CCRB can punish cops who turn off bodycams and also initiate probes without complaints: appeals court
A city's police oversight agency can punish officers who turn off their body cameras during an incident and can also launch an investigation without filing charges, a state appeals court has ruled. The NYPD's union, which represents police officers and sergeants, filed a lawsuit last year challenging the civilian complaint board's new rules, saying the […]
New York appeals court judge calls Trump’s $454M civil fraud judgment ‘troubling’
A panel of judges on the New York Court of Appeals appears skeptical about Donald Trump's massive $454 million civil fraud judgment after he was found liable for business fraud, with one legal scholar calling it “It's alarming,” he said. The former president was awarded $354 million plus $100 million in additional interest after a […]
New York Appeals Court appears receptive to reversing or reducing $454M Trump civil fraud judgment
New York state appellate court judges have granted leniency to the possibility of reversing or reducing New York Attorney General Letitia James' $454 million civil fraud judgment in a lawsuit against former President Trump. Trump has appealed a civil fraud judgment that required him to pay more than $450 million. Lawyers for the former president […]
Trump lawyers want NY appeals court to toss $454M judgment
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are asking the New York Court of Appeals to overturn a $454 million judgment handed down to him after a judge found him liable for business fraud. Trump's lawyers appeared in a Manhattan court Thursday in an appeals court seeking to vacate a civil fraud judgment of $354 million, […]
Appeals panel signals skepticism over NY civil fraud case against Trump
On Thursday, New York's appellate board appeared alarmed by the state's civil fraud lawsuit against former President Trump, which ended in a $464 million judgment against him and his businesses. In arguments that lasted more than an hour, a five-judge panel of the Appellate Division, New York's intermediate appellate court, ruled that the law that […]
Jordan Chiles appeals to Swiss court in Olympic medal saga
Jordan Childs' fight to reclaim her Olympic bronze medal continues. Chilis has formally appealed to Switzerland's Supreme Court to overturn the Court of Arbitration for Sport's decision to strip her of her third place in the women's floor final. The drama over the bronze medal has continued long after the Summer Olympics ended in Paris […]
TikTok grilled in appeals court as judges consider challenge to sale-or-ban bill
TikTok faced tough questions from a U.S. appeals court on Monday as China-based ByteDance pushes to block legislation that would force it to stop selling the video-sharing app by Jan. 19 or else ban it entirely. TikTok's lawyers argued before a three-judge panel that the law, signed by President Joe Biden in April, violates the […]
TikTok ban effort to be tested before federal appeals court
A bipartisan effort to ban TikTok nationwide is set to be scrutinized Monday by a federal appeals court tasked with considering whether eliminating the social media giant's U.S. presence violates the First Amendment. The social media platform and a group of content creators are suing over new laws that could ban the app, bringing concerns […]
NY appeals court denies Trump request to pause Bragg case, after judge moves sentencing until after election
A New York appeals court on Thursday rejected a request to halt former President Trump's criminal case stemming from an investigation by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals said in a filing that it denied Trump's request for an emergency administrative stay in New York v. Trump following Judge Juan […]
New York Court of Appeals Dismisses Donald Trump’s Request to Lift Gag Order
The New York State Supreme Court has rejected former President Donald Trump's request to deregulate his business records lawsuit. New York Court of Appeals Fired President Trump is seeking to lift gag orders that restrict what prosecutors and their families can say in public. Trump's lawyers argued that the gag order restricts Trump's First Amendment […]