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Oath Keepers attorney SoRelle found incompetent for trial in Jan. 6 cases

Comment on this storyComments A federal judge on Friday found Kellye SoRelle — an attorney for the Oath Keepers and girlfriend of the the right-wing group’s leader, Stewart Rhodes — mentally incompetent to stand trial as scheduled next month on charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. US District Judge Amit P. Mehta of DC postponed SoRelle’s trial indefinitely, finding — based on reports by defense and government medical experts — that she was suffering from a mental disease or defect rendering her unable to understand the proceedings against her or to assist properly in…
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Seventh Circuit: Madison, Wisconsin’s “Advertising Sign” Regulation Passes Constitutional Muster after City of Austin

This post is authored by Andrew LW Peters originally appeared on the Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog and is reposted with permission The first federal circuit court opinions applying Reagan National Advertising of Austin, Inc. v. The city of Austin is flowing in, and local governments may perhaps breathe a sigh of relief: normalcy has returned. Just last week, the Seventh Circuit upheld Madison, Wisconsin’s regulations on “advertising signs,” the definition of which used the same on/off-premises distinction at issue in City of Austin. The story there was typical of the genre. Madison has regulated billboards since at least the…
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MS State Auditor looking into the rights of Jackson Council amid a legal fight

The Jackson city attorney’s office has been in communication with State Auditor Shad White over concerns that the City Council hiring its own attorney in its garbage fight with the mayor constitutes unauthorized expenditures, according to an email sent from City Attorney Catoria Martin to members of the Council and administration, which was obtained by the Clarion Ledger. A spokesperson for White said Friday that the office does not comment on open investigations, nor does it confirm or rule out possible subjects of its investigations. This comes as the council and the mayor are headed to court. The council is…
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Trump attorney says “there was no scheme and there was no crime” related to Daniels payments

Washington — Joe Tacopina, a lawyer for the former President Donald Trumpargued Wednesday that “there was no scheme and there was no crime” committed in connection with hush money payments made before the 2016 presidential election. In an interview with “CBS Mornings,” Tacopina defended Trump from accusations by New York prosecutors he orchestrated a years-long scheme with others to use the payments to suppress negative information before the 2016 election, asserting “there’s no crime at all.” The former president was indicated by a Manhattan grand jury last week and on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying…
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How L. Ashley Aull, a Trial Attorney, Gets It Done

Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photo: Andrew Zinn For this special edition of “How I Get It Done,” we’re asking successful women about how they’re making their return to the “office” as new moms work for them. “I’m a killer — I’ll always be a killer,” says L. Ashley Aull, who goes by Ashley, upon her return to him law firm after the birth of her second child. “And it’s time for me to get back on the battlefield.” The trial attorney in the Los Angeles office of Munger, Tolles & Olson has been repeating this mantra to herself as she…
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Attorney Geoffrey Fieger suffers a stroke

Prominent Michigan attorney Geoffrey Fieger, 72, had a stroke earlier this month and is now in active rehabilitation, his wife and a business associate said Wednesday. In a statement, Keenie Fieger said that her husband had an elective procedure March 1 for a minor heart arrhythmia. Following the procedure, it was determined that he had suffered a stroke. “The recovery time from an event such as this varies from patient to patient, therefore it’s difficult to predict how long Geoffrey’s recovery will take and when he will be back in the office,” Keenie Fieger said in the statement. “For those…
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FATE INVESTOR ALERT: Hagens Berman, National Trial

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hagens Berman urges Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: FATE) investors who have suffered significant losses to submit your losses now. Class Period: Apr. 2, 2020 – Jan. 5, 2023Lead Plaintiff Deadline: Mar. 22, 2023Visits: https://www.hbsslaw.com/investor-fraud/FATE Contact An Attorney Now: [email protected] 844-916-0895 Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (FATE) Securities Fraud Class Action: The litigation focuses on Fate’s widely touted April 2020 collaboration agreement with Janssen Biotech, pursuant to which Janssen and Fate agreed to collaborate to develop iPSC-derived CAR-NK and CAR T-cell product candidates for the treatment of cancer. Under this agreement, Fate received a $50…
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Trump Attorney Gives Bizarre Explanation For Classified Folder At Mar-A-Lago

An attorney for Donald Trump said the latest classified folder turned over to investigators was just that ― a folder, and a folder alone ― which the former president used to block a light that was bothering him at night. Timothy Parlatore downplayed the folder on CNN as “one of the more humorous aspects of this whole thing” and claimed it “means nothing” because it was empty. He said the folder marked “Classified Evening Summary” was found in Trump’s bedroom at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. “He has one of those landline telephones next to his bed, and it has…