By Jane Wester | December 6, 2022
While Donald Trump himself was not charged in the case, the guilty verdict on Tuesday is the latest setback in a swirl of legal troubles facing the former president.
By Jane Wester | December 2, 2022
Defense attorney Michael van der Veen argued that the Manhattan DA had presented Donald Trump as an unindicted co-conspirator in the fraud scheme, putting a bias on the jury "that can't be undone."
By Jane Wester | December 1, 2022
Acting Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan said he "took note" that defense lawyers made efforts to distance Trump from the case, so he said he would allow prosecutors to address the issue.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Jane Wester | December 1, 2022
"The prosecutors have him by the balls," van der Veen told the jury, arguing that Weisselberg's testimony that he acted solely for himself is credible because "it isn't what the prosecutors want to hear."
By Jane Wester | December 1, 2022
During what turned out to be a half-hour break for the jury, a prosecutor said he had checked one of the transcripts of testimony that defense counsel was showing the jury and found that Acting Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan had sustained an objection to the highlighted testimony.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Andrew Seiken, Wing Wilson and Rafaela Vianna | November 30, 2022
The potential to obtain a full step-up in cost basis for trust assets regardless of which spouse predeceases creates significant opportunity for investors, owners of valuable real estate and those who have simply seen appreciation in marketable securities over time.
By Jim Saunders | November 30, 2022
Target Enterprise filed the lawsuit last December in a dispute that, at least in part, involved how income should be "apportioned" for tax purposes.
By Cheryl Miller | November 29, 2022
Scott Norris Johnson faces 18 months of home confinement for concealing income from his ADA lawsuit settlements.
By Jason Grant | November 29, 2022
"We agree with the [Attorney Grievance] Committee that respondent's guilty plea and sentence to the federal crime of willful failure to collect or pay over taxes made him no longer eligible for a resignation for non-disciplinary reasons," wrote the Appellate Division, First Department court.
Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Suzanne DeWitt | November 29, 2022
The popularity of art as an asset class has been increased steadily over the years, and nothing is stopping that steady growth trend.
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