Pakistan court grants bail to former PM Imran Khan’s wife in graft case – lawyer

LAHORE, Pakistan, May 15 (Reuters) – A Pakistani court in the eastern city of Lahore on Monday granted bail until May 23 to former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s wife in a graft case, a lawyer in their legal team said. Khan was arrested by the country’s anti-graft agency last week in the same case, prompting violent protests across the country, which is already reeling from a crippling economic crisis. He was later released and received bail from a court in Islamabad for two weeks. Khan’s wife, Bushra Bibi, was co-accused along with Khan in the case, which is pertained to…
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Crypto Lawyer Makes Starting Prediction as Case Resolution Nears

Crypto lawyers Jesse Hynes believe that the Ripple-SEC lawsuit resolution might be closer than ever. Hynes recounts his take on the outcome of the lawsuit. He made the starting prediction that early XRP sales would be found to have broken securities laws. As we get closer to the resolution of the Ripple case, I’m going to throw down my original thoughts from years ago so people can tell me how unreasonably wrong I am when the case is decided. Let me know your thoughts: — Jesse Hynes 🌱 (@jesse_hynes) May 22, 2023 Hynes continues by saying that this will establish…
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Trump lawyer in classified documents probe resigns

Parlatore’s exit is the latest example of tension and turmoil in Trump’s legal shop. The former president has often surrounded himself by lawyers with competing strategies. Trump was recently found liable earlier this month in a federal civil trial in New York for sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll. He was represented in the trial by Joe Tacopina, a New York based lawyer who has also represented other Trump allies, including Kimberly Guilfoyle and Sean Hannity. Parlatore’s distaste for Tacopina was evident in a recent CNN appearance, when anchor Kaitlan Collins pressed Parlatore on Tacopina’s work for Trump in yet…
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Trump’s lawyer could be a godsend for Jack Smith’s obstruction case

It’s been about two months since a lawyer for former President Donald Trump was forced to testify as part of special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into the handling of classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago. It wasn’t clear at the time why a federal judge opted to approve a “crime fraud exception” to the usual shield of attorney-client privilege and ordered Evan Corcoran to testify. But now we have an inkling — and it’s not an encouraging development if the former president is still hoping to avoid a federal indictment. This development seems makes for compelling evidence in a possible obstruction…
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Lawyer apologizes for citing ChatGPT-generated cases in court

“It was in consultation with the generative artificial intelligence website ChatGPT that your affiant did locate and cite the following cases in the affirmation in opposition submitted,” he said. According to the lawyer, he has never used ChatGPT in the past to conduct legal research and was “unaware” that the content it generated could be false. “That is the fault of the affiant, in not confirming the sources provided by ChatGPT of the legal opinions it provides,” Schwartz said. “That your affiant had no intention to deceive this court nor the defendant.” Schwartz added that he “greatly regrets” using generative…
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Trump lawyer recuses himself from classified documents case: report

Evan Corcoran, a key member of former President Trump’s legal team, has recused himself from the investigation into Trump’s handling of classified documents after he was questioned by a grand jury last month, according to The Washington Post. Trump is under investigation by Special Counsel Jack Smith over allegations that he intentionally mishandled classified documents during and after he left office, including storing documents at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida and hiding them from federal investigators. Corcoran will still represent Trump in other cases, including Smith’s investigation into the former president’s role in the Jan. 6 insurrections. He spoke to…
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Fox News Settles Dominion Defamation Case For $787.5 Million, Dominion Lawyer Says

Topline Dominion Voting Systems has settled its defamation lawsuit against Fox News in a last-minute move Tuesday, Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis announced, solving one of the most high-profile defamation cases in recent history for nearly $800 million—and avoiding a week- a long trial that would have likely put some of Fox News’ top figures on the stand and potentially led to the network being forced to pay billions in damages. Attorney Justin Nelson, representing Dominion Voting Systems, speaks at a news conference outside … [+] New Castle County Courthouse in Wilmington, Del., after the defamation lawsuit by Dominion…
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Appeals court denies Elizabeth Holmes’ request to stay out of prison

Elizabeth Holmes, founder of the collapsed Silicon Valley blood-testing startup Theranos, has lost a bid to remain out of prison while she appeals to multiple convictions of defrauding the company’s investors. On Tuesday, a three-judge panel for the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco rejected a motion from Holmes’ lawyers asking that the embattled entrepreneur and mother of two be spared from a lower court’s order also denying her request to remain free on bail , pending an appeal of her case. A date for Holmes to report to prison was not included in the order. “Appellant’s motion…
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