Breaking News: A grand jury in New York has voted to indict Donald Trump over his role in a hush money payment to a porn star ... Show more
Donald Trump Is Indicted in New York: Mr. Trump will be the first former president to face criminal charges. The precise charges are not yet known ...
nytimes.com/live/2023/03/30/nyregion/trump-indictment-news
Quick Glance: Read Alvin Bragg's Warning to Jim Jordan Not to'Collaborate' With Trump.
- "Let the criminal justice process proceed without unlawful political interference," one section of Alvin Bragg's letter to Republican House leaders urges.
- In the aftermath of former President Donald Trump's indictment, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office has retaliated against a trio of House GOP committee chairmen.
- "The referenced committee chairmen are House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil."
- They wrote to Bragg on March 21st, "demanding communications, documents and testimony relating to Bragg's unprecedented abuse of prosecutorial authority and the potential indictment of former President Donald Trump."
Robin Williams’ Son in ‘Hook’ Became a Professor After Studying at MIT: Among Robin Williams' most notable roles was 'Hook.' But of the child actors in the film ...
cheatsheet.com/entertainment/robin-williams-son-hook-became-professor-after-studying-mit.html/
Here are the top performing schools during the 2022 Bar Examinations.
San Beda University tops the list of law schools with over a hundred Bar candidates ... Show more
Amal Clooney Inaugural Contributor of Cartier Voice: Clooney is co-founder and co-president, along with her husband George, of the Clooney Foundation for Justice
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99-to-1 property scheme: IRAS conducting regular audits to uncover 'contrived or artificial' arrangements
channelnewsasia.com/singapore/99-1-private-property-absd-iras-tax-avoidance-evasion-stamp-duty-3395916
Analysis: Trump hush money case raises thorny legal issues: NEW YORK (AP) — The cover-up is worse than the crime, the expression goes. And in the hush money case ...
apnews.com/article/trump-indictment-legal-analysis-bragg-election-law-3cf41eb0cc5de0146840a436e49cfccc
Quick Glance: Trump Pleads Not Guilty After Being Charged with 34 Felonies
- Former President Donald J. Trump exited Trump Tower and drove to the Manhattan district attorney's office in a motorcade.
- The hearing was also historic for Alvin L. Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney who brought the case.
- The case, which was filed in Mr. Trump's hometown, marks the start of the former president's journey through the criminal justice system.
- He accused Mr. Trump of falsifying business records related to the hush money, which appear to be felony charges based on a novel application of the law.
Stanford Law School’s Dean Takes a Stand for Free Speech. Will It Work?: After a student protest, Jenny S. Martinez wrote a much-praised memo defending academic ...
nytimes.com/2023/04/09/us/stanford-law-school-free-speech.html
Penn names first female law school dean in 170-plus year history: Sophia Z. Lee, a legal historian who has been a member of Penn’s Carey Law School faculty since ...
inquirer.com/news/new-penn-law-school-dean-sophia-lee-20230404.html
What does 1870s Comstock Act have to do with abortion pills?: WASHINGTON (AP) — A 19th century “anti-vice” law is at the center of a new court ruling that ...
apnews.com/article/comstock-act-abortion-pills-dbf61e25f6f23cd3772c597dd6d4e337
Quick Glance: Analysis: Texas abortion pill ruling could jeopardise US drug oversight
- WASHINGTON, April 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. A federal judge in Texas could soon order the FDA to withdraw its approval of the abortion pill mifepristone, a move that, if allowed to stand, could severely undermine the agency, according to health policy and legal experts.
- Experts say that if the court decides to prohibit the sale of mifepristone because it is unsafe, it will effectively end the FDA's role as the ultimate arbiter of drug safety.
- The entire drug approval process would be called into question, according to Laurie Sobel, associate director for Women's Health Policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Trump charged with narrow violations — in pursuit of broad scheme to undermine 2016 vote
washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/04/04/trump-indictment-what-it-means/
Quick Glance: Juan Merchan: Who is the judge in charge of the Donald Trump-Stormy Daniels case?
- Merchan oversaw the Trump Organization's criminal trial last year, which resulted in the real estate company being convicted of tax fraud and fined, while one of its longtime executives, Allen Weisselberg, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to prison.
- Merchan ordered the Trump Organization to pay $1.6 million after a jury found the company guilty in December.
- Trump, who was not charged in his company's case, slammed Merchan on his Truth Social platform on Friday.
- According to court records, her case was dropped.
SIFAX Group appoints Jesuyemisi Odeyemi Group Head, Legal: SIFAX Group has appointed Mrs Jesuyemisi Odeyemi as the new Group Head, Legal Services/Company ...
