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Disbarred lawyer Tom Girardi, 83, allegedly embezzled more than $15 million from his clients between 2010 and 2020. Girardi was a high-profile figure whose cases include the one that inspired the film Erin Brockovichand is the estranged spouse of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills reality TV star Erika Jayne, who filed for divorce in 2020.
Why it matters: Girardi owned downtown LA law firm Girardi Keese.…
Missouri’s ballot initiative to legalize abortion will be allowed to move forward after the state Supreme Court ruled the state’s attorney general was improperly stonewalling the effort.
The court ruled unanimously Thursday that Attorney General Andrew Bailey (R) was using “misleading” and “incorrect” arguments to justify delaying his approval of the cost estimates ballot measure that would allow residents to vote on whether to legalize abortion, a crucial step in the certification process.
The delay stretched far beyond the normal time the state allows for reviewing and approving ballot initiatives, meaning supporters were unable to start collecting signatures to try…
This post was authored by Tyler Doan, Esq.
Cook Communities (Cook) bought roughly 32.6 acres of land in Hall County to build approximately 200 attached townhomes. At the time of purchase, the land was zoned for agricultural housing. Cook sought to have the zoning map changed and the property rezoned as planned residential development. Cook argued that a denial of its request would be “an unconstitutional restriction on the use of the property” and “abolish or damage [its] property rights” without fair and just compensation in violation of both state and federal constitutions. In January of 2022 the local planning…
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday made his first public remarks after the historic indictment of former President Donald Trump on federal criminal charges.
Garland, taking questions at an event on combating violent crime, said he couldn’t discuss the particulars of the case but offered general praise to special counsel Jack Smith and his team after being asked about accusations made by Trump and other Republicans that the Justice Department has been “weaponized.”
“As I said when I appointed Mr. Smith, I did so because it underscores the Justice Department’s commitment to both independence and accountability,” the attorney general said.…
The set armorer charged in relation to the shooting death on the set of “Rust” last year vehemently denied claims that she was hungover the day of the shooting, attorneys said in a filing Friday.
Prosecutors last week accused Hannah Gutierrez-Reed of being hungover on the day Alec Baldwin accidentally shot and killed a camerawoman on set during filming. Guttierez-Reed was responsible for ensuring that the firearm was safe to use.
Baldwin was initially charged with involuntary manslaughter for his role in the shooting, but those charges were dropped in April. Guttierez-Reed also faces involuntary manslaughter charges.
“Prosecutors have ‘doubled…
Albuquerque police I a well-known former attorney was fatally shot Monday at a home in the North Valley.
Gilbert Gallegos, an Albuquerque Police Department spokesman, said 45-year-old Colin Hunter died from his injuries on Tuesday.
Police responded after 5 am to a shooting in the 4600 block of Fifth NW, near Griegos. Gallegos said Hunter was shot by an “unknown offender” and the case is being investigated.
As an attorney, Hunter filed civil rights lawsuits, represented Cowboys for Trump and sued the City of Albuquerque over a controversial DWI vehicle seizure program.
Hunter also served as the vice chairman of…
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There was an odd moment of apparent legal one-up-manship on CNN during an interview regarding the representation of Donald Trump following his indictment.
One attorney for the former president, Tim Parlatore, publicly undermined the credibility of another Trump attorney, Joe Tacopina, who has been engaged in a media blitz this week following Mr Trump’s indictment for his role in the Stormy Daniels hush money case.
Since the interview aired on Friday, Rolling Stone has reported there…
This post originally appeared in Municipal Minute by Julie Tappendorf, Esq. of Ancel Glink and is reposted with permission.
We have written a number of posts on Municipal Minute discussing the US Supreme Court’s rulings in cases challenging municipal sign codes under the First Amendment. In 2015, we reported on the Court’s decision in Reed v. Gilbert that struck down the Town of Gilbert, Arizona’s temporary sign regulations. The Reed case had afterward been applied by a number of courts across the country in challenges to municipal sign regulations where sign companies and others made an argument that the challenged…