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[Link] SBF tries to revise bail conditions after judge noted suspicious VPN use
Read: 3/3/2023 arstechnica.com
A few weeks ago, disgraced FTX founder Samuel Bankman-Fried was in danger of losing his bail package and potentially being jailed until October.
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[Link] Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ordered to pay $4.1m over false Sandy Hook claims
Read: 5/8/2022 www.theguardian.com
The jury in Alex Jones’s defamation trial on Thursday ordered the far-right conspiracy theorist to pay $4.1m in damages over his repeated claims that the deadly Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax.
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[Link] Prosecution gets Elizabeth Holmes to admit she was in control of Theranos
Read: 2/12/2021 arstechnica.com
At this point in her criminal trial, Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes' best chance for acquittal is for the jury to believe that she was a puppet being controlled by her boyfriend, company president Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani. Yesterday, the prosecution attempted to pick apart that defense.
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[Link] Tolkien estate vanquishes Lord of the Rings themed cryptocurrency
Read: 25/11/2021 arstechnica.com
The estate of JRR Tolkien, the author of the Lord of the Rings, has successfully vanquished a cryptocurrency that styled itself as “The One Token That Rules Them All.
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[Link] The Lawyer Behind Trump’s Infamous Jan. 6 Memo Has a Galling New Defense
Read: 9/11/2021 slate.com
As the California state bar considers whether to initiate disciplinary proceedings against John Eastman for his role in Donald Trump’s attempt to steal the 2020 election, the former dean of Chapman Law School has begun to mount a defense of his infamous legal memo on the “January 6 scenario.
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[Link] Lawyers for Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers Really Want to Stay Away From Race
Read: 6/11/2021 www.vice.com
During opening statements in the murder trial against Ahmaud Arbery's killers, defense attorneys avoided mentioning race almost entirely.
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[Link] House Democrats Back Off Targeting Billionaire Tax Schemes and Swap in New Nicotine Levy
Read: 6/11/2021 theintercept.com
A new version of the Build Back Better Act that the House Rules Committee released Wednesday was amended to protect tax avoidance schemes used by the ultrawealthy in their estate planning.
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[Link] Trump Invokes Presidential ‘Absolute Immunity’ in Electric Avenue Copyright Suit
Read: 1/11/2021 torrentfreak.com
Last month, lawyers acting for Donald Trump failed to have a court dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by musician Eddy Grant over the unlicensed use of his track Electric Avenue in a campaign video.
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[Link] Lawyer Who Told Trump Pence Could Block the Election Says Riot Was FBI ‘Setup’
Read: 27/10/2021 www.vice.com
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[Link] MAGA QAnon's 2 Biggest Celebrities Are at War
Read: 11/10/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. And the spat is splitting their supporters down the middle.
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[Link] Ex-Fox host claims Facebook defamed him by fact-checking climate change videos
Read: 29/9/2021 arstechnica.com
Former Fox Business host John Stossel is suing Facebook, alleging that the social media company and one of its contracted fact-checking organizations defamed him when it flagged two of his videos, alerting viewers to “missing context” and “partly false” claims.
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[Link] These Gangsters Pretended to Be Lawyers To Kill Their Rival in Court
Read: 28/9/2021 www.vice.com
Stunning footage captured the moment after two gangs went head to head at a courtroom in India, resulting in three deaths and raising questions about security.
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[Link] R. Kelly's Defense in His Sex Trafficking Trial Did Not Go Well
Read: 23/9/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. R. Kelly was charged in federal court more than two years ago, but it took less than three days for the testimony called in his defense to draw to a close. And it was a somewhat less-than-stellar showing, per multiple media reports.
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[Link] Retirement village owner uses squatters’ rights in court bid to claim Sydney property
Read: 22/9/2021 www.theguardian.com
The operator of a private retirement village attempted to stop a woman taking possession of her deceased grandparents’ land on the fringes of Sydney, claiming it as their own using squatters’ rights.
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[Link] Missouri couple who pointed guns at protesters may have law licenses revoked
Read: 22/9/2021 www.theguardian.com
Mark and Patricia McCloskey, a Missouri couple who became famous for pointing guns at protesters marching for racial justice last summer, could have their law licenses revoked.
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[Link] Judge: Michigan couple must pay son $30,441 for throwing out porn collection
Read: 28/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
US district judge Paul Maloney’s decision this week came eight months after David Werking, 43, won a lawsuit against his parents. Werking said they had no right to throw out his collection of films, magazines and other items, which he said then was worth $29,000 (£21,500).
[Link] Man Sentenced for Smuggling 80 Pounds of Speed Disguised as COVID Vaccine
Read: 17/8/2021 www.vice.com
According to Norwegian national broadcaster NRK, customs officials initially intercepted the 50-year-old Polish man in January shortly after he arrived from Denmark via a ferry.
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[Link] Crown royal commission hears chief financial officer knew of money laundering 'red flag' but can't remember response
Read: 13/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
The man in charge of the finances of Crown's two Australian casinos was warned of multiple suspicious transactions which could indicate money laundering — but can not remember taking any action.
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[Link] Anti-Piracy Firm Asks Google to Block 127.0.0.1
Read: 8/8/2021 torrentfreak.com
Ukrainian TV channel TRK has sent a rather bizarre takedown request to Google. The company's anti-piracy partner Vindex asked the search engine to remove a search result that points to 127.0.0.1.
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[Link] Melbourne barrister takes umbrage after someone says ‘fuckwit’ during online court case
Read: 6/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
A barrister has taken umbrage after an unidentified person uttered the word “fuckwit” during an online hearing in Victoria’s supreme court, with the judge later stating the speaker probably thought the comment wasn’t audible and “people are entitled to have their thoughts”.
[Link] ‘Copyright Troll’ Lawyer Seeks to Reduce 14-Year Prison Sentence Due to COVID Pandemic
Read: 31/7/2021 torrentfreak.com
Paul Hansmeier, one of the lead attorneys behind the controversial Prenda Law firm, has asked the court for a reduction of his 14-year prison sentence. The disbarred lawyer says that he faced extraordinarily difficult living conditions in prison due to the COVID pandemic.
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