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Manafort Jury's First Questions Included Defining 'Reasonable Doubt'

Responding to that request, the judge said the prosecution bore the burden of proving its allegations beyond a reasonable doubt, but not beyond “all possible doubt.”
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National Law Journal

Manafort Defense Goes After Rick Gates' Credibility in Closings

Defense attorneys described the government as “so desperate” to get Manafort, that they cut a plea deal with Gates that might allow him to walk free.
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National Law Journal

Manafort Lawyer Accuses Rick Gates of 'Secret Life,' Embezzlement

Kevin Downing's questions and accusations are central to a defense strategy to dismantle Gates' credibility.
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National Law Journal

Objector Should Get Fees in Southwest Airlines Drink Voucher Settlement, Appeals Court Says

A federal appeals court sided with an objector who sought fees in a settlement over drink vouchers on Southwest Airlines—but issued a stern warning to the lawyers to end the case.
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National Law Journal

Boeing, in Bid to Dismiss Suits, Says Final Report Over Malaysia Air Flight 370 Found No Defect

Boeing argued this week that a final report into the disappearance of Malaysia Air Flight 370 supports its bid to dismiss dozens of lawsuits brought in U.S. courts on behalf of the families of deceased passengers.
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National Law Journal

OK, Got It, No More Photos Showing Manafort's Big-Spender Ways

“What I have not permitted,” U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III said at Paul Manafort's trial Thursday, “is to gild the lily.” Prosecutors appeared to get the message as they concluded their questioning of witnesses who, in the past, have sold luxury goods or provided services to Manafort, on trial for alleged bank and tax violations in Virginia federal district court.
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National Law Journal

Governor, State of Michigan, Tossed From Flint Water Class Action

Flint Mayor Karen Weaver said the decision gives the state of Michigan a “free pass.”
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National Law Journal

The Paul Manafort Trial Is Blasting Along: 3 Observations

U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III is pushing the Paul Manafort tax and bank fraud trial along in Virginia. Here are several observations from the second day of trial.
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National Law Journal

Senator's SCOTUS Brief Challenges Wave of Pro-Arbitration Decisions

In his first friend-of-the-court brief as counsel of record, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a Rhode Island Democrat, pressed for the right of independent contractors to litigate labor disputes in court in New Prime v. Oliveria.
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National Law Journal

Court OKs Class Accord Over Allegedly Defective Triggers on Remington Rifles

An appeals court has approved a class action settlement about allegedly defective Remington rifles—one that attorneys general in 10 states opposed…
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