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Trump lawyer Alina Habba makes, then backs off, ‘conflict’ allegation against E. Jean Carroll judge

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Former President Donald Trump’s attorney Alina Habba on Tuesday backed off of a conflict of interest claim against the judge who presided over the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial after Carroll’s attorney threatened to pursue sanctions. Habba on Monday filed a letter with the court citing a New York Post story that said US District Judge Lewis Kaplan and Carroll attorney Roberta Kaplan, who are not related, had worked at the major law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in the 1990s. An unidentified former partner at the firm, which employs around 1,000 lawyers, told the Post that Lewis…
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‘Will challenge it in High Court,’ says Muslim side lawyer on Gyanvapi verdict | Latest News India

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Reacting to Varanasi court’s order on Wednesday allowing Hindu devotees to offer prayers inside the ‘Vyas Ka Tekhana’ area inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex, Muslim side lawyer Akhlaq Ahmed said that they will approach the Allahabad High Court to challenge Varanasi Court’s decision. Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi.(HT File) Akhlaq Ahmed said, “We will approach the Allahabad High Court against the decision. The order has overlooked the Advocate Commissioner report of 2022, ASI’s report, and the decision of 1937, which was in our favour. Hindu side has not placed any evidence that prayers were held before 1993. There is no such…
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Judge to decide Fani Willis’s fate ‘in the next 2 weeks’ after hearing closing arguments at disqualification hearing

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At the conclusion of closing arguments in a hearing to decide whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be disqualified from prosecuting former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants, Judge Scott McAfee says he hopes to have a final decision in two weeks. At another high-stakes hearing in Florida, Judge Aileen Cannon voices skepticism on special counsel Jack Smith’s proposal to start Trump’s trial on July 8. Here are the latest developments in the legal cases facing the man hoping to be reelected to the White House. Georgia election interference Judge hears closing arguments on whether to disqualify Fani…
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Supreme Court Asks Lawyer To Apologize To Judges In Contempt Of Court Case

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A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud took up the petition filed by the lawyer. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday told a lawyer, who was sentenced to six months imprisonment after being held guilty of criminal contempt for making “scandalous, unwarranted and baseless imputations” against several sitting judges of the Delhi High Court and district courts in the national capital, to tender unconditional apology to the judges he had targeted. The Delhi High Court had on January 9 held the lawyer guilty of contempt of court and sentenced him to six months in jail, besides imposing a…
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E. Jean Carroll’s attorney says new suit possible after Trump’s recent attacks

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NEW YORK (AP) — An attorney for a longtime advice columnist who won an $83.3 million defamation award against Donald Trump suggested Monday that a new defamation lawsuit was possible against the ex-president after he resumed verbal attacks against her at a weekend rally. Attorney Roberta Kaplan, who represents 80-year-old writer E. Jean Carroll, noted in a statement that the statute of limitations for defamation in most jurisdictions ranges from one to three years. “As we said after the final jury verdict, we continued to monitor every statement that Donald Trump made about our client, E. Jean Carroll,” Kaplan said.…
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