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WEBA Ukrainian company is suing the Russian Federation in a California court under the Uniform Foreign-County Money Judgments Recognition Act for over $275 million it is owed following a Ukrainian court ruling in its favor for the "unlawful expropriation" of their industrial chemical production complex by Russia in the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Lawyer for Johnny Depp Kicked Off Case After Press Leaks
WEBOct 23, 2020 · A lawyer for Johnny Depp was sent packing Friday after he was found to have breached a protective order in the actor's Virginia court battle against his ex-wife Amber Heard. Actor Johnny Depp arrives at the High Court in London for a hearing in his libel case against the publishers of The Sun and its executive editor, Dan Wootton.
Local Colorado official faces trial following ‘Big Lie’ election ...
WEBJul 29, 2024 · Believing there had been election fraud and that higher-ups weren't adequately addressing it, former Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters took matters into her own hands by leaking voting-machine data.
Former Milwaukee election official guilty of voter fraud, jury finds
WEBMar 20, 2024 · MILWAUKEE (CN) — The former deputy director of the Milwaukee Election Commission was found guilty of one count of misconduct in public office and three counts of voter fraud at the conclusion of her jury trial on Wednesday. Kimberly Zapata, 47, will be sentenced on May 2 at a hearing before Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Kori …
Details of voting equipment breach emerge in Dominion security …
WEBJan 12, 2024 · ATLANTA (CN) — During the fourth day of trial Friday in the lawsuit over the security of Dominion voting machine systems in Georgia, details surrounding a hack coordinated by co-defendants of former President Donald Trump in the Peach State's election subversion case took center stage. The copying of confidential election data …
Alan Dershowitz asks appeals court to revive his defamation suit ...
WEBJun 12, 2024 · (CN) — Retired Harvard University law professor Alan Dershowitz took to a federal appeals court in Miami on Wednesday, arguing to a three-judge panel that he should be able to pursue his tossed $300 million defamation lawsuit against CNN.. Echoing arguments from his 2020 suit, Dershowitz told the 11th Circuit panel that the news …
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Newly Released Records in Ghislaine Maxwell Case Reveal …
WEBJul 30, 2020 · MANHATTAN (CN) — From an explosive correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein to more allegations against powerful men like Bill Clinton, Alan Dershowitz and Prince Andrew, newly released files from an old lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell became public on Thursday following a yearlong records battle.
Trump Organization guilty on all counts in criminal tax scheme
WEBDec 6, 2022 · MANHATTAN (CN) — A monthlong criminal tax fraud trial for the Trump Organization ended Tuesday in swift guilty verdicts. Jurors began deliberations Monday and sided with the government after just 10 hours, entering convictions on all 17 counts.. In what has been the only proceeding to arise from a three-year probe of former President …
Full Fifth Circuit dissects Covid vaccine mandate for federal workers
WEBAccording to the White House, around 95% of the federal workforce has complied with the vaccine directive. But the Fifth Circuit did an about-face. On June 27, it vacated the panel ruling against Feds for Medical Freedom, thereby keeping in place Judge Brown’s injunction, and agreed to hold an en banc hearing before all its 17 active judges.