Trump legal team tries again to block Georgia election interference grand jury probe The move is the latest tactic to delay ex-president’s legal proceedings The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2023
Court hears arguments over records related to Biden gift of Senate papers to University of Delaware The state Supreme Court is mulling whether the University of Delaware was justified in denying FOIA requests for records related to President Joe Biden’s senatorial papers The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2023
Telling Estranged Wife That She Is "Fat," "Lazy," and "Trailer Trash" Doesn't Justify Restraining Order From H.B. v. F.K., decided Monday by the California Court of Appeal (Superior Court Judge Ruth Ann Kwan, joined by Justices Victoria Chavez & Brian Hoffstadt): H.B. obtained a domestic violence restraining order (DVRO) against her estranged husband, appellant F.K., pursuant to the Domestic Violence Prevention Act (DVPA). The trial… Reason · May 24, 2023
Looking back at Tuesday’s elections Welcome to the Thursday, May 18, Brew. Ballotpedia · May 18, 2023
Lewd comments, Pelosi pictures and ‘systemic chauvinism’: Tucker Carlson producer alleges culture of misogyny at Fox News A female producer accused Fox News of trying to ‘silence’ her in the bombshell Dominion case. Her lawsuits argue that the latest moves join the network’s legacy of discrimination, Alex Woodward reports The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2023
Paul Flores receives maximum sentence for murdering Cal Poly student Kristin Smart SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — A Monterey County Superior Court judge on Friday sentenced Paul Flores to 25 years to life in state prison for killing California Polytechnic State University student Kristin Smart — the maximum sentence for first-degree murder. Tribune News Service · Mar 10, 2023
Convicted murderer Paul Flores will not get a new trial in Kristin Smart case, judge rules SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — The man convicted of murdering California Polytechnic State University student Kristin Smart will not get a second trial, a Monterey County Superior Court judge ruled Friday. Tribune News Service · Mar 10, 2023
Nipsey Hussle’s killer sentenced to 60 years to life in prison A superior court judge handed down the sentence to Eric R. Holder Jr., 33, who was found guilty of the 2019 first-degree murder of the 33-year-old Grammy-nominated hip-hop artist. Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 22, 2023
Fulton County DA says indictment decision in Trump probe may be ‘imminent’ ATLANTA — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis suggested Tuesday that a decision on whether to seek indictments is “imminent” following an eight-month special grand jury investigation into whether former President Donald Trump and his allies criminally meddled in Georgia’s 2020 elections. Tribune News Service · Jan 25, 2023
News organizations call for Fulton County special grand jury report to be made public ATLANTA — A broad coalition of news organizations is urging a Fulton County judge to make public a special purpose grand jury’s report on whether former President Donald Trump and his allies violated Georgia law after the 2020 election. Tribune News Service · Jan 24, 2023
How the Brian Walshe murder trial could play out There’s one piece of evidence that prosecutors can’t use in their case against Brian Walshe for the murder of his wife, Ana Walshe: her body. Boston Herald · Jan 21, 2023
Judge suspends Alex Jones lawyer for 6 months over disclosure of confidential Sandy Hook medical, psychiatric records HARTFORD, Conn. — In a sharply critical decision, a Superior Court judge has suspended Infowars broadcaster Alex Jones’ lawyer Norm Pattis from practicing law for six months for the “inexcusable” disclosure of thousands of protected medical and psychiatric records obtained from relatives of Sandy Hook shooting victims. Tribune News Service · Jan 6, 2023
Erika D. Smith: Megan Thee Stallion was right. But she's one of too many women who aren't believed Women are waiting — especially Black women. Los Angeles Times · Dec 28, 2022
Alex Jones files for bankruptcy, bringing all post-trial activity by Sandy Hook families to a halt; claims to have as much as $10 million in assets HARTFORD, Conn. — Infowars broadcaster and right wing provocateur Alex Jones filed for personal bankruptcy in Texas on Friday morning, creating a new obstacle for the relatives of Sandy Hook shooting victims trying to collect the nearly $1.5 billion they won in a suit against the conspiracy theorist for his… Tribune News Service · Dec 3, 2022
Tribune News Service · Dec 2, 2022 Alex Jones files for bankruptcy, bringing all post-trial activity by Sandy Hook families to a halt HARTFORD, Conn. — Infowars broadcaster and right-wing provocateur Alex Jones filed for personal bankruptcy in Texas on Friday morning, creating a new obstacle for the relatives of Sandy Hook shooting victims trying to collect the nearly $1.5 billion they won in a suit against the conspiracy theorist for his claims…
Tribune News Service · Dec 1, 2022 Defense lawyer and prosecutors at odds over disqualifying one another in Jennifer Farber Dulos murder case HARTFORD, Conn. — Michelle Troconis’ defense attorney, Jon Schoenhorn, and prosecutors argued again this week over their efforts to disqualify each other from her murder conspiracy case in a dispute over the handling of a contested letter.
