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The judge’s decision was stunning, but so were the allegations. After the 2014 murder trial of a New York man accused of killing his wife, the judge wrote that the defendant’s lawyer was so unprepared and inexperienced that he relied on Google for help with forensics and pulled questions directly from an Australian web page, “DNA for Defence Lawyers.”        On Oct. 6, 2022, the judge overturned the conviction of Ganesh Ramsaran, 48, and ordered a new trial, citing the defense… Source link

In her opening statement Tuesday, E. Jean Carroll’s lawyer Shawn Crowley tells the jury in former President Donald Trump’s second defamation trial that he “unleashed his followers to go after her” by continually denying her claim that he raped her in a department store changing room in the 1990s. Judge Lewis Kaplan tells prospective jurors “it has been determined already that Mr. Trump did sexually assault Ms. Carroll.” Here are the latest legal developments surrounding the… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]“It was beneath me”: Trump fumes at his own lawyer on Truth Social for giving him “not good advice”  Yahoo News Source link

As layoffs in the tech industry accelerate into the year-end, some workers and their families are having to scramble to find a job and remain in the U.S. More than 150,000 people have lost jobs in the industry so far as companies look to course correct after years of high growth and high costs. And a third of those job losses have come just within the last month, according to Layoffs, an online site that tracks tech layoffs. While job cuts usually entail workers brushing off their résumés in… Source link

In December 2021, Google filed a civil lawsuit against two Russian men thought to be responsible for operating Glupteba, one of the Internet’s largest and oldest botnets. The defendants, who initially pursued a strategy of counter suing Google for tortious interference in their sprawling cybercrime business, later brazenly offered to dismantle the botnet in exchange for payment from Google. The judge in the case was not amused, found for the plaintiff, and ordered the… Source link

REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Joe Faber joins Dialpad as general counsel Dialpad raised funds at a $2.2 billion valuation last year (Reuters) – Dialpad Inc has hired veteran Google attorney Joe Faber as its new top lawyer, the cloud communications platform said in a statement on Thursday. Faber, who has spent the past 15 years as senior counsel at Alphabet Inc’s Google, will lead San Francisco-based Dialpad’s legal and compliance teams as… Source link

The lawyer for 24 women who filed civil suits against Deshaun Watson held a media conference Thursday in which he criticized an arbitrator’s six-game suspension of the Cleveland Browns quarterback as a “kiss on the cheek,” then called on NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to “do the right thing” in an appeal that will determine Watson’s final punishment. In a wandering set of remarks that criticized the NFL’s investigation into Watson, Houston attorney Tony Buzbee expressed… Source link

The lawyer tasked with probing ex-NFL quarterback Brett Favre, former Governor Phil Bryant and others in a sprawling $94 million Mississippi welfare fraud scheme has been fired by the state. Brad Pigott, a former U.S. attorney leading the investigation for the Mississippi Department of Human Services, was informed of his termination by MDHS Director Bob Anderson on Friday. He told Mississippi Today that he wasn’t given cause for his dismissal but was told that it wasn’t related to the quality… Source link

Ricky Martin’s lawyer denies domestic violence allegations against the singer in a new statement. (Photo: Lionel Hahn/Getty Images) Ricky Martin’s lawyer is speaking out after domestic violence allegations against the singer. In early July, the Associated Press reported that a restraining order had been filed against Martin. At the time, the complainant’s identity was protected under the Domestic Abuse Prevention and Intervention Act. The documents stated the petitioner feared for his… Source link

Content warning: This post contains depictions of alleged sexual misconduct. Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson is still being investigated by the NFL after being accused of sexual misconduct by 23 women. With that investigation ongoing, Watson’s lawyer, Rusty Hardin, did a radio interview with Sports Radio 610 and explained why he believes Watson did not commit any crimes. Hardin signed off during the interview by attempting to explain why a “happy ending” was not a crime. His… Source link