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In a bombshell of the courts, a judge in NY has denied President Donald Trump’s request for his taxes not to be turned over to a grand jury.
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The first-degree murder trial of Michael Hancock, an Uber driver who killed passenger Hyun (Huhn) Kim, began in Denver, Colorado. Johnna Stuart, Hancock’s lawyer, alleges that Hancock acted in self-defense, after being assaulted by Kim in June 2018.
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Amber Guyger, found guilty of murdering Botham Jean yesterday in Dallas, TX, was handed a reduced sentence of 10 years today.
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The murder trial jury found Amber Guyger guilty of murdering Botham Jean in Dallas, TX. Last year, she had mistaken Jean’s apartment for her own; he lived in the apartment above hers. Sentence proceedings started today; Guyger is facing life in prison.
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The Judicial Council of the Tenth District in Kansas City, KS, officially and publicly reprimanded U.S. District Judge Carlos Murguia for three types of misconduct. There were other allegations, but they were dismissed for lack of evidence to establish them.
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Professional NBA player Giannis Antetokoumpo filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit he had filed for violations of his trademark after reaching a settlement.
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In a case that took months and multiple appeals to end, Bill O’Reilly has come out victorious in a defamation suit that was brought on by a former Fox News producer in New York. The U.S. District Court Judge Deborah Batts (Southern District of New York) dismissed the defamation claims by the plaintiff, Rachel Witlieb Bernstein.
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his company won the dismissal of a lawsuit brought on by investors that claimed they were deceived about how the stock price would be compromised by a privacy breach.
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The Federal Trade Commission testified to Congress about enforcements against Google and Facebook, and financial penalties imposed on them.
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The FTC filed a lawsuit in the Texas District Court yesterday, suing the online dating website’s parent company, Match Group, Inc.