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2024 election updates: Trump, Harris split first votes counted in New Hampshire
With just hours left to Election Day, it's a neck-and-neck race to the finish.Top stories - ABC News - November 5 -
Bar association presidents warn lawyers against frivolous election lawsuits
Former presidents of the American Bar Association and other state and local bar associations published an open letter condemning election lawsuits brought forth in swing states across the country. ...Politics - The Hill - November 5 -
Democrat Dave Min keeps Katie Porter’s House seat blue
Min, a state senator from Irvine, defeated Scott Baugh, a two-time candidate who had narrowly lost the seat two years ago to Porter.Politics - Politico - 6 days ago -
Ted Olson, conservative lawyer and former U.S. Solicitor General, dies
Former U.S. Solicitor General and Gibson Dunn partner Ted Olson died Wednesday at the age of 84. In a press release, the law firm praised Olson for his work, labeling him a "trailblazing advocate ...Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago -
Rudy Giuliani's lawyers ask judge's permission to drop him as a client
The request comes one day before the former Trump attorney is supposed to turn over property and financial records to the two election workers he defamed.Politics - NBC News - 4 days ago -
Trump Picks Todd Blanche, His Defense Lawyer, to Be Deputy Attorney General
Mr. Blanche, a former supervising federal prosecutor in Manhattan, oversaw the president-elect’s legal defense against multiple indictments.Top stories - The New York Times - 4 days ago -
Trump to nominate his criminal defense lawyer for deputy attorney general
President-elect Donald Trump said he's nominating Todd Blanche, one of his criminal defense lawyers in the classified documents case, to be the deputy attorney general.Politics - NBC News - 4 days ago -
Boris Epshteyn, the Trump Lawyer Who Wields Outsize Influence on the Next White House
Boris Epshteyn has quickly become one of the most powerful figures in the early days of the presidential transition, even floating his own name to help broker peace between Russia and Ukraine.Top stories - The New York Times - 3 days ago -
Trump Turns to His Personal Lawyers to Stock Top Ranks of Justice Dept.
The president-elect intends to nominate three members of his criminal defense team to senior roles, raising further concerns about politicization of the department.Top stories - The New York Times - 3 days ago -
Top UK government lawyer pushes ‘revolving door’ as pay gap widens
The Government Legal Department is losing staff as big US law firms spur salary increases in the private sectorWorld - Financial Times - Yesterday -
Hegseth lawyer says settlement paid to sexual assault accuser was "extortion"
President-elect Trump's prospective nominee for defense secretary, Fox News host Pete Hegseth, paid a confidential financial settlement to a woman who accused him of sexual assault out of concern ...Top stories - CBS News - 15 hours ago -
DoJ and FBI officials consult lawyers amid threats of Trump legal retribution
Matt Gaetz nomination as AG intensifies concerns that president-elect will prosecute former political enemies. Officials from the justice department and FBI have begun consulting lawyers amid fears ...World - The Guardian - 13 hours ago -
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs named in five new lawsuits alleging rape and sexual assault
New accusations against disgraced music mogul span years between 2000 and 2022 and involve unnamed celebrities. Five new federal civil lawsuits have been filed against Sean “Diddy” Combs over the ...World - The Guardian - October 21 -
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Streaming Numbers Grow as His Legal Woes Pile Up
The embattled music mogul is facing federal sex trafficking charges and a slew of lawsuits. Curious listeners and fans are keeping his catalog in rotation.Top stories - The New York Times - October 21 -
‘Someone who destroyed my life’: rapper Shyne on Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs in new documentary
Music mogul’s former protege, now a politician, says he was ‘set up to be the fall guy’ for 1999 New York shooting. Shyne, the rapper and former Sean “Diddy” Combs protege, says he “was ...World - The Guardian - October 25 -
New lawsuits add to growing ‘pile of evidence’ against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, say experts
The disgraced hip-hop mogul is facing scores of lawsuits, adding to his legal jeopardy as he remains in jail. In September 2000, a 13-year-old girl who hoped to attend the Video Music Awards – or ...World - The Guardian - October 27 -
'Interagency operation' launched at New York federal jail housing Sean 'Diddy' Combs
Federal investigators have launched an “interagency operation” at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where Sean “Diddy” Combs is incarceratedEntertainment - ABC News - October 28 -
Sean 'Diddy' Combs accused in new lawsuits of sexually assaulting 10- and 17-year-old boys
Sean “Diddy” Combs is accused in a new lawsuit of drugging and sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy in a New York City hotel room in 2005Entertainment - ABC News - October 28 -
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused of sexually assaulting 10- and 17-year-old boys
Lawsuits are latest in wave of accusations in which people allege they were assaulted by Combs over last two decades. Sean “Diddy” Combs is accused in one of two lawsuits filed on Monday of ...World - The Guardian - October 29 -
Sean Combs accused in lawsuits of sexually assaulting 10- and 17-year-old boys
Sean “Diddy” Combs has been accused in separate lawsuits of sexually assaulting two boys, one who was 10 at the time, and another who was 17.Top stories - NBC News - October 29 -
New York grand jury hearing new evidence in Sean 'Diddy' Combs federal case
A federal grand jury in New York is hearing new evidence this week as part of the investigation into Sean "Diddy" Combs.Top stories - NBC News - October 30 -
Sean Combs' former bodyguard sues woman who accused them both of sexual assault
A former body guard for Sean Combs has filed a defamation lawsuit against a woman who in September accused him of physically and sexually assaulting her in 2001.Top stories - NBC News - November 11 -
Sean 'Diddy' Combs is trying to obstruct his sex trafficking case, prosecutors say
Sean Combs' application for bail should be denied because the he "poses serious risks of danger and obstruction" to his criminal sex trafficking case, prosecutors said.Top stories - ABC News - 2 days ago -
Sean 'Diddy' Combs obstructing justice from behind bars, federal prosecutors allege
Federal prosecutors accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of breaking jail rules in an attempt to manipulate witness testimony and taint the potential jury pool in his case, according to a court document ...Top stories - NBC News - 12 hours ago -
Will Democrats be able to claim the House majority?
With about 54 seats in the House yet to be called, Democrats are hopeful that they can claim the House majority by winning over swing districts in New York and California. In several battleground ...Top stories - NBC News - November 6 -
Georgia Supreme Court reverses contempt ruling against rapper Young Thug's lawyer
Georgia’s highest court has reversed a judge’s contempt ruling against a lawyer for rapper Young Thug who refused to tell the judge how he found out about a meeting between the judge, prosecutors ...Entertainment - ABC News - October 22 -
Harvey Weinstein's retrial moved to next year, lawyer plans to hire a private investigator
Harvey Weinstein's retrial on sex crimes charges in Manhattan won't start until next year and a new allegation against the former movie mogul will be included in the caseEntertainment - ABC News - October 23 -
Appeals court orders new sentence for disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti over stealing from clients
A federal appeals court on Wednesday vacated the 14-year sentence of disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti, who was convicted of swindling his clients, and ordered he be resentenced. Avenatti, who rose ...Politics - The Hill - October 23 -
Moody’s former top lawyer made $54 million and didn’t file his taxes. Now he’s going to prison.
John Goggins was sentenced to eight months behind bars after pleading guilty to willfully failing to file tax returns between 2018 and 2021.Business - MarketWatch - October 26 -
Pakistani human rights activists condemn arrest of lawyers on charges creating a security risk
Pakistan’s police have arrested a Pakistani lawyer and her husband who are known for taking on human rights cases, drawing criticism from rights groupsWorld - ABC News - October 28