Blake Lively has been awarded less than $410,000 (£320,000) in legal costs from Justin Baldoni.
The actor had requested $8.04 million (£6.07 million) following their It Ends with Us legal battle. A judge dubbed her request an "outrageously unreasonable demand".
In June, the Gossip Girl star filed a request to a federal judge asking that she be awarded the millions in legal fees and litigation costs following the dismissal of the defamation-related lawsuit brought against her by her It Ends with Us co-star and his production company, Wayfarer Studios.
Lively's lawyers argued that the work involved in defending the lawsuit was "comprehensive and necessary to achieve the complete win that was secured", adding that The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants star "has paid, and continues to pay" her legal bills.
Baldoni's lawyer, Bryan Freedman, noted at the time, "Lively's fee request is so over-inclusive that it sweeps in fees for researching her own liability for perjury arising from her California CRD claim and her Rule 11 motion for which the Court has already denied fees," TMZ reported.
Baldoni and his wife, Emily Baldoni, addressed the bitter legal battle in a video posted to social media soon after.

#baldoni #request #star #ends

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Justin Baldoni must pay Blake Lively a little more than $400,000 of the $8 million she sought for attorneys' fees, according to The **** ociated Press. The judgment follows the settlement Baldoni and Lively reached following lawsuits related to Baldoni's alleged misconduct on the set of It Ends With Us.
She is now to receive $363,245.40 in lawyers' fees and $44,206.35 in costs. Her lawyers previously requested $7,495,526.87 in fees and and $539,514.01 in costs and expenses.
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#baldoni #ends #settlement #lawyers

By Mike Scarcella
WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google on Tuesday expanded its Gemini Enterprise artificial intelligence platform with new tools for lawyers and law firms, accelerating a race among technology companies to meet legal ‌sector demand for AI.
The company said its Gemini Enterprise for Legal would help law firms use AI to ‌manage routine and complex work to allow lawyers to focus on higher-value services, while keeping their data secure and confidential.
The new plug-in for Gemini Enterprise includes integration with legal software and data platforms and a stable of AI agents that Google said can handle specialized legal and administrative functions without significant human oversight.
Alphabet launched Gemini Enterprise for business customers in October, in a bid to attract more corporate clients with its AI offerings. Google Cloud has become one of Alphabet's fastest-growing businesses.

#Legal #lawyers #firms #mike

By Mike Scarcella
WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google on Tuesday expanded its Gemini Enterprise artificial intelligence platform with new tools for lawyers and law firms, accelerating a race among technology companies to meet legal ‌sector demand for AI.
The company said its Gemini Enterprise for Legal would help law firms use AI to ‌manage routine and complex work to allow lawyers to focus on higher-value services, while keeping their data secure and confidential.
The new plug-in for Gemini Enterprise includes integration with legal software and data platforms and a stable of AI agents that Google said can handle specialized legal and administrative functions without significant human oversight.
Alphabet launched Gemini Enterprise for business customers in October, in a bid to attract more corporate clients with its AI offerings. Google Cloud has become one of Alphabet's fastest-growing businesses.

#lawyers #firms #data

This time every preseason, I'm struck by a generous spirit, and I dole out gifts to college football luminaries. Consider it my way of offering a pre-kickoff pick-me-up, following an offseason during which it seems the only winners are lawyers and their billable hours.
They say it's better to give than to receive. I wouldn't know. ******* ody on this list ever gifted me anything other than column fodder. Perhaps, that's the greatest gift of all.
As a pat on the back for all of my generosity, I saved the final goodie for myself.
Who's too high, too low? USA TODAY Sports' Top 100 College Football Players for 2026
Here's my gift list:

#Football #today #players

WASHINGTON – Justice Department lawyers argued that without President Donald Trump's support for renovating the Kennedy Center – including putting his name on the building and grounds – the "decrepit, dilapidated, crumbling" venue "cannot be saved."
Congress has approved $257 million for the project. But government lawyers argued that without Trump's additional fundraising aiming for more than $100 million, the work can't be completed.
The lawyers said a board member fighting the placement of his name on the building, Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, should prefer that to having the building destroyed.
"The crisis is so acute that, without the Trump Administration, its people, and President Trump, the Center cannot survive, either structurally or financially," government lawyers said in a filing Aug. 25. "The bottom line is this: Even Beatty should prefer a healthy, restored Center to a decaying hulk that is doomed to inevitable destruction or collapse."

