Media Group…
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A Florida man’s dream home, built brick by brick over three years with his own hands, was stolen in a shocking case of deed fraud that highlights vulnerabilities in property ownership safeguards. John Witt Jenkins, a resident of Dunedin, Florida, discovered in 2019 that his home, which he had constructed from scratch, was fraudulently sold…
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Attorneys general from 22 states, including Massachusetts, Illinois, and New York, filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship. The executive order, announced amid growing immigration debates, seeks to halt the long-standing constitutional guarantee of citizenship for children born on U.S. soil, regardless of their parents’ immigration…
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Singer-songwriter Chris Brown has taken legal action against Ample, LLC and Warner Brothers, filing a $500 million lawsuit in the Superior Court of Los Angeles on January 21, 2025. The lawsuit, spearheaded by attorneys Levi G. McCathern, II, and Evan Selik of McCathern, Shokouhi, Evans LLP, accuses the defendants of releasing a defamatory documentary titled…
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In a major political move on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump issued pardons for approximately 1,500 individuals convicted for their involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. The rioters, who stormed the Capitol in a bid to disrupt the certification of the 2020 presidential election, will now see their convictions erased…
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and several immigrant rights organizations filed a lawsuit in New Hampshire District Court on Monday, challenging the Trump administration’s executive order that seeks to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to parents who entered the country illegally. The lawsuit argues that the executive order violates the…
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Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., the telecommunications giant from China, has achieved a significant milestone in the U.S. intellectual property landscape. The telecommunications behemoth is ranking as the #5 patentee in 2024 with 3,285 U.S. patents granted, a 44% increase from 2023. This achievement, detailed in Harrity LLP’s annual report on top patentees, underscores the growing…
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Mozambique’s former finance minister, has been sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison for his role in the infamous $2 billion “tuna bond” scandal. Manuel Chang’s sentence, handed down by a Brooklyn federal court, is evidence of the global reach of U.S. financial regulations and the consequences for foreign officials who exploit the international financial system.…
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The American Bar Association (ABA) has called on U.S. senators to vote against the Laken Riley Act (S. 5), a bill that mandates the indefinite detention of noncitizens arrested for certain low-level offenses, without an option for bond. In a letter dated January 16, ABA President Bill Bay expressed concerns that the bill would undermine…
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