Kanye West’s former attorneys have finally tracked down the elusive artist and cut ties with him, even as he faces a slew of lawsuits, according to reports. Many companies and business partners severed ties with the West amid his racist and antisemitic behavior last fall, but his lawyers had to serve him with legally required notice before dropping him as a client. The rapper, who legally changed his name to Ye in 2021, led the attorneys of Greenberg Traurig LLP on a wild goose chase for months, Billboard reported, evading their attempts to serve him. After the “Runaway” performer had dodged the attorneys, including changing his phone number, the firm considered taking the extraordinary measure of buying an advertisement in local Los Angeles newspapers to get his attention, Billboard said, citing legal filings.…
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Democracy Alerts – Court Rejects Failed Arizona Republican Attorney General Candidate’s Request for a Second Trial
WASHINGTON, D.C — On Friday, July 14, an Arizona judge rejected attorney general candidate and election denier Abe Hamadeh’s (R) motion for a new trial in his previously dismissed election contest. In December 2022, the same judge tossed out Hamadeh’s election contest, which was also backed by two Arizona voters and the Republican National Committee (RNC), after holding a trial on the Republicans’ claims of erroneously counted ballots and election board misconduct, wrongful exclusion of provisional ballots, inaccurate ballot duplications and improper electronic ballot adjudication. Despite the December ruling, the results of a mandatory state-wide account confirming Democrat Kris Mayes’ victory and Mayes officially taking office on Jan.…
Why Americans, including Obama, are in awe of Indian-American attorney Neal Katyal
An Indian-American attorney is being hailed as a “national hero” and “true patriot” in the US after he successfully argued a case before the US Supreme Court against a legal theory being promoted by conservatives, especially those who supported former US President Donald Trump. The US-born attorney, named Neal Katyal, was representing the watchdog group ‘Common Cause’ and won the judgment 6-3, with support from three liberal and three conservative judges. Such was the significance of the case that one legal expert labeled it as the most important constitutional case in US history, while it helped the attorney rarely earn himself praise from former Democratic president Barack Obama.…
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Here’s how Young Thug’s attorney is trying to get the rapper out of jail
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – With jury selection set to resume July 10 in Young Thug’s massive RICO trial, attorney Brian Steel has been relentless in his efforts to, at least, get the rapper out of jail on bond and, at most, dismiss all of the organized crime-related charges against his client. Brian Steel is the Atlanta-based attorney heading up Jeffery Lamar Williams’ (that’s the rapper’s real name) defense. Young Thug has been in jail for more than a year awaiting trial on numerous RICO-related charges, and Steel has filed several motions (one of which is completely listed below) to free his client on bond.…
Father of Parkland shooting victim knocks ex-school officer for ‘celebrating’ not guilty verdict
Manuel Oliver knocked a former school resource officer and his attorney for “celebrating” after the officer was found not guilty of all charges related to his actions around the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Fla. “These guys are celebrating today. He said he got his life back. They’re going to the Vatican. They thanked the Lord. Apparently their Lord is a different Lord than Joaquin’s Lord,” Oliver, whose son Joaquin died in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, said on CNN. “He decided to give this guy his life back, which is not in any way, in any way, comparable to losing life,” he added.…
Businessman linked to Texas AG Ken Paxton’s impeachment charged with lying to get $172M in loans
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas businessman at the center of the scandal that led to the historic impeachment of state Attorney General Ken Paxton was charged Friday with making false statements to mortgage lenders to obtain $172 million in loans. The federal indictment of real estate developer Nate Paul is the result of a yearslong FBI investigation — a probe Paxton involved his office in, setting off a chain of events that led to a separate federal probe of the attorney general and his impeachment and suspension from office last month. Paul was charged with eight counts of making false statements while seeking loans from mortgage lenders in the US and Ireland.…