Category: lawyer

New Jersey Lawyer Pleads Not Guilty to a 2nd Series of Sexual Assaults in Boston

BOSTON—A New Jersey lawyer already charged in connection with a series of sexual assaults in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood about 15 years ago pleaded not guilty on Thursday to new charges stemming from sexual assaults in another area of the city that occurred at roughly the same time. Matthew Nilo, 35, was released on $50,000 bail…


Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Chased out of 13 Homes in 2 Months as Pressure Rises on Legal Advocates

TAIPEI, Taiwan—A disbarred Chinese human rights lawyer has been forced to move 13 times in two months as part of a pattern of harassment against him and three other prominent rights advocates in Beijing that is further squeezing the country’s battered civil rights community. Wang Quanzhang said he is now living in a borrowed apartment…


Concerns over hatch act violation over use of “MAGA” in White House Briefing Room

The White House is doubling down on its reference to “MAGA,” despite an official warning given to the press secretary for using her official capacity to interfere with an election. U.S. government agencies have been hit in a global cyberattack. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency says it is working urgently to understand the scope and…


White House Press Secretary Under Fire for Violating Hatch Act With ‘MAGA’ Remarks

The White House is doubling down on its reference to “MAGA,” despite an official warning given to the press secretary for using her official capacity to interfere with an election. U.S. government agencies have been hit in a global cyberattack. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency says it is working urgently to understand the scope and…


On Final Day of Court Challenge, Government Lawyers Argue Cabinet was Justified in Invoking Emergencies Act

A lawyer for the Attorney General argued in court on April 5 that civil liberties’ lawyers were engaging in “revisionist history” by asserting that the Freedom Convoy was under control when cabinet invoked the Emergencies Act to quell the protest last winter. “You’ve heard from my friends that the situation was getting under control by…


Florida Bar Association Investigating Lawyer Charged With Domestic Terrorism in ‘Cop City’ Attack

The Florida Bar Association has said it is investigating a lawyer who was part of a group of activists that attacked the site of a planned police training center in Atlanta on March 5 and were subsequently arrested. Thomas Webb Jurgens, a 28-year-old employee at the nonprofit legal advocacy organization, Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), was among 23 people arrested on…


Florida Bar Investigating Lawyer Charged With Domestic Terrorism in ‘Cop City’ Attack

The Florida Bar has said it is investigating a lawyer who was part of a group of activists that attacked the site of a planned police training center in Atlanta on March 5 and were subsequently arrested. Thomas Webb Jurgens, a 28-year-old employee at the nonprofit legal advocacy organization, Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), was among 23 people arrested on charges…


LIVE NOW: Convicted South Carolina Lawyer to Be Sentenced

The South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh faces sentencing at 9:30 p.m. ET on March 3 after a jury finds him guilty of murdering his wife and youngest son in June 2021. …


LIVE NOW: Judge Announces Sentence for Alex Murdaugh for Murder of Wife, Son

The South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh faces sentencing at 9:30 a.m. ET on March 3 after a jury finds him guilty of murdering his wife and youngest son in June 2021. …


Judge Announces Sentence for Alex Murdaugh for Murder of Wife, Son

The South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh faces sentencing at 9:30 a.m. ET on March 3 after a jury finds him guilty of murdering his wife and youngest son in June 2021. …