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The judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal trial on Friday urged prosecutors to tell the former U.S. president's estranged former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen to stop making public statements about the case before his expected testimony next week.
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Trump Trial: Stormy Daniels ended two days of lurid testimony
World ·Stormy Daniels retook the witness stand on Thursday at Donald Trump's criminal trial where the former U.S. president's defense lawyer pressed the adult film star about why she sought money to tell her story of their 2006 sexual encounter.
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— President Joe Biden unveiled a new slate of four judicial nominees, including to the 11th Circuit.
— Law firms kicked off 2024 with strong demand and profits, new financial data shows.
— The former chief financial officer of leading New Jersey-based law firm McElroy pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $1.5 million from the firm.
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Judges in Trump-related cases face unprecedented wave of threats
Texas top court rules mother can't collect damages over unwanted pregnancy
Personal Injury ·Texas' highest court on Friday limited women's ability to obtain monetary damages from medical providers whose alleged negligence led them to have unwanted pregnancies, ruling that state law does not treat the birth of a healthy child as an injury for which a parent must be compensated.
Bar exam alternatives, long out of favor with ABA, make inroads
Government ·The American Bar Association’s legal education arm may soon endorse lawyer licensing pathways that don’t involve passing the bar exam, potentially softening a pro-bar exam stance the organization has held for more than a century.
Oklahoma attorney general fires legal team after judge blocks anti-ESG law
Sustainability ·Oklahoma's attorney general said he is firing the outside legal team hired to defend a state law prohibiting state pension systems from contracting with companies that limit investment in the oil and gas industry, days after a judge temporarily blocked the statute's enforcement.
Settlement leaves Pratt & Whitney as final defendant in 'no poach' case
Antitrust ·Aerospace and defense giant RTX's Pratt & Whitney unit is now the last defendant in a potentially high-stakes lawsuit over an alleged conspiracy to restrict hiring and recruitment, after a global engineering services firm inked a settlement with the plaintiffs.
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Private equity in health care: three takeaways going forward
China's revised and more stringent state secrets law takes effect