New York Attorney General Letitia James today released the following statement regarding the guilty plea of Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Allen Weisselberg, after an investigation by her office and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg: “There is zero tolerance for individuals who defraud our state and cheat our communities. For years, Mr. Weisselberg broke […]

Plaintiffs Call on DOJ to Drop Charges Members of Legal Team Were Illegally Surveilled Inside Ecuadorian Embassy, Violating Fourth Amendment. Indictment against Julian Assange Cannot Stand as a Result of Gross Government Misconduct. NEW YORK, NY, August 15, 2022 – US journalists and attorneys who visited WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange filed suit today against the […]

Author Salman Rushdie has been taken off a ventilator and can talk again, nearly two days after being stabbed. Mr Rushdie, 75, was attacked while speaking at an event in New York state and was in a critical condition. He has faced years of death threats for his novel The Satanic Verses, which some Muslims […]

Sometimes lawyers really do have the best responses. The following is just one example.   Rebuilding New Orleans after Katrina often caused residents to be challenged to prove home titles back hundreds of years. That is because of community history stretching back over two centuries during which houses were passed along through generations of family, […]

Judge Rules that Cushman & Wakefield Must Pay $10,000 A Day Until It Provides Documents to AG’s Office Related to Its Work for the Trump Organization New York Attorney General Letitia James won a court victory in her office’s ongoing civil investigation into Donald Trump and the Trump Organization’s financial dealings with a judge ruling […]

The College of Commercial Arbitrators (CCA), a professional, collegial organization established in 2001, that celebrates and advocates excellence in the field of commercial arbitration – in the US and internationally – opens registration for a new and rare mentorship opportunity. The CCA designed its Associates Program to share the Fellows’ highest standards of ethics and […]

The UN agency that runs schools for Palestinians announced to donor states yesterday that it has just placed six employees on administrative leave after a report on Thursday by UN Watch exposed UNRWA teachers who publicly call to murder Jews. « Teachers who call to murder Jews must be barred from the classroom for life, while these temporary suspensions are just a […]

AG James Advises Gas Stations That They Must Comply with Tax Suspension, Encourages Consumers to File Complaints with OAG if They are Wrongly Charged NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today reminded New Yorkers of efforts taken to save money at the pump as Americans across the country are facing record high […]

North Korea on Monday will take over as chair of the world disarmament forum which negotiated the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, sparking an appeal (see text below) by 30 UN-accredited non-governmental organizations for UN chief Antonio Guterres, the U.S., Canada, UK, EU states and other democracies to strongly protest, and for their ambassadors to walk out of the conference during […]

Orders Donald J. Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Ivanka Trump to Testify As Part AG James’ Ongoing Investigation NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James released the following statement after the Appellate Division, First Judicial Department ruled in her favor and ordered Donald J. Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Ivanka Trump to give […]