and legal procedure

  • AOC Backs Bill to Impose $50 Gift Cap on Supreme Court Justices Amid Renewed Ethics Debate

    Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has joined a coalition of Democratic lawmakers in introducing legislation that would impose statutory gift restrictions on U.S. Supreme Court justices, an effort aimed at closing what supporters describe as one of the judiciary’s most significant ethics gaps. The proposed High Court Gift Ban Act, introduced in the Senate by Sens.…

  • Lawyer Who Helped Secure Jeffrey Epstein’s 2008 Plea Deal Dies

    Roy Black, the legendary criminal defense attorney best known for securing a controversial plea deal for Jeffrey Epstein in 2008, died Monday at his Coral Gables home following an illness. He was 80 years old. Black’s death marks the end of a five-decade legal career that shaped the landscape of American criminal defense. His law…

  • Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson Expected to Plead Guilty to Federal Corruption Charges

    Embattled Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson is expected to plead guilty to federal corruption charges during a scheduled court hearing Monday afternoon at the John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse in the Seaport District. The 46-year-old councilor will appear in front of a federal judge to formally plead guilty to one count of wire fraud…