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Her order came after a juror passed a note asking if the trial was on schedule and after defense lawyers struggled to work the courtroom equipment on Monday.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2026 -
There was the entertainment lawyer who talked about it over coffee, the handful of reps who mentioned it at a party, and two nearby seatmates who were discussing it on the flight back to Los Angeles.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Mar. 2026
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Pulte wrote separately to the US attorneys for the Southern District of Florida and Northern District of Illinois in letters dated Wednesday.—
Josh Wingrove,
Bloomberg,
26 Mar. 2026
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If indeed the grand jury chose only to issue a presentment, charges may still be possible, according to former state attorneys.—
Alexandra Glorioso,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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The perpetrators often looked down at the floor or straight ahead as approximately 30 victim impact statements were read – most from young female victims, but also from distraught parents and Janine Swinehart, the prosecuting attorney.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
26 Mar. 2026
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The Macomb County Prosecutor's Office doesn't have any paperwork yet from township police, and there are no charges at this time, said Rob Leonetti, chief assistant prosecuting attorney.—
Christina Hall,
Freep.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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Maybe their ambulance chasers can prevail against the dive bars of Canton, but Karen should skate.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
6 Aug. 2025
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In the case of Jay-Z, the billionaire has come out swinging against attorney Tony Buzbee, branding him an ambulance chaser and calling him a 1-800 lawyer.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
15 Jan. 2025
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Good will play Regina Harris, the new district attorney who is smart, compassionate, and nobody’s fool.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
25 Mar. 2026
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As district attorney, Kunzweiler took the same hard line on Wilkens’ case, repeatedly opposing her bids for parole.—
Pamela Colloff,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
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By prohibiting attorneys from suggesting a value for non-economic damages, the measure blocks victims from telling a jury what their claims are worth, trial lawyer Jeff Wilson told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee at a hearing on the proposal last month.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
10 Mar. 2026
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Los Angeles entertainment and trial lawyer Tre Lovell tells USA TODAY that Reiner will likely plead not guilty by reason of insanity.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
23 Feb. 2026
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This balancing act -- holding both her grief and her drive to keep going -- fed her work as a grief counselor and end-of-life photographer for families.—
MAGGIE PENMAN THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
22 Mar. 2026
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United Teachers Los Angeles represents more than 30,000 classroom teachers, psychologists, attendance counselors, guidance counselors, nurses and secondary school librarians.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026
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The bubble-ists think that the Coreweave people are hopeless dreamers at best and shysters at worst.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
28 Sep. 2025
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To demonstrate that point in a video, a researcher told a robot arm to put a bunch of plastic grapes into a clear Tupperware container, then proceeded to shift three containers around on the table in an approximation of a shyster’s shell game.—
Eliza Strickland,
IEEE Spectrum,
12 Mar. 2025
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