#building #president #argued #cannot

Aoris Investment Management, a specialist international equity manager, released its Q2 2026 investor letter for "Aoris International Fund". A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The fund invests in high-quality, wealth-generating businesses managed by prudent and capable teams, targeting an annual return of 8–12% after fees over a 5–7-year market cycle. During the June quarter, international equity markets, as represented by the MSCI AC World Accumulation Index ex Australia, returned 13.8% in AUD terms. In local currencies, the return 15.1%. The Portfolio's Class A (Unhedged) returned 5.7% after fees, underperforming its benchmark by 8.1%, while the Class C (Hedged) gained 6.7%, 8.4% less than its benchmark. The June quarter continued to reflect an unusual year, marked by significant share price increases among AI infrastructure companies, particularly semiconductor producers and data center suppliers. Economic sectors like banks and commodity producers saw gains, but the firm chose not to invest due to their cyclicality and low growth prospects. Conversely, concerns about enterprise software and data companies, challenged by AI, negatively impacted performance. The letter outlined potential incremental opportunities for portfolio companies through AI. Additionally, reviewing the Fund's top five holdings could help identify its best picks for 2026.
In its Q2 2026 investor letter, Aoris Investment Management highlighted RELX PLC (NYSE:RELX). RELX PLC (NYSE:RELX) is a British-based information ****** ytics and decision solutions provider for professional and business customers. On August 21, 2026, RELX PLC (NYSE:RELX) stock closed at $35.91 per share. One-month return of RELX PLC (NYSE:RELX) was 0.73%, and its shares lost 24.86% over the past 52 weeks. RELX PLC (NYSE:RELX) has a market capitalization of $62.03 billion.
Aoris Investment Management stated the following regarding RELX PLC (NYSE:RELX) in its Q2 2026 investor letter:
"RELX PLC (NYSE:RELX) provides data, ****** ytics and decision-making tools for professional users in the science, academia, legal, risk and insurance industries. One-third of its revenue comes from scientific content and research tools, one-third comes from risk management solutions like identity verification and anti-money laundering, 20% comes from content and tools for the legal industry, and 10% comes from running trade exhibitions.
RELX owns and curates large bodies of proprietary and authoritative content, which has become more valuable as the internet is largely exhausted as a training resource for AI models. Legal work is especially well-suited to generative AI because it's language-intensive, but also an area where accuracy matters. RELX's AI products help lawyers research, draft and conduct due diligence faster, while remaining anchored to trusted legal content. Just two and a half years after launch, around half of its legal customers have subscribed to its premium AI offering. AI is also making frau

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Six people who were deported by the United States to Liberia last week resisted getting off the plane and instead were sent to Equatorial Guinea, another ‌African nation that signed a third-country deportation agreement with the Trump administration, a person on the plane and a lawyer in contact with the six said Monday.
Under a series of often secret agreements, the Trump administration has deported thousands of people to two dozen countries that aren't their own as it pushes ahead with its immigration crackdown, advocates say. Immigration lawyers say the practice is being used as a legal loophole to indirectly return some asylum seekers to countries they fled.
The group who refused to get off the plane in Liberia on Thursday include four Cuban men, a Brazilian man and a Cameroonian woman, the person and lawyer said.
A Honduran deportee aboard the flight said the group refused to disembark, saying Liberia was "not their country" and that they would face danger there. They were then separated from the others, he said. He spoke on condition of anonymity out of fear of reprisals.
He said the other passengers got off in Liberia because they feared officers would force them.

