President-elect Donald Trump and Guyanese-British artist Eddy Grant reached a settlement in a copyright case over the unapproved use of the 1984 hit funk tune Electric Avenue after a protracted legal struggle. A 55-second animated movie ridiculed Joe Biden on Trump’s then-Twitter account in August 2020, just months before Biden was elected president. The movie...
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‘Defendant is incorrect’: Hunter Biden rubbishes ex-Overstock CEO in Iranian bribery plot defamation lawsuit discovery battle as trial quickly approaches
Hunter Biden and former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne are still embroiled in a protracted legal battle in which the president’s son alleges the billionaire defamed him. Byrne’s lawyer filed a declaration earlier this week, alleging that Biden’s legal team provided the defense with around 543 pages of papers that were not previously made public, were...
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Danny Masterson’s lawyers accused of ‘unwanted’ contact with rape trial jurors as actor works on appeal
Actor and convicted rapist Danny Masterson’s attorneys have come under criticism for reportedly harassing trial jurors at their homes and workplaces, according to reports. According to documents filed this month by the Los Angeles County District Attorney s Office obtained byRolling Stoneand theLos Angeles Times,Masterson s appeal team made contact with the jurors that was...
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‘Honor the agreements it makes with defendants’: Illinois Supreme Court invokes Bill Cosby in overturning Jussie Smollett’s conviction for allegedly faking hate crime
Jusie Smollett’s conviction for allegedly lying about being the victim of a hate crime in 2019 was overturned by the Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday, citing a violation of the actor’s due process rights by the prosecution. The decision reversed both the Illinois appellate court’s decision upholding the 42-year-old Empire actor’s trial court conviction on...
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‘Frivolous, unreasonable, and devoid of foundation’: Matt Gaetz, Majorie Taylor Greene owe almost $550K for failed ‘conspiracy’ lawsuit, civil rights groups say
Following a failed lawsuit that blamed different nonprofits for a canceled speech in Southern California, a long list of civil rights organizations is requesting hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and former attorney general candidate Matt Gaetz. As previously reported by Law&Crime, Gaetz, a Republican from Florida who...
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‘You thought threatening me would silence me?’: Nancy Mace doubles down in transgender bathroom battle with new law expanding ban to all ‘federal property’
By putting out new bathroom-focused legislation, South Carolina Representative Nancy Mace has intensified her anti-transgender stance and is engaged in a bathroom warfare on Capitol Hill. In a post on X, Republican Mace wrote, “Oh you thought threatening me would silence me?” No. I recently stepped up and submitted a new measure to safeguard women...
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Judge hauls Rudy Giuliani into court for allegedly repeating ‘exact same lies’ about defamed Georgia election workers that cost him $148 million
After two Georgia election workers he defamed asked that Rudy Giulianito be held in contempt of court for allegedly repeating the lies about the 2020 election that led to a $148 million judgment against the former New York City mayor, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., ordered Giulianito to appear in person for a hearing...
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‘Justice takes its course’: Triumphant Trump goads Bragg over ‘politically-motivated and fatally flawed’ hush-money case, asks judge for a month to file new motion to dismiss
In order to help his client enter the winner’s circle, Donald Trump’s lawyers have requested the judge presiding over his hush-money case in New York City to acknowledge that the current proceedings are merely a formality. In light of this, the two-member Manhattan legal teams of the 45th and 47th presidents—both of whom are expected...
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Wyoming judge strikes down state abortion bans that would ‘hamstring’ doctors and impede the rights of pregnant women
A state judge in Wyoming ruled on Monday that the state’s draconian abortion statute and the first state law that specifically prohibited the use of abortion pills were unconstitutional. Judge Melissa Owens of the Teton County District Court issued a permanent injunction on Monday, preventing the passage of the Life is a Human Right Act...
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Rudy Giuliani ‘brazenly violating’ court order by repeating ‘exact same lies’ about Georgia election workers that cost him $148 million, attorneys say
Two Georgia election workers’ lawyers are attempting to hold Rudy Giuliani in civil contempt, alleging that he is still making the same untrue claims about the two of them tampering with the 2020 election, which led to a defamation judgment against the former mayor of New York City of $148 million. The request was submitted...