The Bahamas lawyers up as the FTX case proceeds in US court and disagreements fester

The Bahamas will have legal representation in the unfolding FTX case. The Caribbean nation chose Brown Rudnick as counsel “in certain matters of engagement related to the collapse of FTX Digital Markets Ltd.,” alongside Bahamian lawyers and other experts, according to a statement released by the law firm.  FTX Digital Markets is headquartered in the … Read more

Morning Digest | Agitating lawyers meet CJI over proposed transfers of HC judges; no more Air Suvidha form for international arrivals, and more

Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud met Gujarat and Telangana lawyers on Monday over the Collegium’s proposed transfers of their High Court judges. File picture. | Photo Credit: PTI Chief Justice of India, Collegium judges meet protesting Gujarat, Telangana High Courts’ lawyers over proposed transfers of their HC judges Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, … Read more

Getting funds out of FTX could take years or even decades: Insolvency lawyers

While investors are eager to know when they will be able to get their funds back from the now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, insolvency lawyers warn it could take “decades.” The crypto exchange, along with 130 affiliates filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States on Nov. 11. Insolvency lawyer Stephen Earel, partner at … Read more

SBF’s lawyers terminate FTX representation due to conflicts of interest

Paul, Weiss, the law firm backing FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) amid bankruptcy, renounced representing the entrepreneur, citing a conflict of interest. The decision to withdraw from representation after SBF’s tweets were found to disrupt the law firm’s reorganization efforts. Starting Nov. 14, SBF published a series of tweets that amassed extensive attention across Crypto … Read more

“I’m collecting evidence”: Arizona election loser Kari Lake refuses to concede, hires “best” lawyers

Failed Arizona Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake, who repeatedly refused to say she would accept the results of the governor’s race in Arizona if she lost, refused to concede and may challenge her election loss to Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs. Some of the election denier’s allies are urging her to challenge the election results because of … Read more

“Extremely bad luck”: Trump lawsuit lands before judge who sanctioned his lawyers for frivolous suit

Donald Trump drew a bad hand in his countersuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James. The former president had sued James for “intimidation and harassment” after her office filed a $250 million lawsuit against the Trump Organization, which the 41-page complaint alleged was an attempt to “steal, destroy or control all things Trump,” and … Read more

Paul Haggis Rape Trial To Jury After Lawyers Deliver Closing Arguments – Deadline

UPDATED, 4:15 PM: Paul Haggis coaxed Haleigh Breest into his apartment in New York after a party in 2013 with the intent of having sex with her whether she consented to it or not, and then he raped her even as she repeatedly said no, a lawyer for Breest told jurors Wednesday. As the lawyer, … Read more

Israel’s right threatens to tame ‘rule of lawyers’

For years, Israel’s right has sought to rein in the judiciary. Now, as Benjamin Netanyahu works to assemble what is expected to be the most rightwing government in the country’s history, it has a chance to do just that. Netanyahu’s Likud and its most likely allies — two ultraorthodox parties, and the extreme right Religious … Read more

GOP reassembles dozens of lawyers who pushed bogus 2020 election lawsuits ahead of 2022 midterms

Republicans are getting the band back together as it reassembles much of Donald Trump’s 2020 legal effort ahead of the midterm elections, according to a new report by The New York Times based on campaign finance and legal filings. “At least three dozen lawyers and law firms that advanced Donald J. Trump’s failed attempt to … Read more