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Trump Led Plot To Undermine 2016 Election, NY Jury Told
A prosecutor told a Manhattan jury on Monday that Donald Trump was the head of a conspiracy to undermine the integrity of the 2016 election through hush-money payments, kicking off the first criminal trial of a former president.
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Coverage Recap: Day 1 Of Trump's NY Hush Money Trial
Law360 reporters are providing live updates from the Manhattan criminal courthouse as Donald Trump goes on trial for allegedly falsifying business records related to hush money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election. Here's a full recap from day one.
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Trump On Verge Of Legal History As Full NY Jury Picked
Jury selection wrapped up Friday in the hush money trial of Donald Trump, setting the stage for opening statements to begin on Monday after a New York appeals court denied a last-ditch bid by the former president to delay the unprecedented case.
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NY AG Doubts Trump Insurer Can Cover $175M Bond
The New York Attorney General's Office told a Manhattan court Friday it has doubts about a California insurer's ability to cover a $175 million bond imposed on Donald Trump after a civil trial in which he was found responsible for conspiring to inflate his wealth for financial gain.
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Trump's Trial Is Unprecedented. Attys On Juries? Not So Much
With two BigLaw attorneys tapped for the jury box in Donald Trump's first-in-history criminal case, Law360 spoke to trial vets who said their own experience in this tables-turned situation shows lawyers can make for highly engaged jurors under the right circumstances.
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How A Local Garden's Fight Touched 'Generations' Of Attys
It was more than four decades ago when locals began cultivating a plot of land on a once-derelict corner of Manhattan's Lower East Side. Today, its existence is a testament to the gardeners who refused to retreat from it — and the lawyers whose careers came of age during the fight to save it.
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Gibbons Atty Won't Testify In Menendez Bribery Trial
A Gibbons PC lawyer who is counsel for one of U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez's co-defendants in his federal bribery trial set to start next month will not be called to the witness stand after defense lawyers and prosecutors agreed Friday to a stipulation about the facts that would have been part of his testimony.
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9 Ex-Ingram LLP Attorneys Join Tarter Krinsky In New York
Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP announced that nine attorneys from the now-defunct firm Ingram LLP joined its New York office, expanding the firm's litigation, real estate, and landlord and tenant practice groups.
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Elder Law Boutique Completes The Puzzle For Meltzer Lippe
Ronald Fatoullah had been running his own elder law boutique in New York City for over 35 years, but when he recently decided it was time for a change, he looked to a mid-law firm he'd already been partnering up with for at least two decades.
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The Week In Trump: NY Trial And A High Court Date Loom
Despite a few snags, jury selection for Donald Trump's hush money trial in Manhattan unfolded relatively quickly, clearing the way for opening statements Monday in the historic case as the former president prepped for a U.S. Supreme Court debate over his supposed immunity.
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NYT Inks Revised $2.4M Deal In Auto-Renewal Case
A class of New York Times readers who sued over the newspaper's automatic subscription renewal charges has asked a Manhattan federal court for initial approval of a roughly $2.4 million settlement, after the Second Circuit shot down an earlier agreement due to concerns about attorney fees.
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Self-Immolation Near Trump Trial Prompts Security Review
The New York Police Department is reviewing security protocols for former President Donald Trump's first criminal trial after a fatal incident in which a man set himself on fire across the street from the Manhattan courthouse where the proceeding was taking place Friday, underscoring safety concerns.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another busy week with more lateral hires, partner promotions, new practice group launches, in-house moves and the passing of a trailblazing former Connecticut Supreme Court chief justice. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Winston & Strawn LLP and attorney Richard Reinthaler lead this week's U.S. Supreme Court-dominated edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the high court ruled that a corporation's failure to disclose certain information about its future business risks cannot, under certain circumstances, be the basis of a private securities fraud claim.
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Ex-BigLaw Atty Can Stay Free During OneCoin Fraud Appeal
A Manhattan federal judge Thursday granted a former Locke Lord LLP partner's motion for bail pending appeal of his 10-year prison sentence after he was found guilty of laundering around $400 million in proceeds from the global OneCoin cryptocurrency scam, saying he does not pose a flight risk given his medical conditions.
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NYC Bar Rips Hochul Plan To Divert Client Trust Interest Cash
The New York City Bar Association urged Gov. Kathy Hochul Thursday to reconsider her "eleventh-hour" renewed plan to divert $55 million in interest earned on lawyer trust accounts that typically goes toward legal aid for low-income New Yorkers, saying the "deeply troubling" move undermines the independence of the legal profession.
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Giuliani Wants To Hire Longtime Friend To Help With Ch. 11
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani asked a New York bankruptcy judge to hire his friend of 50-some years and former White & Case LLP partner Kenneth Caruso as a special litigation counsel for the $148 million defamation suit he is facing from two Georgia election workers.
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Trump Again Seeks Delay In Fla., Says Attys Tied Up In NY
Counsel for Donald Trump in the ex-president's federal classified documents case in Florida again asked on Thursday to extend disclosure deadlines, contending that their client would be prejudiced without more time while some of them defend Trump in his hush money case in New York.
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State High Court Shadow Dockets Raise Secrecy Concerns
Like their counterparts on the U.S. Supreme Court, the justices on some state high courts are working in the shadows when issuing certain decisions, raising fears that their time-saving measures are not worth the cost in transparency.
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Troutman Pepper, Locke Lord Eye Merger To Buff Focus Areas
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP and Locke Lord LLP are in merger talks to create a combined firm with more than 1,600 attorneys and nearly $1.6 billion in revenue, in what appears to be an effort to lock in both firms' leadership in six industry sectors.
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NY Appeals Court Revives AI Firm CLO's Claim For Pay
In a significant ruling for executives and professionals, a New York state appeals court has reversed the dismissal of key claims in a former chief legal officer's lawsuit alleging he wasn't paid all wages owed after his employment ended at artificial intelligence company Amelia US LLC.
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Ex-Ant Group Counsel Joins Troutman Pepper In NY
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP has announced that a former in-house attorney at Alibaba financial services affiliate Ant Group joined the firm's corporate practice as counsel.
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Feds Fight George Santos' 'Meritless' Brady Violation Claims
Federal prosecutors are urging the Eastern District of New York to deny former U.S. Rep. George Santos' motion for a one-month delay in filing deadlines over allegations that the government withheld evidence in its fraud and campaign finance suit against him, calling the Long Island Republican's request "pretextual and meritless."
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Alston & Bird Adds A Former New York Insurance Deputy
Alston & Bird LLP has hired the former deputy superintendent for the life insurance bureau of the New York State Department of Financial Services, who joins the firm as a partner in its New York office, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Constangy Names Partner As DEI Practice Group Co-Leader
Labor and employment firm Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP has named a longtime partner with over 25 years of experience representing employers as the new co-leader of its diversity, equity and inclusion practice.