#Trump #lawyer

Aoris Investment Management, a specialist international equity manager, released its Q2 2026 investor letter for "Aoris International Fund". A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The fund invests in high-quality, wealth-generating businesses managed by prudent and capable teams, targeting an annual return of 8–12% after fees over a 5–7-year market cycle. During the June quarter, international equity markets, as represented by the MSCI AC World Accumulation Index ex Australia, returned 13.8% in AUD terms. In local currencies, the return 15.1%. The Portfolio's Class A (Unhedged) returned 5.7% after fees, underperforming its benchmark by 8.1%, while the Class C (Hedged) gained 6.7%, 8.4% less than its benchmark. The June quarter continued to reflect an unusual year, marked by significant share price increases among AI infrastructure companies, particularly semiconductor producers and data center suppliers. Economic sectors like banks and commodity producers saw gains, but the firm chose not to invest due to their cyclicality and low growth prospects. Conversely, concerns about enterprise software and data companies, challenged by AI, negatively impacted performance. The letter outlined potential incremental opportunities for portfolio companies through AI. Additionally, reviewing the Fund's top five holdings could help identify its best picks for 2026.
In its Q2 2026 investor letter, Aoris Investment Management highlighted RELX PLC (NYSE:RELX). RELX PLC (NYSE:RELX) is a British-based information ****** ytics and decision solutions provider for professional and business customers. On August 21, 2026, RELX PLC (NYSE:RELX) stock closed at $35.91 per share. One-month return of RELX PLC (NYSE:RELX) was 0.73%, and its shares lost 24.86% over the past 52 weeks. RELX PLC (NYSE:RELX) has a market capitalization of $62.03 billion.
Aoris Investment Management stated the following regarding RELX PLC (NYSE:RELX) in its Q2 2026 investor letter:
"RELX PLC (NYSE:RELX) provides data, ****** ytics and decision-making tools for professional users in the science, academia, legal, risk and insurance industries. One-third of its revenue comes from scientific content and research tools, one-third comes from risk management solutions like identity verification and anti-money laundering, 20% comes from content and tools for the legal industry, and 10% comes from running trade exhibitions.
RELX owns and curates large bodies of proprietary and authoritative content, which has become more valuable as the internet is largely exhausted as a training resource for AI models. Legal work is especially well-suited to generative AI because it's language-intensive, but also an area where accuracy matters. RELX's AI products help lawyers research, draft and conduct due diligence faster, while remaining anchored to trusted legal content. Just two and a half years after launch, around half of its legal customers have subscribed to its premium AI offering. AI is also making frau

Aug 22 (Reuters) - Paramount and California state officials are set to meet on Monday to ‌discuss a potential settlement path of the ‌state's lawsuit aimed at stopping Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, the New York Times reported on Saturday citing sources familiar with the discussions. Here's what to know:
• The talks are preliminary, and there is no ‌assurance that they ⁠will lead to meaningful negotiations toward a settlement, the report said, adding that ⁠Paramount requested the meeting.
• Reuters couldn't immediately verify the report. Paramount didn't immediately respond to a request for comment outside regular business hours.
• The meeting, which will ‌include senior executives and lawyers from each side, has been in the works for a little over a week, NYT added, citing one of the people.
• Last month, California and 11 states sued ‌to block Paramount's $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, alleging the deal would lessen competition in film distribution and ‌cable television, harming theaters and pay TV distributors.

#reuters #report

Aug 22 (Reuters) - Paramount and California state officials are set to meet on Monday to ‌discuss a potential settlement path of the ‌state's lawsuit aimed at stopping Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, the New York Times reported on Saturday citing sources familiar with the discussions. Here's what to know:
• The talks are preliminary, and there is no ‌assurance that they ⁠will lead to meaningful negotiations toward a settlement, the report said, adding that ⁠Paramount requested the meeting.
• Reuters couldn't immediately verify the report. Paramount didn't immediately respond to a request for comment outside regular business hours.
• The meeting, which will ‌include senior executives and lawyers from each side, has been in the works for a little over a week, NYT added, citing one of the people.
• Last month, California and 11 states sued ‌to block Paramount's $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, alleging the deal would lessen competition in film distribution and ‌cable television, harming theaters and pay TV distributors.

