“#California state judge has tentatively ruled that nearly 6,000 Black factory workers can sue #Tesla as a group for the electric vehicle maker's alleged failure to address rampant race discrimination and harassment at its Fremont plant.” #legal
https://www.reuters.com/legal/tesla-must-face-class-action-claims-by-6000-workers-race-bias-case-2024-02-29/
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Via Lisa Rubin;
#Weisselberg has now pleaded guilty to perjuring himself in two depositions and at trial, all with respect to the value of his former boss’s Trump Tower apartment. His sentencing is set for April 10, smack dab in the middle of the Manhattan DA’s criminal trial against #Trump. #legal
I love #EJeanCarroll's lawyers.
Via Erica Orden:
In response to #Trump’s motion for a stay of enforcement of judgment in Carroll, Carroll’s lawyers call his request “the court filing equivalent of a paper napkin; signed by the least trustworthy of borrowers” #legal
Via Kyle Cheney:
JUST IN: DC Circuit has ruled that some #Jan6 defendants had their sentences improperly lengthened by district judges' decisions to label their crimes "interference with the administration of justice."
https://documentcloud.org/documents/24452522-brock
It's not immediately clear how many cases this will affect. About 330 Jan. 6 defendants have been charged with obstruction. Those who had the 'administration of justice enhancement' and are still serving sentences may now have to be resentenced #legal
Via Kyle Cheney:
Judge #Cannon will permit a lawyer for a coalition of media outlets to present argument tomorrow on issues related to access/sealing of #Trump case filings. #legal #documents #Florida
Via Kyle Griffin:
CREW President Noah Bookbinder: "While the Supreme Court allowed Donald #Trump back on the ballot on technical legal grounds, this was in no way a win for Trump. The Supreme Court had the opportunity in this case to exonerate Trump, and they chose not to do so." #SCOTUS #14thAmendment #legal
🤦🏻♀️ Via Tamar Hallerman:
New: Fulton defendant Shafer coming fwd w new witness, Cobb co-chief deputy DA Cindi Lee Yeager whom he says had convos w Terrence Bradley bw 8/23-1/24. Says can corrob #FaniWillis & Wade in rel'ship earlier than acknowledged
Judge closed off new evidence on DA disqual question but Shafer is asking for him to consider this if he changes his mind
Says Yeager "became concerned" after watching Bradley's testimony in court last wk #legal #Georgia
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24455538-shafer_proposedtestimony_3424
Via Klasfeld:
News
Sen. Menendez LOSES his bid to suppress evidence obtained through search warrants. #legal
#WompWomp-ish
Via Lisa Rubin:
NEW: Judge Lew Kaplan, faced with #Trump’s fully-briefed request for a further stay of the #EJeanCarroll $83.3 million judgment, effectively says, “I’ll rule when I rule.” #legal
📌👀 Via Josh Gerstein:
JUST IN: #SCOTUS sets unusual, short-notice opinion release for Monday morning. Appears to signal that ruling on #Trump ballot eligibility is looming. #14thAmendment #legal
#WompWomp 1/...
Former #Twitter Executives Sue Elon #Musk for $128 Million
"The plaintiffs, including Parag Agrawal, the former chief executive, are asking for severance after they lost their jobs during Mr. Musk’s 2022 takeover of the company." #legal
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/04/technology/twitter-executives-sue-musk.html
🤦🏻♀️ Via Anna Bower:
NEW: #Trump co-defendant Cathy Latham asks Judge McAfee to consider additional testimony amid effort to disqualify #FaniWillis.
The witness, Manny Arora, represented Ken Chesebro. Arora says he had multiple conversations last year w/ Terrence Bradley. #legal #Georgia
https://documentcloud.org/documents/24458479-arora-proposed-testimony
🤦🏻♀️ This is what desperation looks like:
Via Inner City Press:
#Trump docket: Just filed by Habba, "Trump respectfully requests judgment as a matter of law in this case under Rule 50(b) of the FRCP. It is warranted because #EJeanCarroll failed to provide sufficient evidence to prove causation of any damages in this case #legal
👏🏼 👉🏼Via Democracy Docket:
BREAKING: #NorthCarolina court strikes down power-grab law that transfers the ability to appoint members to the state board of elections from Gov. Roy Cooper (D) to the Republican-controlled state legislature. #legal
Via Lisa Rubin: 1/...
