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A Year Later, Sprawling Fulton Election Interference Case Against Trump Has Stalled

The DA's team notched some early victories in the case, but explosive allegations raised by one of Trump's co-defendants early this year have caused a delay and could even derail the prosecution.
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The Recorder

Witness: Ex-Girardi Keese Funds Paid for Lavish Parties, Erika Girardi's Business

Norina Rouillard, who joined Girardi Keese's accounting department in 2003, testified on Monday about millions of dollars flowing from the Los Angeles law firm's bank accounts for Tom Girardi's lavish parties, country clubs, private jets and the expenses of his wife Erika Girardi's entertainment business.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

SEC Sues Couple, Their Company and Its Promoters in $650M Global Crypto Fraud Case

"The only way to avoid a lot more victims in the next decade is if the industry is regulated," said Joel Hirschhorn of Hirschhorn Law, who is not involved in the matter.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Disingenuous at Worst?': Feds Oppose Written Juror Queries in George Santos Voir Dire

"The impropriety of granting Santos's request is especially clear in light of what Santos has spent the past nine months doing, namely, courting the press and ginning up the very media attention he now laments may unfairly influence jurors," prosecutors argue.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Defense Counsel in Brian Benjamin's Bribery Case Seeks Clarity From SCOTUS on Quid Pro Quo

"This case presents an extreme example of that overreach, in an area of law that demands clarity yet has become perilously muddled," reads the writ from Barry Berke, Dani James and Darren LaVerne of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel.
3 minute read

The Recorder

'He Hung Up On Me.' Ex-Girardi Keese Attorney Testifies About Attempts to Get Client Paid

Alexa Galloway, who was a law clerk when she started at the Los Angeles firm in 2018, told jurors that she had no idea why her client, Judy Selberg, hadn't been paid her portion of a $504,000 settlement.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Supreme Court Finds DWI Case 'Illuminates a Flaw' in Notification Procedures Post-'Cassidy'

"Given the fallibility of the notification procedures post-'Cassidy,' the parties will now be entitled to discovery, which is already readily available and capable of unearthing the procedural irregularities caused by Dennis's misfeasance," Justice Michael Noriega said.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge Rules He Will Vacate White-Collar Carceral Sentence If Defendant Assigned to Brooklyn's MDC

U.S. District Judge Gary Brown said an extrinsic factor "looms large in nearly every bail and sentencing determination made in this judicial district: the dangerous, barbaric conditions that have existed for some time at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn."
5 minute read

The Recorder

'It Was Shocking': Tom Girardi's Former Clients Testify About Missing Settlement Checks

Former Girardi Keese clients testified on Wednesday how they repeatedly attempted to get their settlement agreements or settlement payments but were ignored or told, in emails and memos, that Tom Girardi hadn't signed the checks.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Prosecutors Seek to Bar George Santos From Selective-Prosecution Arguments at Upcoming Trial

Prosecutors are also seeking to introduce evidence of uncharged bad acts, including multiple lies about the former lawmaker's education and work history; a partially anonymous jury is also sought.
3 minute read

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