#california #bros #discovery #citing

(Corrects Aug 20 story in paragraph 5 to remove erroneous reference to Julius Baer)
By Summer Zhen, Selena Li and Xinghui Kok
HONG KONG/SINGAPORE, Aug 20 (Reuters) - A growing campaign to tax offshore wealth is forcing wealthy Chinese people to rethink their trust structures and investment holdings, lawyers and advisers say, as Beijing sharpens its focus on capital outflows and rule enforcement amid growing fiscal strains.
In late July, ‌authorities overhauled rules to impose a 20% income tax on offshore trusts, while tax offices in major cities like Beijing and Hangzhou have started to enforce taxation on returns from offshore insurance policies.
Those measures have ‌triggered a scramble among some wealthy individuals to ***** s their liabilities, raise cash to meet them and revamp investment holdings. They have also fuelled concern that Beijing may widen its tax crackdown and scrutiny of offshore wealth.

#wealth #wealthy #investment

NEW YORK, Aug 19 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday revived an investor lawsuit over the 2023 collapse of Signature Bank, saying the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) ‌seizure of the lender did not take away shareholders' right to sue.
In a 3-0 vote, ‌the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan rejected the FDIC's argument that a 1989 law adopted in the wake of that decade's savings-and-loan crisis gave the regulator sole power to pursue securities fraud claims after becoming the receiver of a failed bank.
The decision is a victory for shareholders led by the Swedish pension fund Sjunde AP-Fonden, which accused seven former Signature executives and directors and Signature's former auditor, KPMG, of misrepresenting ‌the bank's liquidity risks and risk ⁠management, inflating its share price. Their proposed class action sought compensation for their losses.
The FDIC declined to comment. Lawyers for the shareholders did not immediately respond ⁠to requests for comment.
Regulators closed Signature on March 12, 2023, after worried customers withdrew several billion dollars, or about 20% of its deposits following the collapse of the larger Silicon Valley Bank two days earlier.

#signature #bank #york

NEW YORK, Aug 19 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday revived an investor lawsuit over the 2023 collapse of Signature Bank, saying the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) ‌seizure of the lender did not take away shareholders' right to sue.
In a 3-0 vote, ‌the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan rejected the FDIC's argument that a 1989 law adopted in the wake of that decade's savings-and-loan crisis gave the regulator sole power to pursue securities fraud claims after becoming the receiver of a failed bank.
The decision is a victory for shareholders led by the Swedish pension fund Sjunde AP-Fonden, which accused seven former Signature executives and directors and Signature's former auditor, KPMG, of misrepresenting ‌the bank's liquidity risks and risk ⁠management, inflating its share price. Their proposed class action sought compensation for their losses.
The FDIC declined to comment. Lawyers for the shareholders did not immediately respond ⁠to requests for comment.
Regulators closed Signature on March 12, 2023, after worried customers withdrew several billion dollars, or about 20% of its deposits following the collapse of the larger Silicon Valley Bank two days earlier.

#shareholders #fdic #appeals #comment

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Kennedy Center has told a federal court that it would not attempt to return President Donald Trump's name to the building's facade before at least Sept. 8 as another legal battle over the performing arts venue's future takes shape.
In a status report filed late Tuesday, opponents of the move said members of the Kennedy Center's Trump-aligned board "seem intent" on defying an earlier court order requiring the Republican president's name to be removed from the building. The Kennedy Center said it would not move forward with the plans until after Labor Day "at the earliest" to allow time for legal arguments.
Lawyers for Rep. Joyce Beatty, an Ohio Democrat who is an ex officio member of the board, pressed U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper for an earlier ruling, arguing there is "every reason to believe that Defendants will attempt to effectuate some or part of this latest unlawful resolution at the earliest opportunity after September 8."
A board meeting this month that was expected to largely focus on options to close the Kennedy Center for renovations instead transformed into another push to attach Trump's name to the building, part of a broader move by the president and his supporters to leave a physical mark on the nation's capital.
The board passed a resolution to name the plaza in front of the building after Trump and add his name to the venue's facade so it would read "The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Restored and Renovated By President Donald J. Trump." In the filing, Beatty said the board also agreed to add an additional reference to the president if the Trump Kennedy Center Fund reached $100 million.

