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Business interruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the related government orders to shut down or limit operations has firms seeking answers about the effect on their contractual obligations, leases and rental agreements. Some non-essential businesses forced to close to ...

WASHINGTON — Ruling from a virtual bench, the Supreme Court on Monday decided that states may eliminate a widely accepted form of the insanity defense for criminal defendants, that a minority entrepreneur faces a higher hurdle to prove discrimination on ...

WASHINGTON — The Securities and Exchange Commission is warning of the risk of insider trading. The coronavirus has affected U.S. markets in “unprecedented” ways, Stephanie Avakian and Steven Peikin, co-directors of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, said in a sharply ...

NEW YORK — A former personal lawyer for President Donald Trump was denied early release from a three-year prison sentence Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to numerous charges, including campaign finance fraud and lying to Congress. U.S. District Judge William ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan has hired a new law firm to lead the investigation into allegations that a deceased team doctor molested hundreds of people. The school said Tuesday that WilmerHale has replaced Steptoe & ...

Most notaries public may have to stay home right now because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but they can continue to notarize documents from home without face-to-face contact. That’s because among the many executive orders Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has issued ...

A federal judge has denied a motion for a new trial in the case of a wheelchair-bound man who lost a suit claiming police used excessive force while arresting him. But the judge issued monetary sanctions against the attorney who ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas & Electric will plead guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter for a swath of death and destruction left behind after its fraying electrical grid ignited a 2018 wildfire that decimated three Northern California towns ...

U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. is asking the public to report suspected fraud schemes related to COVID-19 pandemic by calling the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) hotline at (866) 720-5721, or by sending an email to disaster@leo.gov. Examples ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump will have to go to the U.S. Supreme Court if he wants to block critics from his personal Twitter account. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday rejected by a 7-2 ...

After more than 100 years as the home to Lawyers Cooperative and the legal publishing firm’s recent iteration, Thomson Reuters, the Aqueduct Building has been sold. The downtown landmark, identifiable by a 21-foot statue of Mercury that sits high atop ...

In a split decision, a state appeals court has ordered a hearing on allegations of ineffective assistance of counsel claimed by a man convicted of murder and weapons charges. In August 2016, after being convicted of second-degree murder and criminal ...