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☆ What E. Jean Carroll had to prove to win her case against Donald Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Lauren Del Valle | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Carroll receiving a monetary award from this trial hinged on whether the jury unanimously believed her claims against Trump. “For E. Jean Carroll this lawsuit is not about the money,” attorney Roberta Kaplan said during closing arguments on Monday. Trump appears the most agitated on the video when he denies Carroll’s rape allegation. Two friends that Carroll testified she told soon after the alleged rape testified about their recollection of Carroll’s account in 1996. Tacopina in his closing argument Monday also accused Carroll of fabricating her rape allegations to sell her book.

☆ E. Jean Carroll: Jury finds Donald Trump sexually abused columnist in civil case
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Lauren Del Valle | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —A Manhattan federal jury found that Donald Trump sexually abused E. Jean Carroll in a luxury department store dressing room in the spring of 1996 and is liable for defamation. The jury found him liable for battery in Carroll’s civil trial against him based on that sexual assault claim. Trump has denied all wrongdoing. Trump did not attend the trial. Like any defendant in a civil case, he was not required to appear in court for trial or any proceedings and has a right not to testify in his own defense.

☆ Closing arguments set for Monday morning in E. Jean Carroll civil rape trial against Donald Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Lauren Del Valle | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Attorneys for E. Jean Carroll and Donald Trump are set to give closing arguments Monday morning in the battery and defamation trial against the former president in Manhattan federal court. Carroll’s legal team put on 11 witnesses in her case including the writer herself over seven trial days. “He has a right to testify which has been waived but if he has second thoughts, I’ll at least consider it and maybe we’ll see what happens,” Kaplan told the attorneys. Trump, who has not appeared in the courtroom at any point during the trial, told reporters in Ireland on Thursday he’ll “probably attend” the trial. No such motion was made by the deadline Sunday and his attorneys confirmed he will not attend the trial.

☆ US Declining Population, Worker Shortage Will Cause Economic Crisis Without a Fix
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Gadel Valle | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

That means that unless people start having a lot more kids, the US population could eventually start to shrink — just like China's population has. While the US population has managed to avoid an outright drop, population growth reached an unprecedented low of 0.12% in 2021. One way the US could encourage more immigration is by focusing on temporary visas for specific industries that need workers. And the treatment of workers in the country on temporary visas has been a problem for decades. After all, the US is running out of options, and soon its growing people shortage is going to spell economic disaster.

☆ Jury finds Ed Sheeran did not infringe on the copyright of ‘Let’s Get It On’
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Lauren Del Valle | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan CEO, to be deposed in Epstein suits
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Lauren Del Valle | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

New York CNN —JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is scheduled be deposed May 26 and 27 in two civil cases related to the bank’s former client, disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, according to a source familiar with the cases. A complaint filed last month in New York alleged that JPMorgan Chase executives were aware of numerous sex abuse and trafficking allegations against Epstein several years before the financial institution cut ties. The complaint was part of a lawsuit against the bank filed by the attorney general for the US Virgin Islands (USVI). It added an additional count alleging that JPMorgan obstructed federal law enforcement and prosecuting agencies that were pursuing Epstein. CNN has reached out to JP Morgan for comment.

☆ E. Jean Carroll sounded ‘breathless’ and ‘emotional’ in call after alleged rape, friend testifies
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Lauren Del Valle | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Lisa Birnbach recounted how Carroll called her minutes after leaving the department store and told her about the altercation in detail. Birnbach said Carroll soundedb “breathless, hyperventilating, emotional. “He pulled down my tights, he pulled down my tights,” Carroll repeated on the phone, according to Birnbach. Carroll refused to go to the police and made her friend promise never to speak of it again. After Birnbach publicly identified herself in 2019 as Carroll’s friend referenced in Carroll’s book, Birnbach said she gave a few media interviews to support Carroll.

☆ Judge in E. Jean Carroll trial warns Trump about social media comments
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Lauren Del Valle | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

New York CNN —The judge overseeing a civil battery and defamation trial for columnist E. Jean Carroll against Donald Trump warned the former president’s counsel on Wednesday about comments their client made on social media about the case. Carroll’s attorney, Roberta Kaplan, outside the presence of the jury, flagged to federal District Judge Lewis Kaplan a post Trump made on his social media site Truth Social earlier Wednesday about the lawsuit. Trump has denied the allegations. Judge Kaplan warned Trump’s attorney Joe Tacopina that the statement and any further statements about the case could open Trump up to “a new source of potential liability.” Tacopina said he would ask his client to refrain from any further comments about the case. Carroll is suing Trump for battery and defamation, alleging that he raped her at Bergdorf Goodman in the spring of 1996 and then defamed her years later when she went public with the allegations.