#board #building #donald

The lawsuit filed by Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores against the NFL and various teams has finally moved forward (as to several of the pending claims) to the discovery process. Which gives Flores's lawyers a certain degree of latitude to seek information that could help prove one or more of his claims.
As noted by Daniel Kaplan, Flores has asked the NFL to produce documents relating to the Jon Gruden and Colin Kaepernick cases. The NFL is resisting.
"Requests concerning Colin Kaepernick and Jon Gruden, along with other requests raised by Flores at the August 14 conference, are likewise not relevant or discoverable," the NFL's outside counsel wrote to the court, per Kaplan.
On the surface, there's no connection to the Flores cases. To the extent, however, that his claim against the Texans arises from the argument that he wasn't hired to coach the team in retaliation for his recent filing of a race discrimination lawsuit against the NFL, the Dolphins, the Giants, and the Broncos, the Kaepernick case becomes arguably relevant.
Like Kaepernick, Flores claims he was essentially blackballed via collusion of the franchises. While Flores has found employment as an ******* istant with the Steelers and Vikings, Flores has consistently been overlooked for head-coaching jobs.

#flores #claims #colin #lawsuit

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered authorities to take imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan to a private hospital in the capital for a medical examination, following months of concerns from his family and personal physicians about his health and access to medical care, his lawyers and party officials said.
A three-judge panel ordered that Khan be taken to Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad in the coming days and examined by a medical board that will include specialists and one of his personal physicians, Faisal Sultan.
The court also ordered prison officials to allow Khan weekly meetings with family members and telephone calls with his sons. Khan's family has been struggling to secure access to him and have him examined by physicians of his choice.
Hours after the order, authorities allowed one of Khan's sisters to visit him. Pakistan had barred visitors earlier this year after receiving intelligence reports about a possible attack on the prison where he is being held.
The order came months after Khan petitioned the court, asking to be transferred from a high-security prison in the nearby garrison city of Rawalpindi to a hospital and to be allowed access to his personal physicians, family and lawyers.

#access

By Bianca Flowers and Kat Stafford
CHICAGO, Aug 17 (Reuters) - The NAACP announced on Monday it had joined the legal team representing the family of Nolan Wells, an 18-year-old Black teen whose body was found on a ‌Mississippi barrier island last month after a Fourth of July trip with three white friends.
The U.S. civil rights organization ‌said its Office of General Counsel will work with the family's lawyers, including prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump, to seek a comprehensive investigation and greater transparency from authorities into Wells' death.
"We're taking up this fight to search for truth and transparency surrounding the death of Nolan Wells," Kristen Clarke, general counsel of the NAACP, said in a statement.
The NAACP's involvement underscores how Wells' death has evolved from a local investigation into a case drawing national scrutiny. Although authorities have not announced final findings or alleged foul play, questions raised by family members, civil ‌rights leaders and others about race, transparency ⁠and accountability have fueled calls for greater scrutiny.

#wells #death #nolan #counsel

By Daniel Wiessner
Aug 14 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has ruled that Idaho's near-total abortion ban is unconstitutional because it provides exceptions when abortions are life-saving and not for broader risks to pregnant women's health.
U.S. District Judge ‌Lynn Winmill in Boise said in an 81-page ruling issued late on Thursday that the right to a health-preserving ‌abortion is protected by the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees due process and equal protection under the law.
The ruling is the first by a federal judge to recognize a constitutional right to abortion in certain circumstances since the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022 overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that had legalized abortion nationwide, according to lawyers for the Idaho doctor who sued over the state laws.
LEGAL CHALLENGES TO STATE RESTRICTIONS

#judge #wiessner #district

Aug 14 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to strip nearly 1,100 Somalis ‌of legal protections against deportation that have allowed them to live and ‌work in the United States.
U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston allowed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to terminate the Temporary Protected Status designation for Somalia after the U.S. Supreme Court in June allowed the administration to end similar protections for thousands of people from Haiti and Syria.
The Supreme Court's ruling, powered by its 6-3 ‌conservative majority, curtailed the ability ⁠of judges to review DHS efforts under Trump to end TPS designations for 13 countries that provided humanitarian immigration protection ⁠to eligible migrants from those nations.
Lawyers for the plaintiffs and DHS did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Two other judges last week allowed the administration to similarly end TPS for South Sudan and Myanmar. Only the end of TPS for ‌Ethiopia remains blocked by a judge.