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U.S. News Releases New Rankings for Top Law and Medical Schools, Despite a Boycott
nytimes.com/2023/04/11/us/us-news-law-school-rankings.html
Power Lawyers 2023: Five of Hollywood’s Legal Legends: From record-setting overall deals to high-stakes court battles, the work of these lawyers has earned them ...
hollywoodreporter.com/lists/power-lawyers-2023-legal-legends/
A botched event at Stanford rekindles controversy
At American law schools, a fresh fuss over freedom of speech: A botched event at Stanford rekindles controversy
economist.com/united-states/2023/04/05/at-american-law-schools-a-fresh-fuss-over-freedom-of-speech
Narrow legal definition of sex in Montana bill would jeopardize protections for trans people
pbs.org/newshour/nation/narrow-legal-definition-of-sex-in-montana-bill-would-jeopardize-protections-for-trans-people
I can’t trade relationship with Davido – Lawyer, Davido: David and I go back many years. We attended BIS together. He was one of my school sons back in the day.
punchng.com/i-cant-trade-relationship-with-davido-lawyer-davido/
Oklahoma eyes first US religious charter school after Supreme Court rulings: An Oklahoma school board is set to consider next week whether to approve the first ...
reuters.com/world/us/oklahoma-eyes-first-us-religious-charter-school-after-supreme-court-rulings-2023-04-06/
Conservative judges extend clerk boycott to Stanford after disrupted speech: Two conservative federal appeals court judges will not hire future students at ...
reuters.com/legal/government/conservative-judges-extend-clerk-boycott-stanford-after-disrupted-speech-2023-04-03/
Italy blocks ChatGPT over privacy concerns: Regulators in Italy issued a temporary ban on ChatGPT Friday, effective immediately, due to privacy concerns and said ...
cnn.com/2023/03/31/tech/chatgpt-blocked-italy/
Quick Glance: Hugging Face, the host of the "Woodstock of AI," emerges as a key voice for open-source AI development.
- Clem Delangue, CEO of Hugging Face, informs guests that his event may be "the biggest AI meetup in history."
- The event took place in the midst of a heated debate about large language models (LLMs) and their applications.
- "I think this event is a celebration of the power of open science and open source," Delangue added.
- "And that's what we've seen on Hugging Face: the impact of open science open source."
"It's demoralizing to be in this much debt, especially when it didn't propel me into a new career like I was hoping for," Regales said.
I took out $200,000 in law school loans but didn't pass the bar: Rafael Regales failed the bar twice because of mental-health issues and owes more than $332,000 ...
businessinsider.com/i-got-200000-student-loan-law-school-bar-stuck-debt-2022-5
12 Big Questions About Trump's Indictment In New York: Will there be a mugshot? Could he run for president from prison? We asked legal scholars all your most ...
buzzfeednews.com/article/juliareinstein/questions-about-trump-indicted-stormy-daniels-ny
Quick Glance: Stormy Daniels threatened to dance in the streets if Trump was indicted. She is now upset about what happened.
- For nearly two hours, Stormy Daniels was unaware of Trump's indictment.
- Stormy Daniels' statement denying an affair with Trump is from 2018.
- Recap: A grand jury indicts Donald Trump in New York, making him the first former president to face criminal charges.
- "I think obviously the grand jury looked at a lot of documents and heard a lot of testimony and made a decision, and I have to respect that," Brewster said.
Opinion | We’re About to Find Out How Far the Supreme Court Will Go to Arm America
nytimes.com/2023/03/29/opinion/guns-supreme-court.html
Quick Glance: Wisconsin Voters Will Decide on the Nation's Most Expensive State Court Election
- If Judge Janet Protasiewicz, who currently sits on a lower court and is heavily backed by the Democratic Party, is elected to the 10-year term, the court will have its first liberal majority in recent memory.
- If he wins, conservatives will keep their majority on the court.
- Wisconsin has had some of the most expensive state supreme court races in the country for years, thanks to political spending by business groups and unions.
- In recent years, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has been deeply divided along ideological lines.
South Sudanese Law student Monicah Malith is the new UNSA president: The international student becomes the fifth leader of the students' body
nation.africa/kenya/news/south-sudanese-law-student-monicah-malith-is-the-new-unsa-president-4173176
Legal clinic: Think twice before spying on your cheating spouse: The Evidence Act places a higher premium regarding integrity of any electronically procured ...
nation.africa/kenya/life-and-style/dn2/legal-clinic-think-twice-before-spying-on-your-cheating-spouse-4107058
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