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Archegos’s Bill Hwang sentenced to 18 years in prison for massive US fraud
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Archegos’s Bill Hwang sentenced to 18 years in prison for massive US fraud

Al Jazeera  

Hwang had been convicted in July on 10 criminal charges including wire and securities fraud, market manipulation. Former billionaire investor Sung Kook “Bill” Hwang has been sentenced to 18 years in prison over the collapse of Archegos Capital Management, which cost Wall Street banks more than $10bn. Hwang was sentenced on Wednesday by United States District Judge Alvin Hellerstein in …

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Ex-UBS Vice Chair Joins Leniency Calls for Archegos’ Bill Hwang
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Ex-UBS Vice Chair Joins Leniency Calls for Archegos’ Bill Hwang

Live Mint  

-- A former UBS Group AG vice chair joined other Wall Street figures, clergy and an ex-NFL linebacker in backing leniency for Archegos Capital Management founder Bill Hwang, who faces sentencing next week for fraud and market manipulation. Bob Foresman, a senior investment banker at UBS from 2016 to 2020, wrote one of more than 100 letters Hwang’s lawyers submitted …

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Trump seeks second shot to transfer hush money case to federal court: report
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump seeks second shot to transfer hush money case to federal court: report

Raw Story  

A federal appeals court will weigh whether to allow Donald Trump a second shot to argue that his hush-money case should be moved from New York state court into a federal courtroom. The latest move from the former president’s legal team comes after U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein rejected Trump’s request last month seeking permission to make a new argument …

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Judge's 'sloppiness' may have given Trump the 'opening' he needs in court: legal analyst
4 months ago

Judge's 'sloppiness' may have given Trump the 'opening' he needs in court: legal analyst

Raw Story  

New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg penned a new letter to Judge Juan Merchan on Wednesday after Donald Trump was denied his demand to take his hush money case to federal court. Late on Tuesday, Senior Judge Alvin Hellerstein of the U.S. Southern District of New York ruled against Trump's request to take the case from local New York court …

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Federal judge rejects Trump’s request to intervene in his state felony conviction
4 months, 1 week ago

Federal judge rejects Trump’s request to intervene in his state felony conviction

LA Times  

A federal judge on Tuesday swiftly rejected Donald Trump’s request to intervene in his New York hush money criminal case, spurning the former president’s attempt at an end-run around the state court where he was convicted and is set to be sentenced in two weeks. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein’s ruling — just hours after Trump’s lawyers asked him to …

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Trump camp denies he lost bid to have Manhattan criminal case moved to federal court
4 months, 1 week ago

Trump camp denies he lost bid to have Manhattan criminal case moved to federal court

Raw Story  

The campaign for former President Donald Trump has denied that his request to have his criminal case in Manhattan removed to federal court was rejected by U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein. Legal experts on the social media site X said Hellerstein denied Trump's request to move his trial before his September sentencing. "Judge Alvin Hellerstein has rejected Trump's attempt to …

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From US jail, Venezuelan general who defied Maduro awaits potentially lengthy sentence
9 months, 4 weeks ago

From US jail, Venezuelan general who defied Maduro awaits potentially lengthy sentence

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In the new testimony, convicted drug traffickers alleged they …

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Judge nixes Trump’s bid to move hush-money criminal case, keeping it in New York state court
1 year, 5 months ago

Judge nixes Trump’s bid to move hush-money criminal case, keeping it in New York state court

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A federal judge on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump ’s bid to move his hush-money criminal case from New York state court to federal court, ruling that the former president had failed to meet a high legal bar for changing jurisdiction. U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein found that the allegations in the Manhattan case pertained to Trump’s …

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Judge, rejecting Trump arguments, signals he’ll let New York criminal case stay in state court
1 year, 6 months ago

Judge, rejecting Trump arguments, signals he’ll let New York criminal case stay in state court

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The hush money case against former President Donald Trump appears headed back to a New York court after a federal judge showed little inclination Tuesday to let Trump move the history-making prosecution to federal court. Alan Garten, the Trump Organization’s chief legal officer, testified that he believed the payments were partly reimbursements for the money that Cohen …

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Veteran jurist picked to weigh moving Trump’s criminal trial
1 year, 8 months ago

Veteran jurist picked to weigh moving Trump’s criminal trial

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A judge known for his care and cautiousness in presiding over litigation in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks was selected Friday to decide whether Donald Trump ’s criminal case proceeds in state or federal court. Alvin Hellerstein, a Manhattan federal judge for a quarter century, picked up the case after it was originally assigned to a …

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Judge orders ex-jail union boss to be freed in bribery case
1 year, 10 months ago

Judge orders ex-jail union boss to be freed in bribery case

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Norman Seabrook originally was sentenced to 58 months in …

