SCOTUS To Decide If Bump Stocks Are Machine Guns
On February 28, 2024, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in United States v. Cargill on the...
Trump Civil Trial: Defendants Lose Bigly
In a 92-page decision and order entered on February 16, 2024, New York Supreme Court Judge Arthur F....
NY Lawyer Faces Disciple for ChatGPT Failure
In an order entered on January 30, 2023 by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the Court referred...
What is the “spoliation” of evidence?
During the second E. Jean Carroll trial, former President Donald Trump’s lead counsel, Alina Habba, twice moved for...
Making Sense of the $83 Million Defamation Verdict Against Trump
On January 26, 2024, the jury in the second lawsuit by E. Jean Carroll against former President Donald...
Debt Purchaser Sanctioned for Violating Discharge Injunction
A bankruptcy judge in the Southern District of Florida has determined that “merely selling a debt to another...
Lessons from the Carroll Damages Trial – Part 2
This is second post concerning lessons to be gleaned from the proceedings in the trial to determine the...
Lessons from the Carroll Damages Trial – Part 1
The first days of the E. Jean Carroll damages trial have been rife with examples of what not...
Amendments to Federal Rules of Evidence Effective Dec. 1, 2023
Changes to three Federal Rules of Evidence took effect on December 1, 2023 and are applicable “all proceedings...
Trump Ordered to Pay Attorney’s Fees in NY SLAPP Lawsuit
Former President Donald Trump has been ordered by a New York Court to pay nearly $400,000 in attorney’s...
Trump Civil Trial: Judge approves, then rejects Trump request to deliver closing argument
Ahead of closing arguments in the civil fraud trial in New York, former President Donald Trump had asked...
Purdue Pharma: What is a channeling injunction?
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has been asked to resolve a split in the Circuit...