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Court Can’t Stop Trump Ballroom Construction, Government Lawyer Tells Judge

Court Can’t Stop Trump Ballroom Construction, Government Lawyer Tells Judge

Published by Sam Flores

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers representing the federal government argued Friday that a court could not stop construction of a White House ballroom because it was already underway and because of the sensitive security concerns they say the structure is meant to address. Attorney Yaakov Roth, speaking during an exchange with U.S. Appeals Court Judge Patricia Millett, said only Congress could halt the $400 million project. The administration has been asking the court to allow it to press on with the ballroom without congressional approval. At issue is an April 16 order from U.S. District Judge Richard Leon for Trump’s Republican administration to halt aboveground work on the 90,000-square-foot (8,400-square-meter) ballroom. Leon, who was nominated to the bench by Republican President George W. Bush, allowed for construction to continue on belowground work on a bunker and other “national security facilities” at the site. The hearing Friday centered on who has standing to challenge government steps once they have already been taken and whether that standing overrides national security. In response to hypothetical scenarios put forward by …

British ‘mafia boss’ Steven Lyons kidnapped by law enforcement, lawyer claims, after capture in Bali and deportation to Amsterdam | UK News

British ‘mafia boss’ Steven Lyons kidnapped by law enforcement, lawyer claims, after capture in Bali and deportation to Amsterdam | UK News

Published by Sam Flores

Lawyers for one of Europe’s top “mafia bosses” have accused law enforcement of “kidnapping” the fugitive as part of an international underworld extradition saga. Steven Lyons, the alleged head of the infamous Lyon crime clan based in Scotland, is accused of running a global criminal empire involving money laundering, drug trafficking and shifting millions through shell companies. He attended an extradition hearing in Amsterdam on Thursday after being deported from Indonesia under a European Arrest Warrant issued by Spanish authorities. Extraordinary pictures from Bali captured Lyons, who they branded a “mafia fugitive”, being paraded by Indonesian authorities in an orange prison suit and handcuffs. Spain has no extradition treaty with Indonesia meaning he was sent to the Netherlands as part of the process. Today’s hearing, which was filmed by Sky News, marks a critical turning point in a years-long international investigation into what police claim is a multi-million-euro empire operating across Europe and the Middle East. What happened in court? While the Amsterdam proceedings focused solely on whether Lyons can legally be handed over to …

Why Is Patagonia Suing a Drag Queen? A Lawyer Explains

Why Is Patagonia Suing a Drag Queen? A Lawyer Explains

Published by Jenni Sidey

If you needed any further proof that late-stage capitalism will eventually ruin everything you love, this week’s internet feud between Patagonia and a drag queen named Pattie Gonia should more than suffice. Patagonia, as anyone who has ever ordered a flat white or visited Colorado knows, is a beloved outdoor clothing brand whose colorful fleeces are coveted by everyone from boomers and tech bros to gorpcore-loving hypebeasts. Pattie Gonia, meanwhile, is the drag persona of Wyn Wiley, an Oregon-based performer, environmental activist, and the host of Save Her!, a climate-themed drag show currently touring the US. A tree-hugging drag artist and a granola-coded fashion brand would seem like unlikely foes, but thanks to a recent lawsuit—and the social media drama it has ignited—they’re now locked in an escalating legal battle. (Both Patagonia and Pattie Gonia declined to be interviewed for this story.) The public feud kicked off last week when Pattie Gonia posted a video explaining how, despite her best efforts to avoid it, Patagonia was suing her for copyright infringement. She entreated the company …

Teny Geragos Is Ready for the Post-MeToo Era

Teny Geragos Is Ready for the Post-MeToo Era

Published by Sam Flores

Well, what I opened on is that there wasn’t going to be one overall incentive for all of them, and I still don’t—you don’t see, like, one overarching incentive. Money is always an incentive for people, and jurors take a really hard look at that. In the Alexander trial, the vast majority were allowed to testify under full pseudonyms. So they were allowed to come in under a name that wasn’t their own and swear on an oath.… To me, it was such an erosion of the presumption of innocence and an erosion of our process. One of Weinstein’s previous attorneys during his first trial in 2020 was Donna Rotunno. When Vanity Fair ran a profile of her tied to the trial, the headline was “Who Would Defend Harvey Weinstein?” Now it’s like, lots of people. That’s amazing. She was also on the cover of Chicago magazine as “the anti–Gloria Allred.” I love that. Why? I think—as the anti–Gloria Allred—in many ways what she has done is incredible for women; I have to put that …

You Should Never Answer The Salary Expectation Question, According To A Lawyer

You Should Never Answer The Salary Expectation Question, According To A Lawyer

Published by Jenni Sidey

So many people are scrambling to find jobs that getting an interview can feel like a windfall. However, with an oversaturated market, actually landing a job that reflects your worth takes strategy. Criminal defense attorney Jeremy Rosenthal shares insights on TikTok into not only succeeding in the legal world but also in the job market as a whole. If there’s one strategy he stands firm on, it’s that there is one interview question that you should never answer, and it’s all about salary. You should never answer the salary expectation question in a job interview, according to a lawyer. When an interviewer asks something along the lines of, “What dollar amount do you expect to receive upon employment?” Rosenthal was adamant that you should not answer. As he explained it, asking this question lets him, as an interviewer, learn a lot about you as an applicant, including how you navigate the professional world, how much research you’ve done on the company and the position, and how much you value yourself as an individual.  He went …

