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Hunter Biden's sister-in-law testified on Thursday that she found his gun and threw it away out of fear of his spiraling addiction, potentially bolstering prosecutors' case that President Joe Biden's son broke a law barring illegal drug users from owning firearms.
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Trump prosecutors urge judge to keep gag order in place through sentencing
Legal ·The prosecutors who won last week's historic conviction of Donald Trump on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star on Wednesday urged a judge to keep a gag order in place at least through the former U.S. president's July 11 sentencing.
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Trump blasts his trial judges. Then his fans call for violence.When Donald Trump attacks the integrity of judges hearing cases against him, his followers often respond with posts urging that the jurists be beaten, tortured and killed.
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— Attorneys general from 21 states said the ABA's law school diversity rule runs afoul of a SCOTUS decision striking down affirmative action.
— A Brown Rudnick attorney cannot raise his hourly rate by 50% while in the middle of a bankruptcy case, a federal judge said.
— Law professor Tara Allen will become the new federal public defender for three New England states.
Trump ally Bannon ordered to report to prison for defying Jan. 6 probe
Criminal ·Steve Bannon, a former top adviser to Donald Trump, must report to prison by July 1 to serve a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress, a federal judge said on Thursday.
21 states say ABA's law school diversity rule runs afoul of U.S. Supreme Court decision
Diversity ·Attorneys general from 21 states say the American Bar Association's accreditation arm should change its standards on diversity for law schools in light of a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down race-conscious college and university admissions policies.
US sets stage for antitrust probes into Microsoft, OpenAI and Nvidia
Technology ·The U.S. Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission have reached a deal that clears the way for potential antitrust investigations into the dominant roles that Microsoft , OpenAI and Nvidia play in the artificial intelligence industry, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Crypto exchange Binance seeks to slash size of $13 bln UK lawsuit
Future of Money ·Crypto exchange Binance on Wednesday sought to throw out the vast majority of a London lawsuit worth up to 10 billion pounds ($12.8 billion) over claims it and other exchanges colluded to "delist" the Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (BSV) cryptocurrency.
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