☆ E. Jean Carroll testifies: 'Donald Trump raped me and when I wrote about it, he said it didn't happen'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Lauren Del Valle | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

New York CNN —Former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll took the stand Wednesday morning in her battery and defamation lawsuit against former President Donald Trump. “I’m here because Donald Trump raped me, and when I wrote about it, he said it didn’t happen,” Carroll testified. Beall worked at the luxury department store for a decade until about 1998, and had an office on the sixth floor adjacent to the lingerie department where Carroll has alleged Trump raped her. The fitting room door locked automatically when closed, she testified. Beall said the store had a practice of keeping fitting room doors closed while not in use, but they’d “regularly” be left open.

New York CNN —A federal judge on Wednesday denied a request by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office for a temporary restraining order to stop a House Judiciary Committee subpoena of former prosecutor Mark Pomerantz. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil said Pomerantz must appear for a deposition as the House panel investigates Bragg’s recent indictment of former President Donald Trump. Bragg’s office says it will appeal. During the hearing, an attorney for Bragg’s office argued – unsuccessfully – that Pomerantz ignored cautions from the DA before publishing the book, so the district attorney’s office should not be penalized. The clash between federal and state powers began in March when Jordan asked Bragg’s office for documents and communications after news organizations reported that Bragg’s office was moving closer to seeking to indict Trump.

☆ JPMorgan executives knew of Epstein sex abuse claims, court filing alleges
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Lauren Del Valle | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —A new court filing alleges JPMorgan Chase executives were aware of sex abuse and trafficking allegations against its then-client Jeffrey Epstein, several years before the financial institution cut ties. The new complaint against JP Morgan, filed Wednesday, comes days after its CEO Jamie Dimon sat down with CNN’s Poppy Harlow in an exclusive interview. A JP Morgan spokesperson declined to comment to CNN about the newly filed complaint, which was part of the lawsuit filed in December. Attorneys for JP Morgan have denied the allegations. High level bank officials also met about Epstein’s account and the allegations against him as far back as 2008, according to the court filing.

CNN —Former President Donald Trump is suing Michael Cohen for $500 million in damages for allegedly breaching his contract as Trump’s former personal attorney. According to the lawsuit, Cohen revealed confidential information in talking about his prior-attorney-client relationship with Trump during media interviews about the Manhattan District Attorney’s grand jury investigation that led to the former president’s indictment. Cohen also violated an employee confidentiality agreement he signed with The Trump Organization when he published his two books that discuss Trump, the lawsuit claims. Cohen never asked for permission from Trump to disclose any confidential information that should’ve been protected by that agreement and his attorney-client obligations before publishing the books, according to the lawsuit. The complaint also alleges that, like his books, Cohen has put out “inflammatory, misleading, or outright false” information in his podcast “Mea Culpa.”This story has been updated with additional developments.

☆ Judge concerned Sam Bankman-Fried is too ‘technologically savvy,’ could find a way around tech restrictions
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Lauren Del Valle | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —United States District Judge Lewis Kaplan indicated at a hearing Friday he might modify FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s bail conditions, but only after attorneys further tighten the restrictions on Bankman-Fried’s access to technology. Kaplan said he’s still not convinced that the founder of bankrupt crypto trading platform FTX wouldn’t be able to circumvent the more-restrictive bail conditions that were filed last week. “If he’s determined and inventive and I suspect he’s very inventive and technologically savvy he could find a way around it and conceivably not get caught,” Kaplan said in court Friday. Bankman-Fried, who did not attend Friday’s hearing, is currently under house arrest at his parents’ home in Palo Alto, Calif. Judge Kaplan asked the defense to submit an updated bail modification order that would tighten the restrictions to address his concerns.

☆ Business partners turn on Sam Bankman-Fried
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Last week, as FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was being extradited to the United States from the Bahamas, two of his former business partners pleaded guilty to multiple charges of fraud and conspiracy. “I am truly sorry for what I did,” Ellison told the court. She and Bankman-Fried were close business associates who briefly dated. Bankman-Fried, 30, appeared Thursday in a US courtroom in New York, where a federal judge released him on a $250 million bond. Following his court appearance, Bankman-Fried was spotted in a business class lounge at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.

☆ Colombia's oil theft soars, leaving trail of environmental harm
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Oliver Griffin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +9 min

Reuters accompanied a police unit tasked with tackling oil theft in September to two sites near Tumaco, a Pacific port in southwest Colombia that is the terminal for the country's Transandino oil pipeline. The animals, the trees - everything is totally burned," said Colonel Johan Pena, commander of the police unit charged with tackling oil theft in Narino, a province bordering Ecuador that is known for cocaine production. Reuters approached more than a dozen environmental groups, rights advocates, government agencies and international organizations who either said they had no detailed information on the extent of the environmental damage in Colombia from oil theft or did not respond to questions. Oil spills on land smother soil pore spaces, restricting microorganisms' access to oxygen, said Martha Daza, a professor at Cali-based university Universidad del Valle's school of engineering of natural resources and the environment. Regional health authorities in Narino did not immediately respond to questions about the health impact of oil spills.

