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Former Rep. George Santos pleads guilty in federal fraud case
U.S. Supreme Court News 08/20/2024George Santos, the former New York congressman who spun lies into a brief political career, pleaded guilty Monday to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, acknowledging that he allowed his ambitions to cloud his judgment.Santos, 36, is likely to ...
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Fraud trial of George Santos to begin next month with an anonymous jury
News Releases 08/15/2024The fraud trial against former U.S. Rep. George Santos, slated to start in a matter of weeks, is coming into focus after a federal judge ruled Tuesday that jurors will have their identities kept secret from the public.They won’t, however, be re...
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Hearing in Karen Read case expected to focus on jury deliberations
U.S. Supreme Court News 08/09/2024Defense attorneys for Karen Read are expected to argue Friday that two charges in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend be dismissed, focusing on the jury deliberations that led to a mistrial.Read is accused of ramming into John O’Ke...
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Turkey formally asks to join the genocide case against Israel at the UN court
Legal Events 08/05/2024Turkey on Wednesday filed a request with a U.N. court to join South Africa’s lawsuit accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, the foreign minister said.Turkey’s ambassador to the Netherlands, accompanied by a group of Turkish legislators, sub...
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Mexican drug cartel leader ‘El Mayo’ Zambada makes a court appearance in Texas
Legal Events 08/02/2024A powerful Mexican drug cartel leader on Thursday made his second appearance in federal court in Texas after being taken into U.S. custody last week.Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, 76, used a wheelchair for the hearing before U.S. District Judg...
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Trump election subversion case returned to trial judge following Court opinion
Litigation Reports 07/29/2024The criminal case charging former President Donald Trump with plotting to overturn the 2020 presidential election was returned Friday to the trial judge in Washington after a Supreme Court opinion last month that narrowed the scope of the prosecution...
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Iowa law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to take effect Monday
U.S. Supreme Court News 07/26/2024An Iowa judge has ruled the state’s strict abortion law will take effect Monday, preventing most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant.The law passed last year, but a judge had blocked it from be...
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Court dismisses lawsuit over Tennessee’s anti-drag show ban
Legal Events 07/21/2024Court dismisses lawsuit over Tennessee’s A federal appeals court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit challenging first-in-the-nation law designed to place strict limits on drag shows, reversing a lower court ruling that deemed the statute unconstit...
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Albania’s supreme court leaves ethnic Greek ex-mayor in prison
Court Watch 07/17/2024Albania’s Supreme Court on Friday upheld a verdict of the lower courts keeping a former elected mayor from the country’s Greek minority in prison after he was convicted of buying votes.A Supreme Court statement said that it upheld the ver...
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New York’s top court allows ‘equal rights’ amendment to appear on November ballot
U.S. Courts Newsroom 07/14/2024A proposed amendment to New York’s constitution to bar discrimination over “gender identity” and “pregnancy outcomes” will appear on the ballot this November, the state’s high court ruled Thursday.The decision from...
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Special Education Lawyers in Connecticut - Maya Murphy, P.C.
Legal Events 07/10/2024Parental awareness of a child’s special needs is the best way for the child to exceed expectations and achieve maximum potential. Special education laws and regulations are designed to protect and provide for students with disabilities and ensu...
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Giuliani Disbarred in N.Y. for Wrongdoing During Trump’s 2020 Campaign
U.S. Supreme Court News 07/07/2024Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, federal prosecutor and legal adviser to Donald Trump, was disbarred in New York on Tuesday after a court found he repeatedly made false statements about Trump’s 2020 election loss.The Manhattan app...