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NEW YORK (AP) — A New York appeals court Thursday reinstated a gag order that barred former President Donald Trump from commenting about court personnel after he disparaged a law clerk in his New York civil fraud trial. The decision from a four-judge panel came two weeks after an individual appellate judge had put the order on hold while the appeals process played out. The trial judge, Arthur Engoron, imposed the gag order Oct. 3 after Trump posted a derogatory comment about the judge’s law clerk to social media. Political Cartoons View All 1273 ImagesTrump’s lawyers filed a lawsuit against Engoron that challenged his gag order as an abuse of power. They sued the judge under a state law known as Article 78, which allows lawsuits over some judicial decisions.

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☆ New York appeals court reinstates gag order against Donald Trump in civil fraud trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Lauren Del Valle | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —A New York appellate court has reinstated a gag order prohibiting former President Donald Trump and attorneys from making public statements about the courtroom staff in the ongoing $250 million civil fraud trial. The appeals court paused the gag order earlier this month, but on Thursday said it should be restored while the official appeal is pending. During a break in the trial Thursday morning, Engoron announced the appeals court ruling reinstating the gag order. It’s a disgrace.”Engoron has fined Trump twice for a total of $15,000 for violating the gag order. Waiting on DC gag order rulingTrump is awaiting another appeals court to rule on a separate gag order in the federal election subversion case against him brought by special counsel Jack Smith.

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☆ Judge dismisses Indiana state’s lawsuit against TikTok over child safety concerns
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Samantha Murphy Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state of Indiana against TikTok accusing the company of making false claims about the safety of user data and age-appropriate content. Judge Jennifer DeGroote of Allen County Superior Court in Fort Wayne, Indiana, said the court “lacks personal jurisdiction” over TikTok and that downloading an app at no cost does not constitute a “consumer transaction” under the Indiana Deceptive Consumer Sales Act, according to court documents. Similar lawsuits now remain active in other states including Arkansas and Utah. The lawsuit alleged TikTok attracts young people to its platform under the pretense that it’s safe yet still exposes them to inappropriate content including drug and alcohol use, nudity and profanity. Indiana was also one of the first states that ordered TikTok to be banned on government-issued devices, citing the threat of “gaining access to critical U.S. information and infrastructure.”- CNN’s Clare Duffy contributed to this report

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☆ Judges to Trump: Pipe back down
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The gag order was temporarily lifted two weeks ago as Trump appealed the order. Trump and his lawyers are now barred, again, from attacking the judge's legal staff either verbally or on social media. It was issued in response to Trump posting to Truth Social a photo of the judge's principal law clerk, Allison Greenfield. In the Truth Social post, Trump named the law clerk, linked to her social media account, and falsely called her "Schumer's girlfriend." Engoron has twice found Trump in contempt of court for violating the gag order, fining him a total of $15,000.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a challenge to the Securities and Exchange Commission's ability to fight fraud, part of a broad attack on regulatory agencies led by conservative and business interests. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Jarkesy and his Patriot28 investment adviser group on three separate issues. And it said laws shielding the commission’s administrative law judges from being fired by the president are unconstitutional. Jarkesy's lawyers noted that the SEC wins almost all the cases it brings in front of the administrative law judges but only about 60% of cases tried in federal court. A decision upholding the 5th Circuit's ruling could sweep far more broadly, calling into question the authority of administrative law judges at numerous federal agencies, the Justice Department said.

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They alleged the app contains “salacious and inappropriate content” despite the company claiming it is safe for children 13 years and under. In the second complaint, the state argued that the app deceives consumers into believing their sensitive and personal information is secure. Judge Jennifer L. DeGroote of the Allen County Superior Court in Fort Wayne made the ruling. A federal judge later rejected TikTok’s request to move the lawsuit to federal court but also described the attorney general's lawsuit as largely “ political posturing ” in a ruling. Indiana is among several states and the federal government that have ordered the TikTok app deleted from government-issued devices.