#supreme #judges #reuters #Friday

Aug 15 (Reuters) - Prediction market operator Kalshi accused Nevada's gaming regulator of violating federal ‌law in a statement on Saturday after ‌it sought daily penalties of $120,000 a day over the firm's alleged failure to comply with a geofencing order.
• Board investigators successfully placed nine trades on Kalshi's mobile application while connected to cellular networks in Nevada, ‌a day after ⁠a court-ordered deadline for the company to have a complete geofencing solution in ⁠place, according to a court filing seen by Reuters.
• Kalshi in a statement said it hired GeoComply, a vendor licensed by Nevada's gaming regulator at the ‌state's request, and that it kept the state updated throughout.
• Nevada investigators misrepresented their residences to Kalshi, violating federal law, and at least one circumvented the company's own blocking measures, Kalshi's lawyers ‌said.
• A judge in the western U.S. state of Nevada in April issued a preliminary injunction barring Kalshi ‌from offering such contracts in the state without obtaining a gaming license.

#violating

WASHINGTON (AP) — The battle over the Kennedy Center's future escalated Thursday as President Donald Trump's allies on the board took new steps to commemorate him with physical changes to the iconic performing arts institution that could defy a federal court order.
During an hourslong meeting that was conducted virtually, the board voted to add Trump's name to the building's facade so it would read "The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Restored and Renovated By President Donald J. Trump." The plaza in front of the building would be named after Trump and most of the ****** e at the venue would be closed for two years to allow for substantial renovations.
The changes, described by Rep. Joyce Beatty, an Ohio Democrat who is an ex-officio board member, and her lawyers, amount to a dramatic test of U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper.
He ruled in May that letters affixed to the building that spelled out Trump's name were added illegally and he ordered their removal, a decision that the Republican administration failed to persuade courts to overturn. At the same time, Cooper blocked a two-year closure that was set to take effect July 5, saying an earlier board vote authorizing the shuttering was "ill-informed and seemingly preordained."
"This latest development is a transparent effort to circumvent the Court's ruling, and flies in the face of the statutes that Congress passed," Beatty said in a statement. "I will continue to fight for this treasured national monument."

#changes

FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Actor and comedian Tiffany Haddish avoided additional jail time Tuesday when she pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor alcohol-related driving charge that stemmed from her 2022 arrest in Georgia after someone called 911 about a driver asleep at the wheel at a traffic light.
Other charges were dropped. After entering the plea by video, Haddish was placed on 12 months' probation and told to avoid drugs and alcohol and complete a substance abuse evaluation. She was credited for the brief time she spent in jail following her arrest.
Haddish's films include the comedy "Girls Trip," "Night School," "Like a Boss" and "The Kitchen." She wrote the New York Times bestseller "The Last Black Unicorn," which earned a Grammy nomination for a subsequent audiobook she narrated. In 2018, she won an Emmy for her appearance on "Saturday Night Live" and a Grammy in 2021 for her special "Black Mitzvah."
At around 2:30 a.m. on Jan. 14, 2022, someone called 911 to report seeing a person who appeared to be asleep in the driver's seat of a white Ford Explorer with their foot on the brake in Peachtree City, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) south of Atlanta, according to a court filing. An officer spotted an SUV that matched the description given by the caller and stopped Haddish as she pulled into a neighborhood, according to a police report.
Haddish's lawyers in May asked a judge to dismiss the case, arguing that waiting more than four years for the case to be resolved had caused personal and professional difficulties and violated her right to a speedy trial. Fayette County State Court Judge Jason Thompson rejected her arguments.

