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The Supreme Court’s recent decision on presidential immunity has dismissed a key element of the federal criminal case involving former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss. This ruling could potentially exclude additional aspects of the case as well. Here’s a look at how Monday’s ruling might affect the evidence available to…
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The U.S. Justice Department will charge Boeing with fraud over two fatal crashes and demand that the planemaker plead guilty or face a trial, according to people familiar with the matter. Boeing must respond to a plea deal offer from the Justice Department by the end of the week. Accepting the deal would allow the…
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The Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity leaves Judge Tanya Chutkan to decide how much of the federal criminal case involving Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his defeat to Joe Biden in the 2020 election can continue. The 6-3 ruling on Monday, with the court’s conservatives in the majority, asserts that Trump has broad protection…
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U.S.-founded law firm Dechert is considering closing its offices in Hong Kong and Beijing, making it the latest foreign firm to scale back in Greater China, according to two sources. This decision comes amid a prolonged capital market downturn and growing Sino-U.S. tensions. Dechert employs more than 20 people in its Hong Kong office, including…
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A law firm known for representing cryptocurrency investors in litigation and one of its former founding partners ended a bitter legal battle involving allegations of stolen crypto tokens and bullying less than two weeks before the trial. In a joint stipulation filed in Manhattan federal court on Thursday afternoon, Freedman Normand Friedland LLP, formerly Roche…
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Longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, is scheduled to commence his four-month prison sentence at a federal facility in Connecticut on Monday, July 1, 2024. This follows a prolonged legal battle where Bannon unsuccessfully appealed his conviction for contempt of Congress related to the investigation into the January 6 Capitol attack. Initially…
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A federal judge in Texas on Friday temporarily blocked a Biden administration rule that would extend mandatory overtime pay to 4 million salaried U.S. workers. U.S. District Judge Sean Jordan in Sherman, Texas, stated that the U.S. Department of Labor rule, set to take effect on Monday, improperly bases eligibility for overtime pay on workers’…
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The Supreme Court will rule on Republican former President Donald Trump’s claim of immunity from prosecution for attempting to overturn his 2020 election loss on Monday, the final day of its current term. U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts announced that the term, which began in October, will conclude on July 1. “At that time, we…
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Tennessee’s attorney general has asked the federal government to take over an investigation into an attempt to auction off Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate, a spokesperson said on Wednesday. Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced last month that his office was investigating potential fraud. Amy Lannom Wilhite, Director of Communications for the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office,…
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Texas has asked a judge to block Google from questioning the state and its legal team in their lawsuit. The lawsuit accuses the Alphabet unit of unlawfully collecting biometric privacy data of millions of Texans without consent. Attorneys for Texas stated in a court filing this week that Google’s demand to depose the state on…
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