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Legal Speak's 'Sidebar with Saul' Part II: GOP Pols Push Misinformation, Cohen Keeps It Together

ALM litigation reporter Emily Saul gets us up to date on the happenings at the first Trump criminal trial, including reaction to testimony from Michael Cohen and the bizarre behavior of several Republican politicians.
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National Law Journal

Full 10th Circuit Urged to Grant Retrial After Prosecutor Listened to Attorney-Client Call

"You have a prosecutor who is deliberately intruding into the attorney-client privilege, and in those circumstances the prosecutor is the last person you should trust when the prosecutor comes in and says, 'This is no big deal,'" attorney Kannon Shanmugam said.
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New York Law Journal

Habeas Law and the Sex Shaming of Brenda Andrew

Brenda Andrew's was convicted in Oklahoma of her estranged husband's murder in a trial in which the prosecutor dangled her throng underwear before the jury and otherwise "sex shamed" her. She has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear her case. Do the constraints of federal habeas law (AEDPA) make that unlikely?
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New York Law Journal

'Cheeto-dusted Cartoon Villain'?: Trump Defense Tries to Pierce Michael Cohen's Sober Image

Defense counsel Todd Blanche mined the disbarred lawyer's social-media output in an attempt to show that Cohen was obsessed with his ex-employer, the ex-president.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

British Billionaire's Private Pilot Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion After Insider Trading Indictment

Bryan "Marty" Waugh told U.S. District Judge Jessica G. L. Clarke that he failed to inform the IRS about payments received from his employer.
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New York Law Journal

Michael Cohen Testifies Donald Trump Approved Phony Legal Fees Payments

Cohen was paid $420,000 across 12 months in 2017, he testified. The payments were falsely billed as for "legal services rendered" and would be concealed given his new role as personal attorney to the president.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Wanted To Be a Legend of Wall Street': Fraud Trial Begins for Archegos Executives

Defense counsel Barry Berke said his client, Sung Kook "Bill" Hwang, didn't break the law in the run-up to the the collapse of a $36 billion investment fund.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Arrest Made in 2001 Killing of UGA Law Student Found Dead in Burning Home

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Athens-Clarke County police on Thursday announced the arrest of Edrick Lamont Faust, 48, in the January 2001 killing of Tara Louise Baker.
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New York Law Journal

Unbenched: Why Former Judges Should Out Faults in Criminal Law

Stephen Breyer's book may have been panned by critics—a New York Times reviewer, for instance, called it "exasperating." But Law Journal columnist Joel Cohen writes that retired judges are uniquely positioned to address pressing issues in criminal justice.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY Lawmakers Seek to Widen Berth for Prior Bad Acts Evidence

The legislative effort follows on the heels of the state high court's decision to throw out Harvey Weinstein's rape conviction because of the admission of improper evidence.
5 minute read

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