#arrest

(Corrects paragraph 9 to clarify who the lawyers commenting represent and details in statement)
By Diana Novak Jones
Aug 10 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Monday allowed thousands of lawsuits to move forward against Meta Platforms, Alphabet's Google, ByteDance's TikTok and Snap Inc's Snapchat over claims they designed their products to ‌be addictive to young users.
The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an appeal by Meta and TikTok seeking to overturn a lower court ‌ruling requiring them to face more than 3,000 lawsuits filed in federal court, saying the companies had appealed too early.
The companies had argued that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 — which generally shields online companies from claims over content posted by their users — also bars lawsuits claiming they failed to warn the public about the addictive nature of their platforms.

#court #TikTok #platforms

NEW YORK (AP) — Late mob boss John Gotti 's reality TV star grandson has reported to federal prison after trying to stave off his sentence on fraud charges by saying he was going to donate a kidney to his ailing mother, Victoria Gotti.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed Tuesday that Carmine Agnello began his 15-month prison term the previous day at the Federal Correctional Institution Fairton in southern New Jersey.
Agnello, who starred on " Growing Up Gotti " in the mid-2000s, was originally scheduled to report to prison in July. But U.S. District Court Judge Nusrat Choudhury agreed to delay that until Sept. 18, saying it would allow enough time to recover from the surgery, presuming that happened by Aug. 10 as Agnello suggested
Agnello's lawyers have said in court filings that Victoria Gotti, the daughter of the former head of New York's Gambino crime family, suffers from chronic kidney disease.
On Monday, though, with no operation in sight, Choudhury ordered Agnello to surrender immediately to federal authorities.

#gotti

FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Actor and comedian Tiffany Haddish avoided additional jail time Tuesday when she pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor alcohol-related driving charge that stemmed from her 2022 arrest in Georgia after someone called 911 about a driver asleep at the wheel at a traffic light.
Other charges were dropped. After entering the plea by video, Haddish was placed on 12 months' probation and told to avoid drugs and alcohol and complete a substance abuse evaluation. She was credited for the brief time she spent in jail following her arrest.
Haddish's films include the comedy "Girls Trip," "Night School," "Like a Boss" and "The Kitchen." She wrote the New York Times best seller "The Last Black Unicorn," which earned a Grammy nomination. In 2018, Haddish won an Emmy for her appearance on "Saturday Night Live" and a Grammy in 2021 for her special "Black Mitzvah."
At around 2:30 a.m. on Jan. 14, 2022, someone called 911 to report seeing a person who appeared to be asleep in the driver's seat of a white Ford Explorer with their foot on the brake in Peachtree City, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) south of Atlanta, according to a court filing. An officer spotted an SUV that matched the description given by the caller and stopped Haddish as she pulled into a neighborhood, according to a police report.
Haddish's lawyers in May asked a judge to dismiss the case, arguing that waiting more than four years for the case to be resolved had caused personal and professional difficulties and violated her right to a speedy trial. Fayette County State Court Judge Jason Thompson rejected her arguments.

#night #judge #time

Just one of the wild actions and comments on Donald Trump's manic Monday would rank among the most notorious things another president ever did.
By close of business, Trump had taken strides toward the presidency he's always wanted: one of unfiltered authority flowing from the presidential Sharpie, shredding traditional institutions and providing a platform for demagoguery.
Often, the round-the-clock cacophony from the White House seems expressly designed to stifle public comprehension of each individual act planned to irrevocably change the country and the world.
This was certainly the case on a day that fulfilled some core goals of the Trump base but also helped to explain the plunging presidential approval ratings that have Republicans looking with dread toward the midterm elections.
It all started when one of the president's former personal lawyers, now Appeals Court Judge Emil Bove, swore in another of the president's former personal lawyers, Todd Blanche, as attorney general.

#toward #often

NEW YORK (AP) — Government lawyers said a Court of International Trade judge overstepped his authority by ordering the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol to issue refunds to all companies that paid tariffs that were deemed illegal in February, even those that didn't file a lawsuit in trade court.
The government filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in June and filed its opening brief on Monday.
In it, government lawyers point to a case that went before the Supreme Court in June 2025, over birthright citizenship. Part of the decision in that case limited the use of universal injunctions, which apply a ruling to all people or companies affected, not just specific litigants.
Judge Richard Eaton, who is overseeing the tariff lawsuits in the Court of International Trade, has said the limits on universal injunctions don't apply in this case, but the government disagrees.
"The CIT's universal injunctions, requiring the government to refund IEEPA duties for all importers (including non-party importers), cannot possibly be squared with CASA," — the court case that limited universal injunctions, the government wrote it its brief.

