Trump’s defeat in Carroll case presages more legal peril
With one jury verdict in the books — complete with a $5 million award to Carroll — here’s a look at what’s coming next in Trump’s legal travails.
Indictment watch in Fulton County
Key date: July 11
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is investigating efforts by Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia, a state that President Joe Biden won narrowly. Willis recently told local law enforcement to prepare for potential indictments between July 11 and Sept. 1.
Willis’ charging decisions are rooted in the work of a special grand jury she
Children 12 and under don’t have to wear a life-jacket in Ontario, but a new law would change that
Children ages 12 and under aren’t required by law to wear a life-jacket when they’re in a boat in Ontario. But that could change thanks to a new bill.
Carleton MPP Goldie Ghamari has introduced a private member’s bill, called Joshua’s Law, that would make it mandatory for children ages 12 and under to wear a life-jacket or personal flotation device while on a boat in Ontario waters.
Bill 93 takes its name from Joshua Steinberg, who was 11 when he died in a boating accident in 2018. He was not wearing his life jacket at the time.
Since then,
Texas mass murder allegedly by illegal immigrant fodder for Biden impeachment, attorney argues
Civil rights attorney Leo Terrell called for President Biden’s impeachment and claimed there was “blood on [the administration’s] hands” after a five-time-deported illegal immigrant was arrested as a suspect in a Texas mass murder case late Tuesday.
Francisco Oropesa, the mass shooting suspect accused of killing five neighbors including an 8-year-old child in Cleveland, Texas, was taken into custody on Tuesday,
Oropesa, 38, was taken into custody in the Cleveland area by the Border Patrol Tactical Unit.
On “Hannity,” host Sean Hannity argued that Biden has defied his oath of office in “aiding and abetting in the lawbreaking by allowing
Britney Spears Paid Lawyer Mathew Rosengart Law Firm $4.2 Million for 17 Month’s Work
Britney Spears has paid the law firm of her lawyer, Mathew Rosengartmillions of dollars in legal fees, and our sources say the members of her team became agitated enough that Rosengart has now agreed to provide free legal services for the immediate future.
Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ, Britney has paid Rosengart’s firm $4,201,856 for the period November 2021 through March 2023. That represents the legal work Rosengart performed mostly after the conservation ended.
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Our sources say that figure represents only a part of what Britney has paid Rosengart’s firm, and that
Gwyneth Paltrow’s Lawyer Says Bonding Experience Ruined, Dr. Invokes Jeffrey Epstein Case
Gwyneth Paltrow‘s closing argument came with a healthy dose of cringe — with Gwyneth’s lawyer spinning the ski accident as a tragedy that unraveled his client’s desire for a vacation that would bond her blended family … but before that, the Dr. suing her made an outrageous comparison between Gwyneth and Jeffrey Epstein.
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Let’s start withDr. Terry Sanderson. He went off the rails Wednesday on the stand when he started a rant that the jury needed to send a message — presumably to celebrities — that they must be held
Foreign lawyers are restricted from working on national security cases in Hong Kong – National
Hong Kong’s legislature passed a legal amendment on Wednesday to prevent foreign lawyers working on national security cases, a restriction critics say will undermine fair trials and the right of defendants to choose their lawyers.
The amendment enshrines in law a ruling from China’s top lawmaking body last December that Hong Kong courts must get the approval of the city’s leader before admitting a foreign lawyer without Hong Kong qualifications for national security cases.
The use of foreign lawyers by both prosecutors and defense has long been part of the rule of law traditions in the former British colony and
Unfair Contract Terms change: Is your business ready?
In late 2022, the Treasury Laws Amendment (More Competition, Better Prices) Bill 2022 passed both houses of the federal parliament. The relevant laws take effect from 9 November 2023 and significantly bolster the Unfair Contract Terms (UCT) regime in Australia.
For business owners and managers who are unfamiliar with the UCT regime, now is the time to revisit these laws.
Unfair Contract Terms
UCT laws have been in place since 2010 for consumer contracts, and since 2016 for ‘small business contracts’.
The purpose of the UCT laws is to prevent reliance on unfair terms in standard form contracts when dealing