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Attorneys for ‘Rust’ armorer say she was pressured to work in an unsafe environment

  • August 25, 2024
Attorneys for the “Rust” film armorer charged with involuntary manslaughter Tuesday said she felt “extreme pressure” to work within an irresponsible culture that resulted in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in 2021. Hannah Gutierrez-Reed and actor Alec Baldwin were both charged Tuesday with two counts of involuntary manslaughter in New Mexico. First assistant director David Halls has already agreed to plead no contest for the negligent use of a deadly weapon. Attorney Jason Bowles said Halls “rushed” Gutierrez-Reed “all the time,” which did not allow her to do a full safety check on the gun held by Baldwin that…
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NY Appellate Court Affirmed Approval of Subsurface Sewage-Disposal System Finding Local Government Complied with SEQRA and Local Law Codifying Zoning Enforcement Officer’s Determination Was Valid

  • June 22, 2023
This post was authored by Tyler Doan, Esq. Petitioner appealed a decision of the ZBA town, town board, and related defendants challenging a dismissal by the ZBA of the challenge to the zoning enforcement officer’s determination that a proposed subsurface sewage-disposal system was a permitted nonresidential accessory use that could be located on a split lot (one zoned partly for residential and partly for commercial use). The town board, while the petition was pending, adopted a local law on the subject of subsurface systems on split lots that effectively codified the zoning officer’s determination. The petitioner amended their complaint also…
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Britney Spears’s attorney says he’s ‘proud’ of his work ‘fighting for’ the singer

  • May 14, 2023
Mathew Rosengart says he’s “proud” of the work he’s done to #FreeBritney — and beyond — and he’s going to keep fighting on her behalf. (Photo: VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images) Britney Spears’s attorney is “proud” of the work she’s done for the superstar — and he’s going to keep fighting on her behalf. A new documentary about the singer airs Monday — TMZ Investigates: Britney Spears: The Price of Freedom — and the website’s had no shortage of dramatic headlines to tout it. One on Friday was about how Mathew Rosengart, who famously freed Spears from the 13-year conservatorship…
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House Republicans, Manhattan District Attorney end fight over Trump indictment inquiry

  • May 8, 2023
Open this photo in gallery: Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, left, speaks during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill, on Feb. 9 in Washington. House Republicans on Thursday, April 6, subpoenaed one of the former Manhattan prosecutors who had been leading a criminal investigation into Donald Trump before quitting last year in a clash over the direction of the probe. Jordan ordered Mark Pomerantz to testify before the committee by April 30.Carolyn Kaster/The Associated Press House Republicans and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office reached an agreement Friday to end a legal dispute over a House Judiciary Committee inquiry into…
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Hunter Biden attorneys to meet with DOJ officials

  • April 26, 2023
Attorneys for Hunter Biden are set to meet with a career Justice Department official and the US attorney for Delaware next week at the request of the president’s son’s legal team, according to two individuals familiar with the situation. David Weiss, the US attorney for Delaware, and an appointee of former President Donald Trump, has been overseeing an investigation into the president’s son since at least 2019. The probe has examined possible crimes related to his taxes and made a false statement when purchasing a gun, sources familiar with the investigation previously told CBS News. Biden has not been charged…
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Trump attorney Drew Finding spins himself dizzy on live TV

  • March 24, 2023
Drew Findling, a Georgia-based criminal defense attorney representing former President Donald Trump, made a rare television appearance on MSNBC on Tuesday. In short, it didn’t go well for Findling. But it went just as expected (assuming you’ve been reading The ReidOut Blog). I’ll explain. Finding appeared on “The Beat with Ari Melber” on Tuesday to discuss the criminal probe into Trump’s pressure campaign to overturn Georgia’s results in the 2020 presidential election. Findings recently filed a motion arguing that any result of the impeached grand jury should be tossed out and that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be…
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Dem attorney Kim Gardner hit with subpoena amid legal battle to remove her from office

  • March 14, 2023
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner has been subpoenaed by a Missouri state auditor to hand over documents as part of an ongoing audit of the city of St. Louis as Gardner faces a separate effort to have her removed from office. Scott Fitzpatrick issued a subpoena against Gardner and the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office, asserting that Gardner’s office missed multiple deadlines of a document request. Subpoenaed documents include bank statements, credit card statements, policy guidelines and other information. Fitzpatrick says his office originally requested these documents on Jan. 23 with a deadline of Feb. 14, according to Fox…
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Death row inmate who acted as own attorney seeks new trial

  • March 6, 2023
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee man on death row who was forced to act as his own lawyer is seeking a new trial, claiming multiple violations of his constitutional rights. Howard Willis was sentenced to death in 2010 for the murders of teenage newlyweds, 17-year-old Adam Chrismer and 16-year-old Samantha Leming Chrismer, both of Chickamauga, Georgia. The boy’s head and hands were found by fishermen in Boone Lake in northeastern Tennessee in October 2002. The bodies of both teens were found a few days later in a storage unit rented by Willis’ mother in Johnson City. Willis had nine lawyers…