Tribune News Service · Nov 19, 2022 State asks Georgia Supreme Court to allow enforcement of abortion law ATLANTA — Attorneys representing Gov. Brian Kemp on Friday asked the Georgia Supreme Court to reverse a Superior Court ruling released earlier this week that blocked enforcement of the state’s anti-abortion law.
Tribune News Service · Nov 17, 2022 Alex Jones’ lawyer Norm Pattis faces possible six-month discipline for disclosing confidential medical records of Sandy Hook parents The state judicial office that prosecutes lawyer misconduct wants attorney Norman Pattis suspended from the practice for six months for what appears to have been the inadvertent disclosure of confidential medical and psychiatric records of relatives of the Sandy Hook families who now have won $1.4 billion in damages from…
Ballotpedia · Oct 21, 2022 Union Station: Alaska Supreme Court hears arguments on whether Janus requires annual opt-ins for union membership The Alaska Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in a case where the state of Alaska claims that the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2018 ruling in Janus v. AFSCME requires annual opt-ins for union membership.
Ballotpedia · Oct 18, 2022 All candidates for Superior Court of San Diego County in California complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey Both of the candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Superior Court of San Diego County in California — Pete Murray and Peter Singer — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for…
Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 15, 2022 Mel Gibson Can Testify at Harvey Weinstein Trial, Judge Says Mel Gibson can testify about what he learned from one of Harvey Weinstein’s accusers, a judge ruled Friday in the rape and sexual assault trial of the former movie mogul. The 66-year-old actor and director was one of many witnesses, and by far the best known, whose identities were revealed…
Tribune News Service · Sep 28, 2022 Parents of a murdered Sandy Hook child describe decade of stalking and harassment. ‘It was targeted,’ a mom says HARTFORD, Conn. — The parents of one of the first graders murdered in the Sandy Hook school shootings described Tuesday how nearly a decade of harassment by followers of right wing broadcaster Alex Jones has shattered their sense of security and left them looking warily over their shoulders at strangers.
Los Angeles Times · Sep 17, 2022 Sheriff ordered to halt search of some computers linked to Supervisor Kuehl investigation LOS ANGELES — A Superior Court judge late Thursday ordered Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials to stop searching certain computers seized as part of sprawling raids tied to an investigation into County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and a domestic violence nonprofit.
Tribune News Service · Sep 1, 2022 Prosecutors formally seek death penalty in Georgia golf course triple slaying ATLANTA — Cobb County prosecutors on Wednesday formally declared their intent to seek the death penalty against the man accused of killing three people last year at a Kennesaw-area golf course.
Tribune News Service · Aug 25, 2022 Texas lawyer testifies disclosure of confidential Sandy Hook medical, psychiatric records was inadvertent The question of how secret medical records were improperly disclosed to lawyers of relatives of Sandy Hook victims involved in a Texas defamation suit was answered at a disciplinary hearing in Superior Court in Waterbury on Thursday: by accident.