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Georgia poll workers file federal defamation suit against Giuliani and OAN over election fraud claims

JURIST

Two Georgia election workers filed a complaint Thursday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia against Rudy Giuliani and One America News Network (“OAN”) for promoting claims that they engaged in election fraud during the vote-counting process in the state of Georgia during the 2020 presidential election.

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TURKEY TORTS (2020)

JonathanTurley

In celebration of Thanksgiving, I give you our annual Turkey Torts of civil and criminal cases that add liability to libations on this special day (with past cases at the bottom). Indeed, the torts and crimes recorded this year seem painfully reminiscent of this loathsome year. This is going to make this year’s dinner.

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Victimization vs. Criminalization: The Trump Predicament 

The Crime Report

For example, in realpolitik we saw evidence of Trump’s victimhood of “rigged” elections starting to ebb in the defeat last week of Jim Jordan of Ohio for the House Speakership and in the guilty pleas of two of Trump’s attorneys and co-defendants Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro in the Georgia RICO case.

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“No One is Allowed to Touch Her!”: Child Bitten By Pet Monkey in Halloween House of Horrors

JonathanTurley

We had just finished discussing animal liability in my torts when a bizarre case from Halloween surfaced involving the girlfriend of Texas special teams coach Jeff Banks. and they say my torts exams are unrealistic. She later deleted her account (likely after her attorney regained consciousness). And more of what u (sic) see!

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Arbery Trial Judge Delivers Massive Blow to the Defense on the Eve of Closing Statements

JonathanTurley

In the Georgia trial over the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, Judge Timothy Walmsley delivered a haymaker to the defense on the very eve of closing statements. The court ruled that Georgia’s prior citizen’s arrest law is only applicable if a person sees a felony committed and acts without delay. Here is the prior law: O.C.G.A.

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Guest Post: Third-Party Litigation Funding: Disclosure to Courts, Congress, and the Executive

Patently O

bankruptcy, class action, trademark, securities, and tort litigation, to the tune of $50 to $100 billion in investments annually. [10] Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2] 2] Virtually nonexistent in the patent space in the U.S. 15, 2023, 12:14 AM EST, available at law360.com/articles/1573847 18] U.S.

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April 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Georgia , No. Maryland Appellate Court Allowed Redaction of Attorney General’s Application to Participate in Special Assistant AG Program. The redacted sections were therefore exempt from disclosure due to attorney-client privilege. Circuit Vacated Trump EPA’s Significant Contribution Rule. Frosh , No.

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