Media lawyer Louis Charalambous says media standards have improved

Media lawyer Louis Charalambous says media standards have improved

Published by Sam Flores

Louis Charalambous. Picture: Submitted A media lawyer who represented some of the most high-profile victims of tabloid wrongdoing said journalism standards are much higher today. Speaking to Press Gazette’s Future of Media Explained podcast, Louis Charalambous said the idea that publishers can act with impunity is very far from the truth given the high cost today of defending legal claims. In 2008 he won some £600,000 in damages for Robert Murat over groundless reports in a number of newspapers suggesting he was involved in the disappearance in of Madeleine McCann. And in 2011, Charalambous secured “substantial” libel damages from eight newspapers over stories that wrongly implicated retired schoolteacher Chris Jefferies in the murder of of Joanna Yeates. In the case of Murat a reporter speculated that it was strange that he, a nearby resident, was hanging around the crime scene (he was in fact assisting the McCanns with translation services). Jefferies was apparently targeted largely because of his “posh voice and unusual hair”. In more recent years Charalambous has acted for publishers, representing The Sun …

Madison Square Garden Bans Lawyer Representing New York Cop Injured at a Boxing Match

Madison Square Garden Bans Lawyer Representing New York Cop Injured at a Boxing Match

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His client is a New York cop who was injured during a private security gig at Madison Square Garden. He sued the Garden on behalf of the cop. Now John Scola, a lawyer well known for representing local police officers, is banned from the high-profile arena and several others owned by the famously controlling James Dolan. For years, Dolan openly excluded entire law firms from his venues if a single attorney was in any sort of legal dispute with the Garden; those bans would then be enforced by Dolan’s increasingly sophisticated facial recognition system. What wasn’t entirely clear was whether Madison Square Garden was continuing to grow its legal blacklist. A letter to Scola, dated April 30 and reviewed by WIRED, suggested this practice continues. “Any tickets to MSG Venues,” the letter reads, “are hereby revoked.” The ban also highlights the fissures in the multilayered relationship between New York City’s public servants and its most iconic arena. As WIRED reported last month, MSG security functionally acted as a second, unsanctioned surveillance force in midtown Manhattan—without …

Top Treasury lawyer resigns as Trump, IRS settlement announced

Top Treasury lawyer resigns as Trump, IRS settlement announced

Published by Sam Flores

The Treasury Department’s chief legal officer resigned Monday following the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) launch of a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” that could provide payouts for rioters convicted in connection to Jan. 6, 2021, and others who claim they were wrongfully targeted under the Biden administration.  President Trump nominated Brian Morrissey to be the department’s… Source link

This new Claude skill saves you from bad contracts – and costs less than a lawyer

This new Claude skill saves you from bad contracts – and costs less than a lawyer

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David Gewirtz / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Claude’s SMB tools include 31 skills. The contract review skill is the standout. Connectors are useful, but permissions are a concern. This week, Anthropic announced Claude for Small Business, a library of small business-related connectors and skills for Claude Cowork. That’s interesting enough, I guess, in that every platform vendor benefits from offering some sample solutions. Also: How to actually use AI in a small business: 10 lessons from the trenches But while digging around in the new offerings, I found a tool that’s off-the-charts powerful and absolutely worth your attention. Lawyer in a box I’ll tell you more about my testing of Claude for Small Business later in this article. But for now, I want to show you the new skill, /review-contract, and what it can do, ‘cuz it’s amaaazing. Lina Ochman, Anthropic head of US SMB and product-led growth GTM, told ZDNET, “Small businesses deserve the same access to AI that any Fortune 500 company gets. …

DOJ Sues DC Bar Over Its Prosecution Of Former Trump Lawyer, Calls It “Partisan Arm Of Leftist Causes”

DOJ Sues DC Bar Over Its Prosecution Of Former Trump Lawyer, Calls It “Partisan Arm Of Leftist Causes”

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a complaint on May 13 against the D.C. Bar, alleging it has acted as a “partisan arm of leftist causes.” The U.S. Department of Justice in Washington on April 27, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times According to the DOJ, the agency seeks to advance President Donald Trump’s directives to end the weaponization of the federal government while nullifying the D.C. Bar’s prosecution of former Assistant Attorney General Jeff Clark. D.C. Disciplinary Counsel Hamilton P. Fox III, the D.C. Office of Disciplinary Counsel, the D.C. Court of Appeals, the District of Columbia itself, the D.C. Bar, and others are named as defendants and accused of unlawfully prosecuting Clark based on his internal deliberations of potential fraud in the 2020 presidential election. The Epoch Times reached out to the D.C. Bar for comment and was referred to the D.C. Board on Professional Responsibility, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Clark wrote a draft letter for his litigation …