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LAPD killed a man it says aimed gun at officer. Body camera video tells different story
2 years, 5 months ago

LAPD killed a man it says aimed gun at officer. Body camera video tells different story

LA Times  

Los Angeles police say that 23-year-old Marvin Cua pointed a gun at officers before he was fatally shot in Koreatown last month, but newly-released body camera footage doesn’t capture him doing so and shows an officer shooting Cua as he flees. And in her statement on the video, Muniz said that because of where they are mounted on officers’ chests, …

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Judge tosses Girl Scouts’ recruitment suit vs. Boy Scouts
2 years, 9 months ago

Judge tosses Girl Scouts’ recruitment suit vs. Boy Scouts

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A federal judge rejected Girl Scouts’ claims Thursday that the Boy Scouts created marketplace confusion and damaged their recruitment efforts by using words like “scouts” and “scouting” in recruitment drives. “Though Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts may now compete more than they once did, neither organization can preempt the other’s use of the Scout Terms and their …

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ICE released a sick detainee from Adelanto immigration facility. He died three days later
3 years, 9 months ago

ICE released a sick detainee from Adelanto immigration facility. He died three days later

LA Times  

A man who had been detained at the Adelanto ICE processing center died three days after his release. I should not have had to call the coroner to find out my client died a week before.” The case raises questions about whether immigration officials are undercounting detainee deaths during the pandemic by releasing people just before they die, said Jessica …

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US drops efforts to gag former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen
4 years, 5 months ago

US drops efforts to gag former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen

Al Jazeera  

Agreement allows Cohen to proceed with publication of a book expected to be highly critical of his former boss. The United States government dropped its effort to silence President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer on Thursday, saying it will no longer demand that Michael Cohen not speak with the media in the weeks before his book critical of his former …

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Michael Cohen case and others have judges second-guessing Trump’s DOJ
4 years, 5 months ago

Michael Cohen case and others have judges second-guessing Trump’s DOJ

CNN  

CNN — Minutes into a hearing to determine whebther the Trump administration had retaliated against Michael Cohen in sending him back to prison, federal Judge Alvin Hellerstein said he didn’t believe prosecutors’ version of events. But in Cohen’s case – some of what Judge Hellerstein was saying appeared to come from a place that seems particularly responsive to these times.” …

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Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen released from prison again
4 years, 5 months ago

Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen released from prison again

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer was released Friday after a judge ruled that he had been sent back to prison from home confinement as retaliation for his plan to release a book critical of Trump before November’s election. Michael Cohen walked out of a federal prison in New York on Friday afternoon, his lawyer Danya Perry …

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Judge orders Michael Cohen to be released from prison
4 years, 5 months ago

Judge orders Michael Cohen to be released from prison

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A judge on Thursday ordered the release of President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer from prison, saying the government retaliated against him for planning to release a book critical of Trump before November’s election. Michael Cohen’s First Amendment rights were violated when he was ordered back to prison on July 9 after probation authorities said he refused …

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Judge rejects Harvey Weinstein's $18.9 mn civil settlement, says it would be 'unfair' to survivors
4 years, 5 months ago

Judge rejects Harvey Weinstein's $18.9 mn civil settlement, says it would be 'unfair' to survivors

Firstpost  

The US judge said the settlement would be ‘unfair’ to women who Harvey Weinstein raped or sexually abused, because it treats them no different from women who had merely met him. A US judge on Tuesday, 14 July, rejected a proposed $18.9 million civil settlement for women who claimed they were subjected to sexual abuse and workplace harassment by the …

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Federal Judge Rejects Harvey Weinstein's $19 Million Settlement With Alleged Victims
4 years, 5 months ago

Federal Judge Rejects Harvey Weinstein's $19 Million Settlement With Alleged Victims

NPR  

Federal Judge Rejects Harvey Weinstein's $19 Million Settlement With Alleged Victims Enlarge this image toggle caption Mark Lennihan/AP Mark Lennihan/AP A federal New York judge has thrown out a proposed $18.9 million settlement between convicted rapist and former movie producer Harvey Weinstein, and several women. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein said the offer failed to adequately compensate many of the …

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Weinstein companies dismissed from sexual-misconduct class-action lawsuit
5 years, 8 months ago

Weinstein companies dismissed from sexual-misconduct class-action lawsuit

LA Times  

Harvey Weinstein’s former companies and their officers and directors were dismissed from a federal lawsuit filed by 10 women, who claim the firms and executives aided the alleged sexual misconduct that led to the movie mogul’s ouster. Bloomberg Harvey Weinstein’s former companies and their officers and directors were dismissed from a federal lawsuit filed by 10 women who claim the …

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