CNN —A Manhattan criminal court judge held entities of the Trump Organization in criminal contempt for not complying with multiple grand jury subpoenas dating as far back as October 2020 and three court orders mandating they produce the requested evidence ahead of their recent tax fraud trial. Judge Juan Merchan’s order requiring that the Trump Org. Merchan ruled at the end of the Trump Org. The Trump companies did produce thousands of pages of documents in the discovery process, the order said, but still failed to fulfill key requests from prosecutors despite the court orders. Lawyers for the Trump companies claimed they were noncompliant in 2021 because the subpoenas were vague and the time frame to respond was “unreasonably short given the scope and breadth of the demands,” according to the court order.

New York CNN —FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was indicted on eight criminal charges including wire fraud and conspiracy by misusing customer funds, according to an indictment from the US Attorney of the Southern District of New York. Separately Tuesday, US markets regulators charged Bankman-Fried with defrauding investors and customers in his failed crypto exchange FTX. The Securities and Exchange Commission said Bankman-Fried, “orchestrated a years-long fraud” to conceal from FTX investors the diversion of customer funds to Alameda Research, his crypto-trading hedge fund. Star athletes and celebrities who backed FTX also reportedly received a stake in the company, including Tom Brady and Gisele. That meant there was no meaningful distinction between FTX customer funds and Alameda’s funds that Bankman-Fried used as his “personal piggy bank,” the complaint says.

☆ Kevin Spacey civil trial: Closing arguments underway
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Lauren Del Valle | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Closing arguments are underway in the civil sexual misconduct trial against Kevin Spacey, stemming from allegations made by actor Anthony Rapp. Attorney Richard Steigman began by presenting a closing argument for Rapp in the New York courtroom on Thursday morning. Spacey, who finished testifying earlier this week, told the jury Rapp’s allegations were not true. “I was being encouraged to apologize and I’ve learned a lesson which is never apologize for something you didn’t do,” Spacey testified on Monday. Before ending his time on the stand last week, Rapp’s attorney Peter Saghir asked the actor if he had been lying about his allegations against Spacey.

CNN —Actor Kevin Spacey will testify in the sexual misconduct trial against him, his attorney said in court Monday. Earlier Monday, attorneys for actor Anthony Rapp finished presenting their case against Spacey. He is suing Spacey for assault, battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Spacey’s attorneys have attempted to poke holes in Rapp’s claims by pointing to discrepancies, including dates Rapp alleged to have run into Spacey at industry events. Before ending his time on the stand, Rapp’s attorney Peter Saghir asked the actor if he had been lying about his allegations against Spacey.

☆ Remote work is killing Florida as a retirement paradise
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-11 | by ( Gadel Valle | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Housing prices, combined with the rise of remote work, threaten to end the middle-class dream of spending your final days in Florida. "It does put the retirement industry at risk because it's going to become more and more difficult" to retire in Florida, he told me. The political influence of Florida retirees is so significant that national publications send reporters to The Villages before elections to check its political pulse. The dream of a Florida retirement is dying as housing prices make it too expensive for most. And for people who are retiring now, the Florida retirement dream is starting to look a lot less sunny.

☆ He was my high school journalism teacher. Then I investigated his relationships with teenage girls.
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-16 | by ( Matt Drange | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +40 min

It was a hot July day and the classroom at Rosemead High School should have been empty. (Christopher Vu for Insider) Show less Rosemead High School sits just east of Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley. Burgess as an upperclassman at Rosemead High School with the former teacher Hugh Zegers, center, and classmates. The author interviewing Rod Marinelli, a Rosemead High School alum who was then coaching the Detroit Lions, for the Rosemead student newspaper, the Panther's Tale. The author and a classmate, Amy Julia Harris, beside their journalism teacher Burgess at graduation night in June 2007.

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☆ Tesla a lansat online propria sa marcă de tequila, la preţul de 250 de dolari sticla, care s-a epuizat rapid
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-13 | by ( ) www.bizlaw.md time to read: +2 min

Tesla a lansat online propria sa marcă de tequila, la preţul de 250 de dolari sticla, care s-a epuizat rapid, respectând o promisiune făcută în 2018 de directorul general Elon Musk, scrie news.roFotografiile cu ”Tesla Tequila” publicate pe site-ul companiei arătă o sticlă sub formă de fulger, uşor diferită de ceea ce anunţate Musk. Consiliul pentru Reglementarea Tequila din Mexic a argumentat că numele ”Teslaquila” evocă cuvântul Tequila, iar Tequila este un cuvânt protejat. Potrivit site-ului Tesla, băutura va fi fabricată de Nosotros Tequila, care este dintre cele peste 200 de mărci ale Destiladora del Valle de Tequila. Consultantul independent din industrie Clayton Szczech a spus că, fără a gusta băutura Tesla, nu poate evalua calitatea acesteia. ”Tind să mă îndoiesc că această tequila este semnificativ diferită de orice alt produs oferit”, a spus Szczech, referindu-se la Destiladora del Valle de Tequila.

Persons: Tesla, Musk, Clayton Szczech Locations: Mexic, Tequila, Valle, New York, California, Washington, Silicon Valley, Company

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