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...During his opening argument, assistant district attorney Matthew Colangelo described the “catch and kill” plot allegedly orchestrated by Trump and his inner circle to “conceal his and others’ criminal conduct...
...On Friday, Trump said it was “very unfair” for his trial to take place in such a Democratic district, adding that he would “absolutely” testify in his own defence....
...Whatever the legal merits of the case that Alvin Bragg, Manhattan’s district attorney, has brought, nobody could accuse him of lacking courage....
...Complex cases also defined Smith’s earlier career at the US attorney’s office for the Eastern District of New York....
...edward.luce@ft.com...
...Two attorneys who appear regularly at the federal court in the Southern District of New York, where the lawsuits were filed, said the plaintiffs were also lucky to have had their cases assigned to Rakoff...
...Recommended reading My column this week warns Manhattan’s district attorney against indicting Trump on a relatively trifling charge....
...But Democrats supported the decision by the Manhattan district attorney and argued Trump must answer to the law like any other citizen....
...The news of the grand jury’s vote upended recent speculation that Alvin Bragg, a first-term Manhattan district attorney, might be wobbling in his commitment to a divisive case launched four years ago by...
...Opening statements had been expected to begin on Tuesday, but US District Judge Edward Chen in San Francisco acknowledged jury selection had taken longer than anticipated as both sides in the case debated...
...Prior to opening statements on Wednesday, US district judge Edward Chen scolded the legal teams for excessive and lengthy late-night filings and objections....
...District judge Edward Davila handed down the 155-month sentence in a San Jose, California, court on Wednesday afternoon....
...Chesa Boudin, San Francisco’s district attorney, was thrown out of office last week for declining to prosecute repeat offenders....
...Opinion: Whatever the final tally, writes Edward Luce, Biden has avoided the shellacking that befell both Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, his Democratic predecessors....
...The move by Joan Illuzzi-Orbon from the Manhattan district attorney’s office to Perry Guha earlier this month has angered lawyers representing Black’s accusers....
...It would allow consumers to sue airlines, it would allow attorneys generals to sue airlines. It would give compensation to travellers....
...This eight-part series looks at what happened when a noted civil rights lawyer became the surprise new district attorney of the “most incarcerated” big city in the US....
...The favoured venue so far has been the Western District of North Carolina — a federal district jurisdiction which sets a very high bar for creditors to dismiss a Chapter 11 filing....
...for the eastern district of New York....
...Today it would be “it’s the culture, idiot,” writes Edward Luce....
...edward.luce@ft.com Letter in response to this column: Republicans risk being a permanent minority party / From Steven E Cerier, New York, NY, US...
...The District of Columbia’s attorney-general has accused Mr Trump’s team of having directed a large chunk of the $107m it raised for the event to pay inflated prices at the Trump International Hotel and other...
...Karl Racine, the attorney-general for the District of Columbia, on Tuesday accused the company of charging third-party merchants fees of as much as 40 per cent of a product’s price to sell through its website...
...attorney, in tandem with New York state attorney-general Letitia James....
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