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Emily Saul

Emily Saul

Emily Saul is a Litigation Reporter for the New York Law Journal, covering white collar crime and business courts in New York City. She can be reached via email at [email protected] or on Twitter @emily_saul_

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March 04, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Ex-Trump Org CFO Allen Weisselberg Pleads Guilty to Perjury, Faces 5-Month Sentence

Under questioning by the judge, Weisselberg admitted to making knowingly false statements both under deposition and during the New York attorney general's civil fraud case about the size of Donald Trump's triplex apartment.

By Emily Saul

3 minute read

February 16, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Trump Ordered To Pay $355 Million for 'Persistent' Fraud, Judge Rules in Civil Case

The decision by Justice Arthur Engoron also stripped Trump of his ability to serve as an officer or director of any New York corporation for three years.

By Emily Saul | Jane Wester

7 minute read

February 15, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Read the Decision: Judge Denies Trump Omnibus Motion, Setting Stage for Trial

Acting Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan counsel failed to meet the burdens necessary to sustain their argument that Trump should be afforded a hearing over alleged prosecutorial targeting.

By Emily Saul

6 minute read

February 15, 2024 | New York Law Journal

March 25 Is Trial Date for Manhattan Criminal Trial of Donald Trump

Trump is charged with business records fraud in connection with payments made to the adult entertainer Stormy Daniels.

By Emily Saul

3 minute read

February 14, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Latham & Watkins Secures Win in 'Busted Deal' Litigation Over Failed Telecom Merger

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Andrew Borrok of the commercial division also found that Telefónica had been deprived of the full $623 million final purchase price on the date of the breach, and that plaintiffs were owed around $140 million in damages.

By Emily Saul

2 minute read

February 14, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Staten Island DA Michael McMahon Says 'Raise the Age Laws' Are Killing Borough's Youth

"Arrests are up, the number of victims is up, so how can anybody say that the law is working?" McMahon said of legislation that upped the age an individual can be prosecuted as an adult to 18. "They're arrested and immediately released without any meaningful outcomes. There's a dearth of services for these kids."

By Emily Saul

4 minute read

February 09, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Queens DA Melinda Katz, Entering 2nd Term, Is Focusing on Data-Driven Prosecutions

Katz was reelected to the role of top prosecutor in November, after fending off challenges by 18B attorney Devian Daniels, former Judge George Grasso, and private practice lawyer Michael Mossa.

By Emily Saul

4 minute read

February 08, 2024 | New York Law Journal

NY Office of Court Administration Wins Bid to Shield Judicial Communications

In October 2022, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Lyle Frank ordered that the Office of Court Administration disclose the communications. OCA appealed, arguing the records sought were inter or intra-agency materials and therefore exempt under FOIL.

By Emily Saul

3 minute read

February 08, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Engoron Aims to Dispel Uncertainty Created by Ex-Trump Org. CFO's Alleged Perjury

"I take seriously my obligation to find the facts and determine the truth," the judge wrote in Thursday morning email to the parties in the New York Attorney General's civil fraud trial against Donald Trump and others. "To that end, I find it appropriate to have reached out to counsel for Mr. Weisselberg, who is a defendant in the case, inquired as to her knowledge of this serious allegation."

By Emily Saul

3 minute read

February 07, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Neither AG Nor Trump Counsel Confirm Reports of Alleged Perjury by Ex-Trump Org. CFO

Observers were split on whether Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron would wait for conclusive evidence of perjury before issuing his highly-anticipated decision in the New York Attorney General's Civil Fraud case against Donald Trump and others.

By Emily Saul

7 minute read