According to Ashleigh Merchant GA Senate testimony today, Terrence Bradley --a lawyer she knew previously -- 1st approached her w his story of a relationship between #FaniWillis and Nathan Wade dating back to a judicial conference
She also testified that Bradley told her to seek out Willis's "bestie," a woman he later ID'd by her photo. She is Robin Yeartie, the other witness offered by the defense to prove the origins and scope of the relationship.
#legal #Georgia
👀”#Arizona prosecutors in recent weeks issued grand jury subpoenas to multiple people linked to #Trump’s 2020 campaign, a sharp acceleration of their criminal investigation into efforts to overturn Biden’s victory..a sign that AG Kris Mayes, a Dem, is nearing a decision on whether to charge Trump’s allies in the state, incl GOP activists who falsely posed as presidential electors” #legal
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/06/donald-trump-2020-election-probe-arizona-00145377
Via Lisa Rubin: 1/2
Some of these excuses are running thin. #Trump lawyer Chris Kise, for example, lives in #Florida, as does Sasha Dadan, FL counsel for Walt Nauta.
Katie Phang:
NEW: All of the MAL defendants seek an extension of time to file certain Reply briefs to various Oppositions filed by Special Counsel that responded to Defendants’ multiple motions to dismiss.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.386.0.pdf
Via Roger Parloff:
#Trump now seeking adjournment in NY criminal case, claiming presidential immunity. #legal
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24475014-20240307-motion-re-presidential-immunity_redacted
👀Via Emptywheel: 1/...
Aside from hour improper this is and the likelihood that it'll work, if the appointment thing works, then Hunter Biden's far better appointment claim gets fast-tracked.
Hugo Lowell:
New: Judge #Cannon in #Trump classified #documents case accepts two amicus briefs filed by Trump-adjacent lawyers that “may be of considerable help” re Trump motions to dismiss — ominous for Special Counsel. 1st says NARA referral flawed and 2nd says #JackSmith improperly appointed. #legal
Siiiiiggghhh.
Via Anna Bower:
Fulton County District Attorney #FaniWillis argues that #Trump and his co-defendants have not met their burden of showing a disqualifying conflict of interest.
In a new filing, Jeffrey Clark says that Willis has a "half-dozen" conflicts of interest warranting her disqualification.
Clark also alleges that Nathan Wade "obviously lied" under oath—and that Willis "ratified" his perjury by not correcting it. #Georgia #legal
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24461327-clark-reply-to-state-supp-brief
Muskrat come up short, Trump?
Via Lisa Rubin: 1/...
In a new letter tonight, Alina Habba is asking Judge Kaplan -- who has yet to rule on #Trump's request to stay enforcement of the $83.3 million #EJeanCarroll judgment as his post-trial motions are resolved -- for some mercy. [Me: 🎻]
Specifically, she notes that the existing stay expires Monday and asks that if Kaplan does not rule by tomorrow, he should at least stay enforcement of the judgment for 3 business days after that ruling #legal
1/... "Brian Butler, “Trump Employee 5” in the classified #documents indictment brought by #JackSmith.. doesn’t believe the criminal case against #Trump is a “witch hunt:...Butler..unknowingly helped Nauta deliver boxes of classified information from Mar-a-Lago to the former president’s plane in June 2022 – the same day that Trump and his attorney were meeting with DOJ at Mar-a-Lago about the classified docs" #legal #TrumpIndictment #Florida https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/11/politics/trump-employee-5-classified-documents-mar-a-lago/index.html
Via Kyle Cheney:
JUST IN: Prosecutors say they've provided another small batch of discovery to #Trump in his #Florida case, including "the memorialization of an interview conducted on March 6, 2024."
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.371.0.pdf
#legal #documents