Report: Iran Sentences 3 Rights Lawyers to Prison
Iran has sentenced two human rights lawyers to six years in prison and a third to 13 years, newspapers reported Tuesday.
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Ex-Prosecutors Cast Doubt on Trump’s Hush-Money Spin
MANHATTAN (CN) – Dogged by insinuations of criminal liability, President Donald Trump tweeted Monday that the hush-money payments he is accused of having directed from attorney Michael Cohen were “simple private transactions.”
Read moreEx-Trump Lawyer Cohen Hit With Call for ‘Substantial’ Sentence
Debunking Michael Cohen’s self-praise for his cooperation with investigators, federal prosecutors recommended Friday that President Donald Trump’s former lawyer receive a “substantial” sentence — noting that probation officials asked for 42 months.
Read moreNew Lawyer Tapped for Butina as Court Readies for Plea
Accused Russian spy Maria Butina is entitled to a public defender, a federal judge ruled Thursday afternoon after a hearing where attorneys appeared to set the stage for a plea deal.
Read moreUS Charges Four for Tax Dodges in Panama Papers Probe
Three years after the leak of the Panama Papers exposed a worldwide network of tax-avoiding shell companies, federal prosecutors brought charges Tuesday against four men tied to the law firm Mossack Fonseca.
Read moreCalifornia Trade Group Fires Salvo Against Attorneys & State
A California trade organization has sued the state, claiming its Private Attorneys General Act unconstitutionally allows private attorneys to abuse the law for personal gain.
Read morePseudo-Legal Services
California sued American Advocate Services and 13 people in L.A. Superior Court, claiming they’ve made $2.2 million by offering “pseudo-legal services” to consumers who’ve already been ripped off by other telemarketers.
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The Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation accuse Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Neuma Healthcare Development and others in a federal RICO complaint of having conspired to use Medicaid dollars to profit off the tribe’s health care clinic.
Read moreAttorney Contradiction Gets Death-Row Inmate New Trial
A Texas appeals court granted a new trial Wednesday for a death-row inmate because his attorneys disregarded his claims of innocence and, convinced he was delusional, told a jury he had killed his wife and mother-in-law.
Read moreNinth Circuit Declines Second Look at Kids’ Immigration Fight
Toddlers will continue representing themselves in immigration court in the wake of a Ninth Circuit’s refusal Tuesday to revisit dismissal of a class action that claimed kids should have court-appointed attorneys in immigration proceedings – a refusal that drew a blistering dissent from five circuit judges.
Read moreAttorney Fees
A federal judge approved $300.3 million in attorneys’ fees for Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation, 13 percent of the $2.3 billion settlement agreements.
Read moreDisbarred Attorney
A California man who was disbarred in 2015 was sentenced Friday to 18 months in federal prison for defrauding clients and investors, and ordered to pay $1.5 million in restitution.
Read moreLawyer for Meek Mill Judge Lobs Federal Wiretap Suit
The makers of a docu-series about Meek Mill’s experience with Philadelphia justice officials were hit with a federal complaint Wednesday from a lawyer who says his off-the-record remarks were secretly recorded.
Read moreStormy Fees
The $341,000 in attorney fees President Donald Trump demands of adult film star Stormy Daniels following dismissal of her defamation suit against him is “staggering and grossly inflated,” Daniels attorney Michael Avenatti said in an opposition brief filed Monday.
Read morePhiladelphia Bar Group to Auction Off Antique Portraits
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Read moreForeclosure Scam
Advocate Law Groups of Florida; its lawyer-president and his wife “deliberately targeted” Latinos in “unfair and predatory loan modifications and foreclosure rescue services,” the United States claims in a federal complaint.
Read moreSenate Judiciary Committee Puts Kavanaugh Accuser in DOJ Crosshairs
The head of the Senate Judiciary Committee referred Michael Avenatti to the Justice Department for criminal investigation on Thursday, saying the lawyer and a woman he represented misled the committee with during Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing.
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