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☆ SEC's in-house enforcement powers at risk in US Supreme Court case
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Andrew Chung | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

The case involves hedge fund manager George Jarkesy, who the SEC fined and barred from the industry after determining he had committed securities fraud. Critics of the agency have argued that its in-house system gives it the unfair advantage of prosecuting cases before its own judges rather than before a jury in federal court. The case could make it harder for the SEC weed out bad actors in the securities industry, legal experts said. The court in 2018 faulted the way the SEC selected its in-house judges, and in April made it easier for targets of agency actions to mount challenges in federal court. The FINRA case - a constitutional challenge to its structure brought by Utah-based Alpine Securities Corp - is currently before another federal appellate court and eventually could come to the Supreme Court.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge dismissed on Tuesday a liberal watchdog group's claims that a panel researching the possible impeachment of a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice violated the state's open meeting laws. Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos asked former state Supreme Court justices David Prosser, Pat Roggensack and Jon Wilcox in September to advise on whether impeaching current Justice Janet Protasiewicz would be justified. Five days after filing the request the group filed a lawsuit alleging the justices violated the law and demanding records related to their work. Vos filed a motion to dismiss the open meeting violation claims, arguing that under state law American Oversight had to give Ozanne 20 days to refuse or fail to launch an investigation. But American Oversight failed to give Ozanne the time allotted under law to refuse to investigate and therefore was barred from filing a lawsuit, Remington found.

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Homeless people and their advocates say the sweeps are cruel and a waste of taxpayer money. The AP submitted data requests to 30 U.S. cities regarding encampment sweeps and received at least partial responses from about half. “Unfortunately, it’s becoming a way of life, and that is 100% incorrect.”For homeless people, sweeps can be traumatizing. But never an end solution.”There are many reasons why someone might reject shelter, say homeless people and their advocates. We’re walking around saying, ‘What do you need?’”In Portland, the encampment dismantled in July was cleared again, in September and November.

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☆ Former police officer convicted in death of George Floyd is stabbed in prison -AP
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin addresses his sentencing hearing and the judge as he awaits his sentence after being convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. June 25, 2021 in a still image from video. Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 24 (Reuters) - Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the death of George Floyd, has been stabbed in federal prison and was seriously injured, the Associated Press said, citing a person familiar with the matter. A spokesperson at the Tucson prison was not immediately available to confirm the report for Reuters. A member of Chauvin's appellate team, Greg Erickson, said he had no knowledge of such an incident. Chauvin is serving a 21-year federal sentence for violating Floyd's civil rights, as well as a concurrent 22-1/2 years for murder on his conviction in Minnesota state court.

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☆ Former Police Officer Convicted in Death of George Floyd Is Stabbed in Prison -AP
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

(Reuters) - Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the death of George Floyd, has been stabbed in federal prison and was seriously injured, the Associated Press said, citing a person familiar with the matter. Chauvin was stabbed by another inmate on Friday at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson, the news agency said, citing a source who was not authorized to discuss the attack and sought anonymity. A spokesperson at the Tucson prison was not immediately available to confirm the report for Reuters. Zach Graham, an attorney on the defense team at Chauvin's trial, said the firm, Minneapolis-based Halberg Criminal Defense, had no comment on the reported stabbing. A member of Chauvin's appellate team, Greg Erickson, said he had no knowledge of such an incident.

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☆ NYU Langone Fired Him for His Anti-Hamas Posts. He’s Suing.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Joseph Goldstein | More About Joseph Goldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

A prominent doctor is suing NYU Langone Health after he was fired as director of its cancer center over his social media postings about the Israel-Hamas war. Dr. Neel is one of two doctors whom NYU Langone has removed for online postings since the war began last month. The lawsuit could put NYU Langone under the microscope in the widening debate. “They should take away their scholarships,” Dr. Grossman wrote in a message to Dr. Neel in October. In a statement, NYU Langone said Dr. Neel’s decision to share those emails was just him “lashing out for being held accountable.”“The emails referenced in the suit were among colleagues and Dr. Neel is now making them public in an effort to pressure NYU Langone,” the statement said.

