by Harry Litman After 20 days, 22 witnesses and intermittent courtroom fireworks, the evidence in Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial is all in. The case will soon be in the hands of the jury. Who holds the advantage at this critical juncture? My assessment, after attending ...
by Elizabeth Payne It has been nearly seven years since the #MeToo movement rocked social media, with millions of women posting publicly about their experiences of sexual assault in response to allegations that Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein had committed predatory acts. As a ...
CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s court system is asking for $160,244,954 for the coming fiscal year, an amount that reflects increased costs — but that also might require more. Last year, the court system’s budget request was about $154 million. “We have, I believe, right-sized ...
CHARLESTON — This week shaped up as a momentous one for Gov. Jim Justice’s legal and financial conflicts, but the calendar has been clearing. Originally scheduled for Wednesday was a hearing in Martinsville, Va., on whether Justice and his family businesses truly owe $300 million after ...
by Stephen L. Carter Social media is all atwitter — um, all a-X-er? — about the emoji at the heart of the federal court ruling allowing a securities suit to proceed against billionaire investor Ryan Cohen. To be sure, litigation following a corporate collapse sprouts like weeds, ...
Judge Aileen Cannon, appointed to the federal bench by President Trump, now oversees the former president’s trial on charges of mishandling national secrets and obstructing justice. Not including this one, 224 cases have been assigned to Cannon, and just four have gone to trial over a total ...