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Milwaukee deputy city attorney may have done private legal work even while under…

Milwaukee deputy city attorney may have done private legal work even while under…

Listen to this article By Alison Dirr  [email protected] A deputy city attorney in Milwaukee City Attorney Tearman Spencer‘s office has continued appearing in court on behalf of his private law firm even as he was under scrutiny over allegations that he was performing private work on city time, Milwaukee’s inspector general said Monday. Inspector General Ronda Kohlheim told a Common …

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Ex-President’s Attorney May Ask For Mistrial After Arguing Over Law Clerk

Ex-President’s Attorney May Ask For Mistrial After Arguing Over Law Clerk

Topline Former President Donald Trump’s attorney Christopher Kise continued a heated argument Friday with the New York judge overseeing the ex-president’s ongoing civil fraud trial, with Kise suggesting he could try to have the case declared a mistrial over complaints about the judge’s law clerk—as the judge threatens to expand a gag order on Trump’s team. Former President Donald Trump …

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Attorney General says magistrate misapplied law in case of injured jogger

Attorney General says magistrate misapplied law in case of injured jogger

The attorney general’s office has appealed the case in which a driver accused of causing permanent injuries to a jogger was let off the hook because the charges were deemed time-barred by the court.  Matteo Grima spent two weeks in a coma and was left with permanent injuries after he was hit by car driven by Raymond Camilleri in Triq …

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Dozens of former clients claim Tampa attorney stole thousands after shutting dow…

Dozens of former clients claim Tampa attorney stole thousands after shutting dow…

Attorney shuts down firm, no refunds for clients Aaron Mesmer reports. TAMPA, Fla. – A Tampa attorney who recently closed his business continued to come under fire Monday from former clients who said he took thousands of dollars from them and won’t refund their money. Croce is the latest former client of Dennis Szafran to contact FOX 13 about her …

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Attorney General Moody Fights Ruling on Lobbying Restriction

Attorney General Moody Fights Ruling on Lobbying Restriction

Pointing to securing the “public trust,” Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office has asked a federal appeals court to overturn a decision that blocked part of a 2018 state constitutional amendment imposing new restrictions on lobbying. U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom this summer issued a permanent injunction against a restriction on state and local officials lobbying other government bodies while in …

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Let’s look at the timeline of Attorney General Ken Paxton’s legal troubles

Let’s look at the timeline of Attorney General Ken Paxton’s legal troubles

Timeline: Ken Paxton’s legal troubles Timeline: Ken Paxton’s legal troubles 02:35 NORTH TEXAS (CBSNewsTexas.com) – Less than two months after he was acquitted of wrongdoing in his impeachment trial, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will be in a Houston courtroom for a hearing in a long-delayed criminal case.  Paxton faces charges for securities fraud. It’s a case that goes back …

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San Diego Small business owners say attorney is misusing California law to file …

San Diego Small business owners say attorney is misusing California law to file …

Legal filings claim violations of the Immigration Consultant Act but don’t list specific examples More than a dozen San Diego County small business owners say they’ve done nothing wrong. They say they’ve dedicated their careers to helping immigrants achieve the American dream. And yet they, and hundreds of their colleagues throughout Southern California, argue they’re facing malicious lawsuits designed for …

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Where Is Trump’s Former Attorney Today?

Where Is Trump’s Former Attorney Today?

Photo: Intelligencer; Photo: Getty Images In July 2019, Rudy Giuliani called me to dispute an Intelligencer piece that said he’d cursed during an appearance on Fox & Friends. The president’s personal lawyer insisted that he’d caught himself, merely uttering “bullsh—.” Giuliani shrugged off the piece’s generally disparaging tone as “mostly opinion,” but remarked: “You guys seem to think I’m doing …

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