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☆ Russian soldiers were convicted of over 100 murders when they returned home last year, a report says
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-05 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewRussian military personnel were convicted of 116 murders in 2023, Mediazona, a local news website, reported. Advertisement"The high number of homicides by serving and veteran Russian soldiers are likely in part due to enduring war-related chronic poor mental health issues," it wrote. "It is a story about invisible violence," said Kirill Titaev, a Russian sociologist and criminology expert at Yale, told the Times. Last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin called the risk of pardoned convicts re-offending upon their release "inevitable," per the Times.

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☆ Donald Trump and son ask NY appeals court to pause gag order
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Kara Scannell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A New York appeals court judge on Thursday temporarily lifted the gag order placed on Donald Trump and his attorneys in his civil fraud trial following an emergency hearing. Judge Arthur Engoron imposed the gag order on Trump to prevent him from making any statements about court staff, citing security risks. His order came after Trump posted on social media a baseless allegation involving the judge’s principle law clerk. The judge later extended the gag order to ban Trump’s attorneys from making any public statements about communications that the judge has with the law clerk. Engoron has already ruled that Trump and his co-defendants were liable for fraud.

Persons: Donald Trump, David Friedman, ” Chris Kise, “, Trump, ”, Arthur Engoron, Trump’s, Letitia James, James, Engoron, CNN’s Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle Organizations: CNN, First Judicial, Trump, New York, New, Democrat, Trump Organization Locations: York, Trump

☆ Appeals court rejects Ivanka Trump bid to avoid testifying on a 'school week' in NY fraud trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Senior advisor to the President Ivanka Trump listens during a rally in support of Republican incumbent senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue ahead of Senate runoff in Dalton, Georgia on January 4, 2021. A New York appeals court on Thursday denied a request by Ivanka Trump to avoid testifying in the $250 million fraud trial of her family and its business empire. The ruling means Ivanka Trump must appear in Manhattan Supreme Court on Wednesday, as previously ordered. Ms. Trump's two adult brothers, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, both testified this week, with Eric returning to the stand Friday morning. Trump Sr., Trump Jr. and Eric remain co-defendants.

Persons: Ivanka Trump, Kelly Loeffler, David Perdue, Donald Trump, Jared Kushner, Ivanka, Donald Trump Jr, Eric Trump, Eric, Trump, Letitia James, James, Ivanka's, Bennett Moskowitz, Arthur Engoron's, Moskowitz, Engoron Organizations: Republican, New York, Trump Sr, Trump Organization, Trump Jr, Judicial Department Locations: Dalton , Georgia, York, Manhattan, New York

☆ Ivanka Trump asks to pause NY fraud trial, says testimony during ‘school week’ creates ‘undue hardship’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Ivanka Trump asked a New York appeals court to pause the $250 million fraud trial of her family and its business empire as she appeals a judge's order requiring her to testify in the case next week. New York Attorney General Letitia James urged the appeals court to reject that request, calling it a "drastic" and baseless move that "would upend an ongoing trial." Ivanka Trump was originally listed as a co-defendant as well, but she was removed earlier this year on statute of limitations grounds by a New York appeals court earlier. In Thursday's filing to the appeals court, Ivanka's attorney argued that she is "beyond the jurisdiction" of Engoron's court and that the judge made "multiple errors" when he declined to quash subpoenas for her testimony. Ivanka Trump "has firsthand knowledge of issues that are central to the ongoing trial," James wrote.

