Pennsylvania attorney disciplinary board

On the heels of the report, the Justice Department’s inspector general, Michael Horowitz, said Monday that he is launching an investigation to examine whether any former or current department officials “engaged in an improper attempt” to overturn the results of the presidential election. … [Read more...] about Pa. Rep. Scott Perry: I ‘Obliged’ Trump With Introduction To Lawyer Jeffrey Clark

The moves come as Biden is set to sign a series of orders and memorandums Tuesday as the new administration says it will make combatting racial injustice a central focus of his presidency. They were detailed by a senior administration official who briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity ahead of Biden’s formal announcement, scheduled for later Tuesday. … [Read more...] about Joe Biden to call for end of federally run private prisons

In the course of looking into Weinstein’s charitable activities, Ajamie began to hear other stories. “The first thing people say is ‘He’s a bully, he rapes women, he’s a predator,’ ” Ajamie recalls. (Weinstein has always denied abusing anyone.) In mid-October 2016, after Ajamie’s report was submitted, word made its way back to Weinstein that the lawyer had been asking questions about his sexual conduct. While Boies and Charlie Prince, a Weinstein Company attorney, repeatedly tried to contact Ajamie regarding what Boies later described as his “false and defamatory statements,” Ajamie met with a well-known advocate for sexual-harassment victims, the L.A. attorney Lisa Bloom. He suggested she might be interested in representing Weinstein’s accusers in a potential lawsuit. (She didn’t take him up on it.) Around the same time, on October 14, 2016, actress Rose McGowan posted a series of tweets that seemed to be … [Read more...] about The Bad, Good Lawyer

“In that incident, two people sleeping on a bus argued over a phone that one of them had dropped,” Boudin said. “The complaining witness said that Mr. Hudson slapped his phone out of his hand, which the bus driver did not see. Mr. Hudson approached responding police on his own, told them the phone was his, and turned it over to them.” … [Read more...] about Man accused of killing mother in Sacramento was arrested weeks before in an S.F. robbery but D.A. Chesa Boudin did not charge him

Her comments come after the House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing last week on “Medicare for All,” the proposal being advocated by a number or progressives in the House and Senate that would shift the U.S. to a single-payer health care system. … [Read more...] about Ex-Democratic lawmaker: Medicare needs have changed ‘dramatically’ over last 50 years