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Alina Habba is withdrawing as Trump’s lead attorney for E. Jean Carroll’s rape claim. Last month, a federal judge sanctioned her $1 million for bad lawyering.

Donald Trump and Alina Habba.Getty Images; Getty Images Alina Habba is stepping down as lead counsel representing Donald Trump in E. Jean Carroll’s rape lawsuit. Joe Tacopina, who has represented the Washington Commanders NFL team and Meek Mill, will lead Trump’s team. Carroll’s lawyer said in a court filing that Habba would withdraw entirely — which Habba and Tacopina denied. Donald Trump’s go-to attorney Alina Habba and her law partner Michael Madaio are stepping down as the lead attorneys representing the ex-president in a pending rape lawsuit against him, court filings show. The move comes in a case filed by…
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This Week in the Supreme Court – week commencing 30th January 2023 – UKSCBlog

Hearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website. On monday 30th and Tuesday 31st January 2023 the Court will hear Jones v Birmingham City Council and another, on appeal from [2018] EWCA 1189. The issue in this case is whether Part 4 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 is incompatible with Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights. In 2016 an interim injunction was granted preventing the appellant from entering a large part of central Birmingham, save for exceptional circumstances, on account of his alleged involvement in gang-related activities. On Wednesday 1st…
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Google to block news in Canada over law on paying publishers

[1/2]A Google logo is seen outside of the Google Store, where visitors can try phones and other products from the company, in New York City, New York, US, February 10, 2022. Picture taken February 10, 2022. REUTERS/Paresh Dave/File Photo OTTAWA, June 29 (Reuters) – Google said on Thursday it plans to block Canadian news on its platform in Canada, joining Facebook in escalating a campaign against a new law requiring payments to local news publishers. Alphabet-owned (GOOGL.O) Google will remove links to Canadian news from search results and other products in Canada when the law takes effect in about six…