Manafort Fights to Get Next Trial Out of Washington
Demanding a new venue for his second conspiracy trial, convicted lobbyist Paul Manafort argued Wednesday that the decks are stacked against him in the nation’s capital.
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Judge Orders Release of Pizza Man Facing Deportation
A federal judge in Manhattan pressed a prosecutor Tuesday to explain why a New York pizza deliveryman from Ecuador married to a U.S. citizen is being detained and facing deportation.
Read moreManafort Seeks New Venue for Upcoming Trial in Virginia
President Trump’s embattled ex-campaign manager Paul Manafort is seeking a new venue for his upcoming trial in Alexandria, Virginia.
Read moreVenue Challenged in ICE Pizza Detention
Responding to the deportation challenge by an Ecuadoran man whom immigration authorities snared while he brought pizza to an Army base in Brooklyn, the government says the deliveryman chose the wrong venue for his court battle.
Read more‘El Chapo’ Wants Trial Brought Closer to His NYC Cell
Saying that the drug lord’s Brooklyn trial three months from now will unnecessarily feed a public spectacle, attorneys for Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman fought Tuesday to have the case moved.
Read moreFight Over ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Play Moved to New York
Granting a Broadway production company’s request to move a lawsuit over its stage adaption of “To Kill a Mockingbird” from Alabama to New York, a federal judge said Monday that a live courtroom performance could be needed to decide the case.
Read moreKushner Company Moves Lawsuit Venue to Keep Partners Secret
The family real estate company once run by presidential adviser Jared Kushner is shifting a federal court case to a new venue so it won’t have to reveal the identities of foreign partners behind some of its real estate projects.
Read moreOhio State Taken to Court for Rejecting Alt-Right Leader’s Event
A Georgia student claims in a federal lawsuit that the Ohio State University violated his free-speech rights by refusing to rent an available public room for a talk by controversial white nationalist leader Richard Spencer.
Read moreCongress Urged to Reform Laws on Patent-Suit Venue
Patent-law experts warned Congress on Tuesday that recent Supreme Court intervention is not enough to stop the trend of forum shopping by frequent litigants.
Read moreTexas AG Wins Long Fight for New Judge in Securities Fraud Case
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton got his wish Friday when the trial judge in his drawn-out criminal securities fraud case relinquished control to be replaced by another judge in Houston.
Read moreFormer Priest’s Murder Trial Stays in South Texas
A state judge declined Wednesday to move the trial of a former Catholic priest charged with the 1960 murder of a South Texas beauty queen outside of the county where the crime occurred.
Read moreDecision Imminent on Venue for Ex-Priest’s Murder Trial
The former Catholic priest charged with the 1960 murder of a South Texas beauty queen could find out this week if his trial will be moved out of the county where his attorneys claim an impartial jury is impossible to find.
Read moreGermanwings Crash Suits Belong in Germany
A federal judge tossed two lawsuits this week against an Arizona flight school that trained the Germanwings pilot who deliberately flew a commercial jet into the French Alps, finding Germany is the better venue for the claims.
Read moreCosby to See Diverse Jury but No Change of Venue
Though a judge refused Monday to change the venue of Bill Cosby’s upcoming trial, jury selection will occur outside Montgomery County, Pennsylvania – the site of the alleged sexual assault.
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