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Lawyers Weigh In as Jeffrey Epstein Grand Jury Transcripts Released

"They sabotaged their own case," said attorney Spencer Kuvin who represented one of the victims.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Trump Manhattan Sentencing Delayed to Review SCOTUS Presidential Immunity Decision

Acting Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan on Tuesday postponed the sentencing to Sept. 18.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. High Court: Hearsay Evidence Not Enough to ID a Defendant at a Preliminary Hearing

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has yet again addressed the issue of proving a prima facie case at a preliminary hearing. The Supreme Court has clarified that inadmissible hearsay alone will not be adequate to identify a defendant at a preliminary hearing.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Atlanta City Council Approves Settlement of $2M for Students Pulled From Car During 2020 Protests

The City Council on Monday voted 13-1 to approve the payment to settle a federal lawsuit filed in June 2021 argued that police had no justification for pulling two students from their car and shocking them.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Rapper Young Thug's Trial on Hold as Defense Tries to Get Fulton Judge Removed From Case

Lawyers for the rapper and several other defendants had filed motions seeking the recusal of Fulton County Superior Court Chief Judge Ural Glanville after he held a meeting with prosecutors and a prosecution witness at which defendants and defense attorneys were not present.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Relief for Children 'Unfairly Stuck on Sex Offender Registries': New Jersey Supreme Court Provides Distinction in Megan's Law Registration Requirements

"The R.H./T.L. decision allows juveniles to avoid extensive periods of harm by being placed on Megan's Law for long periods of time beyond the point where they can clearly prove they are unlikely to pose a threat to anyone. The next step, and the only way I can think to improve the decision, would be to do risk assessments before placing an individual on Megan's Law," said James Maynard, chair of the Megan's Law Subcommittee of the Criminal Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

'It's a Cuban Thing': Menendez's Sister Connects Stacks of Cash Found in Senator's Home to Flight From Cuba

After stacks of cash were discovered in the senator's New Jersey home, Menendez's sister, 80-year-old Caridad Gonzalez, testified that she knew many Cubans who stored cash in their homes after moving to the United States.
3 minute read

Law.com

Veteran New York Criminal Defense Attorney Avoids Disbarment, Suspended in Maine for 3 Years

"On some level, Fenstermaker clearly cared for his clients and thought that what he was doing was advancing their cause," Justice Thomas R. McKeon said in a sanctions order. "That is why the court does not opt for disbarment."
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Judge Temporarily Blocks Georgia Law That Limits People or Groups to Posting 3 Bonds a Year

The judge stalled the law for 14 days and directing lawyers to present arguments on whether it should be stayed until a lawsuit over the measure is resolved.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

EDNY US Attorney's Office Names New Leaders for Criminal Division, Long Island Branch 

Breon Peace, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, named Alixandra Smith as the chief of the criminal division. He also appointed John Durham as chief of the office's Long Island division and Richard Hayes as chief of the civil division.
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