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☆ South Korea court orders Japan to compensate 'comfort women', reverses earlier ruling
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Hyonhee Shin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Jason Reed/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSEOUL, Nov 23 (Reuters) - A South Korean appellate court on Thursday ordered Japan to compensate a group of 16 women who were forced to work in Japanese wartime brothels, overturning a lower court ruling that dismissed the case and prompting a stern protest from Tokyo. In response to the court's decision, Japanese vice minister for foreign affairs Masataka Okano summoned South Korean ambassador Yun Dukmin to lodge a "strong protest". The Seoul High Court, however, reversed the lower court's decision, recognising the jurisdiction of South Korean courts over the Japanese government as a defendant. In a statement, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa said the judgment went against international law and agreements between the two countries, calling it "extremely regrettable and absolutely unacceptable." South Korea's foreign ministry said it was looking into details of the latest ruling, without elaborating.

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“The district court clearly recognized the gravity of dismissing the case and accordingly provided a thorough analysis, amply supported by factual findings,” Judge Johnnie Rawlinson wrote in Tuesday's 6-page opinion. In dismissing the case in Nevada, Dorsey sanctioned Stovall for “bad faith,” saying he had improperly attempted to use documents that were leaked or stolen in a cyberattack to pursue Mayorga’s case. Mayorga's lawsuit claimed conspiracy, defamation, breach of contract, coercion and fraud. By the time Dorsey threw out the case, Stovall claimed Mayorga should receive for more than $25 million in damages. “The district court did not abuse its discretion when it found that a case-terminating sanction was appropriate,” the ruling said.

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☆ Trump should be allowed to pressure witnesses in his election interference case depending on 'the context,' his lawyer tells judges
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Trump's legal team argued against his gag order in his upcoming election interference trial. AdvertisementA panel of three judges on Monday appeared highly skeptical of arguments from Donald Trump's legal team seeking to revoke a gag order that bars him from attacking potential witnesses in his election interference criminal case. Depending on "the context," Lauro argued, Trump would be permitted to pressure possible witnesses not to cooperate with prosecutors. The gag order in the election interference case is separate from a gag order in another ongoing civil trial against Trump in New York. He found that Trump violated it earlier in November, though an appeals court on Thursday temporarily lifted the order.

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A panel of Washington, D.C. federal appeals court judges was highly skeptical of arguments Monday by a lawyer for Donald Trump that the former president is being unconstitutionally silenced by a gag order in his criminal election interference case. Sauer replied that "the showing would have to be extraordinarily compelling" in order to justify restricting Trump's speech. Trump was slapped with the gag order last month by U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who said his statements targeting people involved in the case posed "sufficiently grave threats to the integrity of these proceedings." Chutkan's gag order barred Trump from making public statements targeting his prosecutors and "reasonably foreseeable" witnesses regarding the substance of their testimony. Trump has pleaded not guilty to the four-count indictment charging him with crimes including conspiracy to defraud the United States.

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☆ US Supreme Court rejects ex-cop Chauvin's appeal in George Floyd murder
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( John Kruzel | Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The justices turned away Chauvin's appeal that he filed after a Minnesota appellate court upheld his 2021 murder conviction and rejected his request for a new trial. His attorney also said one juror may have concealed possible bias by failing to disclose during the jury selection process that he had attended "an anti-police 'George Floyd' rally." Attorneys for Minnesota did not respond to Chauvin's petition asking the Supreme Court to hear his appeal. The Minnesota Court of Appeals in April rebuffed Chauvin's appeal, upholding his conviction and rejecting his request for a new trial. Minnesota's top court in July denied Chauvin's request to review the case, prompting his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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☆ Trump's fraud-trial judge declines his 'nonsensical' mistrial bid
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The judge in Trump's civil fraud trial did not mince words in rejecting a defense mistrial bid. His decision criticizes Trump's 'irrelevant' and 'nonsensical' evidence and arguments. The judge throws his full support behind Trump's favorite target in the case: the law clerk. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementThe judge in former President Donald Trump's civil fraud trial in New York on Friday denied defense lawyers' bid for a mistrial, saying it was based on "irrelevant" and "nonsensical" arguments and evidence.

