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Trump Lawyer Drops Conflict Claim in $83.3M Defamation Case, Ending Speculation of BigLaw Overlap

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New York City, New York – A lawyer representing former President Donald Trump in an $83.3 million defamation case has withdrawn a claim of conflict of interest against the opposing lawyer and the judge. Alina Habba, Trump’s attorney, initially argued that both the plaintiff’s lawyer and the judge had previously worked at the same law firm, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, in the 1990s. However, in a recent letter to U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan of the Southern District of New York, Habba stated that she is now convinced that there was no “mentor-mentee … Read more

Trump Attorney Reverses Controversial Claim of Judge’s ‘Incestuous’ Conflict in E. Jean Carroll Case

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New York, NY – Alina Habba, one of Donald Trump’s attorneys, has retracted a recent claim regarding a judge’s alleged conflict of interest in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation case against the former president. The claim, which suggested an “insane” and “incestuous” conflict, was based on the judge’s prior association with one of Carroll’s lawyers at a major law firm. However, Habba quickly rescinded her statement after realizing that she herself had briefly worked at the same firm as one of Carroll’s attorneys. The connection between Judge Lewis Kaplan and Roberta Kaplan, who represented Carroll, was … Read more

Federal Judge Dismisses Meta’s Breach-of-Contract Claim Against Data-Scraping Company, Bright Data

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San Francisco, California – Meta’s breach-of-contract claim against data-scraping company Bright Data has been dismissed by a federal judge, stating that Bright Data obtained only public data from Facebook and Instagram. In January 2023, Meta filed a lawsuit against Bright Data, accusing them of breach of contract and tortious interference with contract. Bright Data, an Israeli company that collects data from various websites, argued that their scraping of publicly available data did not violate Meta’s, Facebook’s, or Instagram’s terms. US District Judge Edward Chen, in a ruling issued on Tuesday, stated that the evidence showed … Read more

Columnist’s Lawyer Raises Alarming Claim: Trump’s Hopes to Create Chaos during Defamation Case Verdict

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Kansas City, Missouri – The lawyer representing a columnist warned a judge on Wednesday that former President Donald Trump hopes to “sow chaos” as the jury considers defamation damages. This comes after a battle lasting years, starting in February 2016 when the columnist accused Trump of sexual assault. The columnist claimed that Trump defamed her by publicly calling her a liar. The lawyer argued that Trump’s strategy is to “inflame his supporters, encouraging them to harass and intimidate” the columnist and her legal team. This warning came in response to Trump’s request to disclose the … Read more