Persons: Ivanka Trump, —, Letitia James, Arthur Engoron's, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr, Eric Trump, James, Eric, Trump, Bennett Moskowitz, Moskowitz, Ivanka, OAG, Trump's Organizations: New York, Judicial Department, Division, Trump Organization, Trump Jr Locations: York, Manhattan, New York, Florida

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Court of Appeals on Monday asked the state's highest court to decide whether Republican state senators who carried out a record-setting GOP walkout this year can run for reelection. Oregon voters last year overwhelmingly approved the ballot measure that created the amendment following GOP walkouts in the Legislature in 2019, 2020 and 2021. They and Oregon Department of Justice attorneys on the opposite side of the case jointly last month asked the appeals court to send the matter straight to the state Supreme Court. The appeals court on Monday formally asked the Oregon Supreme Court to take the case, said Todd Sprague, spokesman for the Oregon Judicial Department. The senators insist that the way the amendment to the state constitution is written means they can seek another term.

Persons: LaVonne Griffin, Valade, “, Oregonians, ” Griffin, Griffin, Todd Sprague, Sprague, Sen, Bill Hansell, Tim Knopp, they’ve, ” Knopp, Ben Morris Organizations: Oregon, Monday, Appeals, Oregon Department of Justice, Oregon Supreme, Oregon Judicial Department, Oregon Republicans, Democrat Locations: SALEM, Ore, Oregon, Statehouses, Montana , Tennessee, United States, U.S, Rhode Island, Rutland , Massachusetts

☆ Insight: Young Russian lawyers step up to defend anti-war protesters
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Lucy Papachristou | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

"I have always had a keen sense of justice," Gominova told a Reuters reporter based in Poland. "Defending protesters in court is my version of protest," said Gominova, who began representing anti-war activists in court almost immediately after the invasion. With numerous civil society groups disbanded by the state, many other lawyers also defend anti-war activists independently, but it is hard to determine how many. Several Russian lawyers have attracted the attention – and condemnation – of authorities, not only for defending critics of the invasion but also for expressing their own opposition. Before the Ukraine conflict, Gominova, in St Petersburg, worked mainly on civil cases ranging from family disputes to consumer rights.

Persons: Young, acquittals, Sofia Gominova, Gominova, Violetta Fitsner, Alexei Navalny, Vladimir Kara, Murza, Russia's, Evgenia Kara, Vladimir, Vadim Prokhorov –, Putin –, Prokhorov, Dmitry Talantov, Ivan Safronov, Maria Bontsler, Anastasia Rudenko, George Orwell's, Yuri Mikhailov, Mikhailov, Filipp Lebedev, Gabrielle Tetrault, Farber, Mike Collett, White, Mark Trevelyan, Andrew Cawthorne Organizations: Russia, Ukraine Lawyers, Petersburg Bar Association, Moscow Bar, Russia's, Ministry, Russian Federation, Reuters, U.S, of America, Facebook, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, acquittals Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, Poland, St . Petersburg, St, Petersburg, Moscow, Ivanovo, Russian, St Petersburg, Tbilisi, Geneva

☆ DOJ refuses to back Trump's claim that he's immune from civil lawsuits related to the Capitol riot
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The DOJ refused to back Trump's claim that he is absolutely immune from civil suits related to the Capitol riot. Trump's speech before the riot "would not be within the outer perimeter of the Office of the President of the United States," the DOJ said. Trump's legal team asked a federal appeals court last year to overturn a lower court ruling that he could be held liable in civil lawsuits connected to the Capitol siege. "Consequently, it is especially important to avoid allowing the judicial department to pass judgment on the political statements and discourse of the President of the United States," they added. The United States respectfully submits that the Court should reject that categorical argument."

☆ Appeals court upholds $110,000 contempt fine for Trump in New York attorney general case
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally ahead of the midterm elections, in Miami, Florida, U.S., November 6, 2022. Attorney General Letitia James applauded the two-page ruling issued by the state Supreme Court Appellate Division's First Judicial Department. The five-justice panel ruled that Trump's contempt fine for not complying with a subpoena for the records was a "proper exercise" of the Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron's discretionary power. "Once again, the courts have ruled that Donald Trump is not above the law," James said. In addition to huge financial damages, James' suit to seeks to permanently bar Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and Ivanka Trump from serving as an officer of a company in New York, and permanently bar the Trump companies named as defendants from doing business in New York state.

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