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A newly detailed Treasury Department file has shed light on the scale of Jeffrey Epstein’s financial network, revealing that former President Donald Trump made 4,725 wire transfers totaling more than $1.1 billion to Epstein, according to investigators who reviewed portions of the file. The records, described as a “roadmap of leads,” outline thousands of transfers…
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Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster diabetes drug, repurposed as a weight-loss trend, is now at the center of one of the largest pharmaceutical litigations in recent years. The legal fallout over Ozempic (semaglutide) continues to escalate, with more than 1,800 lawsuits consolidated into federal multidistrict litigation (MDL No. 3094) in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Analysts now…
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Starr County District Attorney Gocha Ramirez faces renewed scrutiny after court documents revealed he once paid for a mistress’s abortion in the 1990s—despite later prosecuting a woman for having one. New filings in the $1 million civil rights lawsuit brought by Lizelle Gonzalez against Ramirez and other Starr County officials disclose explosive allegations from depositions…
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A Tennessee federal judge has ruled that a receiver will be appointed over Uncle Nearest, Inc., the whiskey brand founded by Fawn and Keith Weaver, following a motion by creditor Farm Credit Mid-America. The decision comes despite strong objections from the company and its leadership, marking a significant development in an ongoing financial dispute. Both…
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Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has scored a major legal victory after a judge dismissed the bulk of a lawsuit filed against him by Sara Rivers, a former member of the MTV reality show group Da Band. According to TMZ, the court threw out all 22 counts that Rivers filed against Combs, Bad Boy Records,…
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Attorney Stephanie R. Lindsey, Esq., recently highlighted the dangers of over-reliance on technology in criminal investigations after successfully defending a young man wrongly accused in another state due to a flawed facial recognition match. The case began when the client was detained during a traffic stop and informed of an outstanding warrant in another jurisdiction.…
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A federal judge on Friday rejected the Trump administration’s latest attempt to terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement (FSA), a landmark policy that has safeguarded the rights of immigrant children in U.S. custody for nearly three decades. U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee, who presides over the Central District of California, issued the ruling a week after…
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From a $10 Check to a Law Degree: How Calvin Duncan Turned a Wrongful Conviction Into a Legal Legacy
When Calvin Duncan walked out of the Louisiana State Penitentiary in 2011 after nearly three decades behind bars for a crime he did not commit, the state handed him a $10 release check. That was all. No reparations. No apology beyond a judge’s words. But for Duncan, now 62, freedom was only the beginning of…
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The Trump administration is preparing to expand the scope of what constitutes “good moral character” in U.S. naturalization applications, a move that could make it harder for legal immigrants to secure American citizenship. Under longstanding immigration law, applicants for naturalization must demonstrate good moral character during the required residency period—typically three to five years depending…
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New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit against Early Warning Services, LLC (EWS), the company behind Zelle, alleging that the platform was designed without sufficient safeguards to protect consumers from widespread fraud. The lawsuit, filed on August 13, 2025, claims that Zelle users collectively lost more than $1 billion between 2017 and…
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