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☆ Donald Trump, ungagged, is right back to attacking his fraud trial's law clerk
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Trump is insulting the law clerk in his NY civil fraud trial after a judge lifted his gag order. Trump posted on Truth Social that the law clerk is "Trump Hating." AdvertisementShortly after the gag order in his civil fraud trial was lifted, former President Donald Trump went right back to attacking a law clerk in the case. An appellate judge temporarily lifted the gag order on Thursday while prosecutors investigate if the order violates Trump's right to free speech, as his lawyers have argued. Engoron previously fined Trump twice over gag order violations, once for $10,000 and once for $5,000.

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☆ City to Pay Record $17.5 Million Settlement After Wrongful Conviction
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Hurubie Meko | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A man exonerated after spending over two decades in prison for murders in Queens that he did not commit will receive a $17.5 million settlement from New York City, an apparent record, according to his lawyer and city data. Mr. Bell was sentenced in 1999 to life in prison without parole. In 2021, a judge threw out the three men’s convictions and admonished prosecutors for withholding evidence that could have cast doubt on their guilt. The judge also found that prosecutors had made false statements at trial. “These three defendants were undoubtedly wronged by the district attorney’s office’s misconduct,” the judge, Joseph A. Zayas of the Appellate Division of State Supreme Court, wrote in his decision.

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The decision left Mr. Trump free, for the moment, of all of the gag orders placed on him. The New York gag orders will be evaluated by a full appellate panel, which may reimpose them. But in the meantime, Mr. Trump and his lawyers are again free to attack court staff, most prominently the law clerk, Allison Greenfield, who since Mr. Trump’s original post has become a magnet for right-wing attacks on the case. Justice Engoron, who is a Democrat, had justified his own gag order against Mr. Trump by citing threats against his staff. He repeatedly asked whether Mr. Trump had used specifically threatening language against Ms. Greenfield, who is also a Democrat, and seemed satisfied that the answer was no.

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☆ Judge lifts Trump gag order in $250 million New York business fraud case
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A New York judge on Thursday temporarily suspended a gag order barring former President Donald Trump from commenting on court staff in his $250 million civil business fraud trial. She seeks $250 million in damages and wants to permanently bar Trump Sr., Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump from running a New York business. Trump has already violated the narrow gag order twice, catching a total of $15,000 in fines. That gag order barred Trump from making statements targeting the prosecutors, likely witnesses and court staff in the case. A federal appeals court temporarily paused the D.C. gag order earlier this month.

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NEW YORK (AP) — A New York appeals court judge on Thursday paused a gag order that barred Donald Trump from commenting on court staffers in his civil fraud trial. In his decision, Judge David Friedman of the state’s intermediate appeals court cited constitutional concerns about restricting Trump’s free speech. He issued a stay of the gag order, allowing Trump to comment freely about court staff while a longer appeals process plays out. Trump’s lawyers filed a lawsuit against the trial judge, Arthur Engoron, late Wednesday challenging the gag order as an abuse of power. Trump's lawyers — who, separately, sought a mistrial Wednesday — contend that Engoron's orders are unconstitutionally suppressing free speech, and not just any free speech.

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☆ Not having a jury has turned Trump's fraud trial into an ugly screwball comedy
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Trump's lawyers complain to New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron that their gag order prevents them from complaining more. With no jury, Trump is the audienceThe trial is a bench trial, meaning there's no jury. he quipped to one of Trump's lawyers, Christopher Kise, who had objected to one of his rulings about how to structure several questions. AdvertisementJudge Arthur F. Engoron presides over former President Donald Trump's civil business fraud trial at the New York Supreme Court. Trump's lawyers have hemmed and hawed about Greenfield, Engoron's principal law clerk, who has donated to Democratic politicians.

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☆ An appeals court lifted Trump's gag order, clearing the way for him to insult the judge's staff again
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Laura Italiano | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

An appellate judge in New York temporarily lifted Trump's limited gag order in his NY fraud trial. The gag had barred Trump and his lawyers from spoken or written attacks on the judge's law staff. AdvertisementOn November 3, Engoron extended the gag order to include Trump's lawyers after Trump's lawyers made what the judge called "on the record, repeated, inappropriate remarks" about the same clerk. Trump and his lawyers are now free to make written and spoken criticisms of the judge's staff members pending the full appellate decision. Trump's lawyers must respond by November 27, after which a full panel of the New York Appellate Division's First Department will decide if the gag stays or goes permanently.

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