#government #case #international

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Lawyer Kamalpreet Chohan ran her finger down a list of 57 names of people scheduled to appear during a morning of hearings at the immigration court in California's capital and pointed out one glaring absence.
"None of these folks are represented," she said.
Chohan is the coordinator of a program that sends volunteer lawyers to immigration courts to ***** ist people without representation and help them navigate the complicated legal system where the stakes are a future in America or deportation.
Appearing without a lawyer opens up even greater risk under the second Trump administration, with the courts playing a key role in its mass deportation agenda. Courts are increasingly denying asylum, deportation officers have arrested immigrants in court hallways, the administration has packed courtrooms to cut backlogs and reduced lead time on hearings, prompting people to miss them.
Data shows that legal representation can be vital to winning in court but many immigrants, unable to pay for a private lawyer or find a pro bono one, navigate the system without an attorney at their side.

#courts #court #chohan #hearings

DAZN, 5:00 am ET Teremoana Teremoana vs DeAndre Savage
From Gold Coast, Australia. Teremoana was a breakout from the 2024 Paris Olympics, arguably the 2nd best in the big boy division. Unfortunately, he caught a bad bracket and had to face professional Olympian Bakhodir Jalolov before the medal rounds. But, he earned himself enough attention to kickstart a pro career, and headlines the show in just his 12th professional outing. Savage is a 35 year old American with an 11-1 (11 KO) record, and much will be said about that in the commentary buildup to the main event. But, he's fought most of his career in Colombia and Mexico, and his two fights in the USA resulted in a no contest and his only pro loss. Michael Zerafa appears in support here against BoxRec's 194th ranked middleweight, Alejandro Ortiz. Teremoana is very exciting… But, a 5 am Wednesday start for a relatively unknown prospect isn't exactly a live coverage gold mine. So, this will be a follow along thread in The Feed!, and I'd expect at least one or two of the staffers here to jump in for the main event.
From Johnson City, Tennessee. It's the greatest event in the boxing-adjacent business, and arguably one of the greatest sporting shows of any kind in modern America. If you're new to the Brawl, here's the recap of Brawl #13 . Dozens of amateur fights with three one-minute rounds, fast pace, lots of action and excitement, and an unconventional but delightful commentary team guiding you through it all. The main event here features Frankie LaPenna, a Michigan man who apparently got online famous doing videos while wearing a fake ****** , taking on brawl regular Sasquatch. Catfish Cooley is out from commentary again, with Stalekracker, a former police officer who now cooks Cajun food online to promote his thriving spice business and has a vibe that can best be described as a hybrid of Guy Fieri and Dog the Bounty Hunter, subbing in as a guest. Many beloved favorites return, including Tennessee Cornbread, Lil' Smokey, Man Bear Pig vs Hook Hogan, Big Daddy T, and Lil' Terry fighting Lil' Fire after Fire knocked out Terry's brother Larry in 10 seconds in the last brawl. It's $22.99, and it's the best entertainment value you'll ever get.
ON THE UNDERCARD: Let's spotlight some exciting new names, shall we? How about The Intubator? Can House Arrest handle the Macho Man? Any interest in The Toothless ****** assin or Take-A-Shot Brandi? Wet Willie? One Leg Big Ed? Discount Destroyer? Mullet Trash? And, which will be the lady fight of the night? Throat Goat vs Big Thumper? Or 1st Class White Trash vs Trainwreck Tracy?
From Atlanta, Georgia, for Scott's WBC and WBA middleweight ****** les. Shields is the self proclaimed "GWOAT," ("Greatest Woman of All Time, presumably because Fran Drescher's lawyers are very protective of copyright) and effectively out of real challenges because of the talent gap between her and anyone near her size. Shields dabbled in MMA, tried to make being a female heavyweigh